Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-06-26
From the London Times, MaJ Is.
= smhi.,rasa,n az fhe south,

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The Federas working the old metaphor end eat
ing up the South leaf by leaf man would eat AZ arn-
asnrely ins,ined and with penty Of tine on bis hands
the archoke not vegetable exactly adapted 20
who has but ten minutes for bus ana vne
wait New Orleans large lesf quietly pulled on
ard peseeably discussed aid now Yorktown ls
EMO; ed with equal and comfort TIE military mind
the evacuation of Yorktown win probably cause No very
great establishment So long IS the wholesome terror nm
posed by the Merrmac continued Yorktown was good
strsgec position Directly however 1t began 10 De sus'
Pc the Merrimac likely repeat the achieve.
Hampton Roads, there ST. visibility OF
feet of shps-of transports running by the liver
forts the York river and the James river and landing an
army the Confederate lines thus cutting them
off from Richmond aud putting them between two hses-
Napoleon might possibly have been glad of ancpportuny
TO annihste in two blows thus divided enemy Dut II IS
not in accordance with Whist know OF tao
seek sUch dangerous opportunities TIE Fabian
have from the first been hoping that something might
up. Originally they believed Europe would come in mass
convinced that the North would be divided then that
the fonds would fail Now they probably living partly
upon the of all these broken hopes, and partly
upon Ire anticipation that the of will melt
away the hosts they cannot vanquh Delay they think to
be quail victory and extent they doubtless
right. But 1t is policy Uhic cy be carried too far and
b., by bat they may giUs much that they may at dS
haze ohg Gerry mach a0orh fighting JoT The Danger OF
being surrounded would however appear to be
strategic for their last achievement in abandoning
their yorktown lines,
Kog the capture Of Rchnead scould be tremendous
UicoTy 10 the federa. The numberess OF the great
invasion are stretched the whole land The Mis-
ssspp may be forced throughout its entire length and
wherever sripsowar foa no Confederate force can
show itself in safety Var has been carried en- upon
scale before heard OF at cost euGr before aough
possible and gon Prtncps 3Sch 70 so0sr ~ ope eore
his pay, spent half out of sixpeIce day, at
least had his sixpence But here is America turned sol
dier spending bo'b sides million and half sterling
day upon OF nothing day; ard going on Joyous
y, with lack of credit We did not expect this in Eu
rope People distance cannot comprehend these pop
ar deusiOns The Tulip Mania, the south Sea Bubble,
he Great Daen scheme the F{o Bay scheme in our faith
days, and, perhaps the Canal project own
things hch people in the vortex, look upon with
wonder and and asounded that they endure
long they do Here il this great bubble of American
finance, swelling and swelling before oues eyes and We all
think ii must hurst to morrow. Yet 1t goes on ms gl-
gantic lEbbe may therefore, last for ye; long
enough erbaps to take Richmond drive the Confed
back other etrategieal pOIrt aE to
follow them up there AMI dsperse them 1t is not the
for the monent because we know this fab of fairy
credit to be sh0rtYed All the millions and hundreds OF
millions hch we see fl Jog about al like the sparks that
upwards from hoquet OF fireworks; but amid all this
glory what is real that Mr. Lincoln dscov
cred In h5 bieze lesaroy but resoute eating his att
choke
But when has sucked lbs Leaf has dant
Oeration-he viii have digesl il. When ell military
gaDzaCn in the fouh has been dislocaed and all social
and commercial Organization is also broken down; when
Richmond sabdued and Norfolk taken when Savannah
has Northern garrison and New Orleans being
ousy galvanized into commercial action when
of the past and Jefferson Davis has been dealt
with that Northern statesmen lose their interest the
droppDgs Of his coacbman-when all these things have
happened then will begin the terrible nightmare caused by
the attempting to digest that delicious
artchoke Some of the Northern statesmen already pro-
TESS to their friends that the thought OF what must be done
WITH the South aoen has been conquered haunts them in
their dreams. We hear has already been proposed at
Washington to cut this knot by ruling the conquered States
Territories By Governors appointed by the President
sn approved by the Senate in the of foreign
pontnens il Is seven millions of the Anglosaxon race
whom II is proposed to rule What will te the
beers and the cost OF the military and naval force
to do 3 this what g by restoring the Union ??
If then the capture of New Orleans and the occupation
of Yorktown may be steps to that longwishedtor end
But Mr. Lincoln prop to himself first to pull to pieces
ana est out the sweetness OF his achoke and then put
together Sgaa with Its leaves all crisp and green, tAe more
OF those leaves he pulls eff The further he to be
from any Chance OF comprising his original Object