Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-01-01

by guards But what q contTAatS 10 tha
President to him whom the impudent vArlets of 80
Nofthern press presume to cali military dr., ,ne
The Republican simplicity and unaffected dinppG =
the early Presidents Of the United States can ey OF
found alone in that country to which the GEM 'e
Liberty has fed from the North, and which Anil
uoimpaired the principles of coustitutionaI pre-
dom. President Davis dweIls liz modest msn. iee
undefended by single soldier, and goes forth uoo
daily duties with little state any private us
Not q solitary guard attends him, and no strange IN
meets him would imagine that the plain and unnro,.
ding gentleman was the President OF the Conta.ta'
States The President Of the Southern CouE6a,OSa
too strong in the affections of the people to
armed guard, and too much of a Republican a. o.
gentleman to ape the vulgar state OF Abraham Iiro,
We are willir TO put the two Presidents side nv W
and let the world judge the people by their rei,sr
tative men. P
Another of the remarkable and sugg stive cor,,...
of the times is that furnished by the recent ban
fore Richmond and Fredericksburg. The Yank .. u %
der the lie dership of General whose forte is dchi~
and digging sat down before Richmond in rremeUSos
force, and for two whole months were engaged in %
structing chain OF Notifications, the pOwerIpI W.
complete known in modern warfare. Mcclellan v,,S
the resources OF q nation and world at bis bach wv
the most Unlimited supply OF men and means ,ny5L
engineering skill to the utmost to construct wo.kssh
Richmond which should be IeIfectly impreguaha wy
should make thing of the doomed civ" a"9
thing was at stake tie fate OF his country and hs
reput aion, which was to him even more VauabIe ~
believed in Notifications, and had deliberately sl
that mode oil capturic Rchm md in preference to f
q hit in the open htd vi course be eneicl this CITY
with a series of Gibraltars. And yet. with ,.9
| months preparations, with heavy guns II o1
dtion to bis field artillery, with odds NJ
two TO one against US, bis forlIbcatiOns were sw
away bY the assaults of Southern soldiers like ,la
before the whirIdwnd, and the braggart prpender and
his legous driven like yeIping hounds for thirty mil,
10 the shelter OF their gun-boais What contrast did
the Rappahannock present to the scents about r. h.
mond. he cases we're now reversed, tie cnuhr,
troops had the advantage of position, but had only
brief interval for preparation hey had not time "a
construct powerful Publications, few rf pits and On
I'D stone wall which had been built yea, orfne for
auyth & but military purposes were their prlUcpr
works Of defence Yet attacked by the largest and
best equipped army Of modern times outnumb-rng then
Two to Que, they drove back the mulliludnous to-,
With tie most frightiul carnage and thorough discon
fture that has ever been witnessed On the Amercn
continent What a contrast? What a grand and
significant illustration of the superior and suhEn
vslor and virtue OF Southern soldiers?
The Winter Campaign h"st and W.s,--Nhat /. ,...
Prcspeet.
The following from the New York Herald, wi Civ,
some idea of the present tone Of the Northern press
The late appalling disaster to the national army at
Fredericksburg has dssipated the confident autcp,
tions previously entertained throughout the loyal State,
of sort, sharp, and decisive" wiuer campaign
against the rebellion, East and West, and has bOn ht
the public mind to such Inquiries as these Wha i,
the prospect before US II with present. overwe
ming land aud naval forces n the fld advance Ony
to defeats. disasters, and disgrace what have We 70
expect from continued prosecution of this war undr
such men Stanton and HaIleck
Is there any hope that President Lincoln, rising IA
the full measures OF the exigencies of the day, will met
the demands OF the country? Or will be, after tn;
spshod and runous system Of military operations o.
the last ten months, continue to drag on with this wal
to the end of his administration
| Questions such these the absorbing topics o.
the day but the only man who yer them i
| President Lincoln. The public mind is gloomy but
it does not utterly despair while awaiting the movement
OF the waters. Meantime let gIaLct over th1 field
and see from the situation of things, and the Uuin
forces employ here and there what is the prOsec
| this winter campaign in the East aud 10 the West.
| We have still great aud powerful army in front VI
Freder cksburg- to-day than il on e =
turday morning of the fearful slaughter, but qpir
some little time for rest and Tor the needlu repairs
Its heavy damages. Whether General Burusile thee
FORE is to go into winter quarters soon sun.
offensive operations on the R4ppahannOck, from
other base OF operation, we cannot tell. l. Will sLic
for the present that he has received CHECK lh
ne must turn the rebel works in his trout ablHi
that line of march, that they dellberAting nov II
Wasbinl ton upon what he IL next to d. The a0serc
| of any formidable supporting movement to Genrl
BGrns de by way Of Stuff Dix and Petersburg Or the Iue
river peninsula has enabled the rebel Gen Lee 10 con
centrate bis forces in front Of Fredericksburg aud
delay another advance side perhaps for weeks
come.
Army Correspondence Of the State Journal.