Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-10-22
WILMINGTON, N. G., OCTR IS, 1868.
Vanished Iilusi0ns.-misti

Vanished IIusions-Mist"l<en Notions, Etc.
pleasant to Elusive hopes melting away,
to have fsttering impressi removed. Still,
very thcg is necessary incident in the lives of
end of nations aud the process of dsenctaEtEen thereby
effected ia only another name fo7 what people call epe
rtecea thing which each must have fer himself and
car have for another.
The Conederacy crossing rapidly il its experience
Illusions and dreams melting away and the stern reaii
ties the situation gradually becoming untoied. l. is
hard abandon cherished hopegto have the veil ru1ey
torn aside revealing cold and unpleasant truths cat il is
necessary. The Confederacy rapidly settling down TO
the conviction that safety to be- found il the strong right
arms soldiers and il the patriotism of her
people, and no,hee else. The idea of early intervention
assistance by aIy power earth mi gtt well be sban
doned; and would surely be presumption to expect the
Interference of heaven behalf OF people, unees
they prove themselves worthy of the blessings for which
they conterding. If the CoIfederacy wo1dwear tie
prze she must win it and win through aDo.s and prva
tions still greater than any she has yet endured.
The impression of gentlemen whom know ard trust
the concurr mpressos that the iGea of action of
nd, the Engs people behalf, perfectly
reposercus Neither the authorities the people
the tos9 copper about side the Other how
mucbsoever they may cant Cbout it, does the loss of life
waste of property here affect them otherwise than pleas
any Mr. London Punch to understand and forth
the roa feer and principle by which the governing class
or classes in England ruled Read the poetaI extract
headed Engand's Neutrality. 1t hits the whole affair
off wish Photographic accuracy. England is untriendy,
rather than otherwise. She would re ocs il The utual
destl uoon of North and the South. She hates the
North as commercial rival She hates tie South because
she feels hereafter she must d pend her
y tie staple OF than OF her mantaetuEes and
she trusts that basis of Southern culture he nsu
ton of aVary) destroyed she would be able to relieve
berself from tis hated dependence, and that chance
would be given markets of the world for her East In
da Cotton, which have, if forced TO come in
competition Confederate slaVegrown Cotton. As for
the people Of Eng nd think friend to whose letter
we yesterday states the thing about as correctly
az coad be stated They Confederate sympahlsers
in Ccne deIate crowd, and the contrary, quite the
reve, se' in Yankee crowd. Like the the cock
fight Kept hurrahig for the white until the close,
the black hit him unlucky dig and laid him low,
whsreupOn the quo1ddn friend of the white cock jumped
up shouting, "Eurrah for the black ccck-as said be-
fore " the E0glh people with the side that to
be s9Ccessu and change with the fortunes the struggle
The difference of language forms quite barrier between
US and people of France They papers
even if they could get them and they forced to
ceye their impressions at secondhand through English
and Yankee mediums distorted in the ransla
tion Possibly the feeling in Paris may be more favoura
BILE to the Confederacy, and very probably LOUIS NAPo
LEON may think there chances of orEardng Dill
own schemes by affecting desire to mediate, in the IN
tercss humanity, but is only affecting his OWL
schemes that thinks about the matter at ALL 1t doe
not strike US the time has when he " i'll think
his interest to make real movements and until he doe
think his interest," certain that he will not think
his duty at ALL 1t ia all matter OF calculation
Once upon time, the first and greatest BoEAPARTE, whi
engaged in the early part of his in combating Eng
land made a show of sending expedition to Ireland
French ernmssares stirred up lnsurrection IN tina
unhappy country: The show made, but it Wa only
show the insurection fell for want of support To tn
agonized appeals Of the agents aid the Corca
and his companions replied that all righthe thin
had served it, purpose. Ireland only used as d'eer