Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-09-24

ANY possible reunion with the ankee nation ""aih oo
the union OF the shark with its prey.
But perhaps readers may say, "h4t oi Aif.
Whiting? Whn minds Wig he says !? ten tAbe the
Mime sso,a political platform Just adopted by the Re
publicans Of that State, which We have a'loy aio
before Our read rs te it is again:
"Thesa rebel ates have forfeited 81 ca n u wh me
people, and their rights to rule them The teople tn
Eve atgapce 20 any suntjon is sey thai
Of the peorle OF tn uaoRaI lied Ter fosir' We are
therefore u2der n" legal or CO. summary o o ~
them any poica rights whatever In fset the} have
commute, political suicide " "
ard Therefore so must we 1t is impossible to save
part Of sovereignty and our land, emu give Up ice
rest if admit that they have Conquered one square
mile oft, tte7 will have it all ard Us along with
it.
And they have not conquered one square mile OF It.
What Not Missouri? Not Kentucky Not the
Panhandle of Virginia? No, not one yard oil them.
Nothing is either lost or won till the var IS over-
And now this moment, when the ferocicus armies CT
our enemies adva cling deeper and deeper into tie
heart of country, and cooy marking down on their
maps all the ground they have passed over as 50 mucn
territory conquered back to the Union, this the very
time to impress upon all our minds, that these coun-
tries which their armies have travesed and ra7ageo
are Confederate grounds and that the safety nay the
existence of all the rest of the Confederacy, require
the enemy to be driven out OF at every point NOW
above all, should keep before our eyes and lay to
heart the grandeur of our cause the magnIhcehce OF
its success tie unspeakabh misery of lis failure. Our
enemy is playing great game and tor grand stake
We have the heart to pay as h'ga and Ter stake
dearer and nobier still.
We need to keep this lofty aim before US, even for
the purpcs of inspiring to play out the game at all
hazards Men will not be fired with the sacred pas
sion to dare, and fight, and endure, Sill that men may,
for stake to avoid certain degree OF loss,
where Something is saved-but where it is All or
Nothing Where the alternative is, to found maJe8-
tic free and famous empire, or to become geneFaton
of vassas to the greedest and basest of all the white
races of this earth
1t is right, then, ard inspiring, ard now especially
needul ard expedeut, that public men AID leaders
OF the people should not disguise and wrap up their
tLousht fscuo-oI .c-uac, ho~o~ eloquent, "h",
the necessity OF success ard the valor OF our troops
and the like What is "success ?" What cur val
liant troops fighting for EoiuS an generah6uS When
your trumpet blows uncertain SOUND your valiant
troops will not be keen ter the battle. When
tho csc general phrases praded before u.s. the heart
sinks because inside the iae apparatus of phaseoosy
men suspeCt coward and traitor thought; but 1t
makes the heart leap up when the Opening of the
Legislature of G Gia in this dark year. the Governor
of the old Commonwealth rings out that clear buge
note No Peace, Peace save accompanied with
the unequivoca recognition of the independence Of the
Southern Contederacy! That iLcudes All; ard We
must have All or Nothing.
From the Charleston Courier.
Fort Sumter.
No poat connected with the dfeuce Of Oh Teson IL OF
more in crest to the public net my ct GU own tate o
as has been in the past with pleasant memories and II
heir loom for whole people and from the hour when
fell hands the frat victorious Offering OF South
Carolina to the Confederacy until the present moment.
has been defended and protected as the apple
eye. AT last it has been laid in ruinsts air proper
moshed by he ruthless demon OF war. Ye1 there the
stately Old pie still stands proud and defiant as Ill he
pamiest days-crushed but not coHquered wrecked but
reduced-evo1y her sides written all
with the tributes OF the foe to the PATRIOTISM fN
and courage of these who have been her defenders.
the present GO citlon OF the fnrt since it would be n
there few facts which may be Interesting and
which tire ruins of Sumter be likencd that would
vey an idea Of their external appearances On Tie sea face
scarcely blck is to be Bushel by bnslIel cart
load by cart-load the wall has been Clipped off, until
nothing is eit hnt grey ragged mass OF mort frcn
beams and iron bars The bernie bsse literally
over the great fragments of stone and brick that I'VE
from the parapet, you tread broken prC lies OF tie
to hundred pounds. The suyans lsaud tace is
lass Bhaered but even here the pits Deep and huge
piles Of mate s torn torn from The ege Of the pIrapet by he
Morris Island face the spectacle b files ali descrpt
little less than steep h thai descend om the parapet
to the waters edge. This too, is ghasy pile OF the
sckenipg aspect fragments of guns gun carriages masses
of machinery, balls, bolts rammers sporges all bound
Jumps and in dust that have been wrenched from their
long time hOnord places Here, too lie the myriad ra
On the parapet, you glance the pleasant walk
that hos been the of social episodes eagerly
of destruction has Likewise laid his heavy har d. One soil
tary gun. looming high above all eige keeps s lonely
watch, aEd this has been partially covered by the dirt
in Conceivable manner lie arOurd tier carriages
spliners and vesGge of their former use destroy
ed. OF the interior of tbs tort Intentionally pre-
silentlp aln One significant fact, however, may
be stated here not serious breach the structure
anywhere to be observed The effect of the enemys
though destructive has tended to fortly the a with
their debris that while the efficiency of Fort Sum
improved its capacity for defence against every infantry
assault that may be made against it,
Vere prudent might tell of cosy chambers still it,
side, of pleasant hours in company with their inmates and
interesting proceedings but for the present the
revelation tabooed To the ladies we nav saw however
that the laurel wreath to the brave garrison who
hold the Ort by some of the hangs upon their ban
ner and is cherished among the pleasantest associations
the place.
The evening still continues to be fired regularly as
if the OLD sort Of other days in her prime, and III
respect the watchiu the spot maintained
that has marked its history fer the sst two years.
In connection with the recent assaults several incidents
thy OF mention. The Companies then in the fort
consisted of the Charleston Battalion follows Compa-
n.y. A, Captain Walter, Lieut.. Saus commanding the
Capt. Eulyaney Company D, Capt Hopkins; Comp
E, Capt. Miles, Company F, Capt Lord the whole nnder
Major Chsmpnc5s, whose good fortune it to commun
cate the alarm and the officer in command of the post
among his than he is respected in every military
Gle for his SKILL judgment and ability. To the admirable
The willing cooperation of the entire command,
credit tor the thus tar signal defence of the pios of Fort
Sumter.
The officers captured confessed themselves Ito their
own eXpressioD) Sold They expected find the place
occupied by dozen or twenty only, and the entrance
To celebrate their ACHE vement they brough
tobacco, candles, coffee, sweetmeats and-the Old 4g
All fell hands. Tue the officers viii
not unmixed with cool dignity VIII Oh
gave them so unier6aad, that unlike
we did not take the aft sir good joke, though the
navy whipped with brickb TACT which seem to