Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-03-19

Ine snail contfol the navigation and trade of the Mis-
sssIppl river They believe their real and lasting in
terests to be sufficiently Identical with and assimlate.
to those OF the South al to render it illogical and IN
natural to nterpose obstacle to the union of the tw
sectors Entertaining these views their leading jour
aals aud orators have taken the ground boldly tina
the Northwestern States must take care of themselves
that the South shall take from them the Mssissp
pl RIVER, nor shall the New England and the Middle
States take frsm them tie South" They desire ar
alliance with the South, and the termination of thu
war without further boodshed even to the subversor
OF the Government at Washington, and without regard
| either to New England or the Middle States.
has the three sectional parties of the North and
arrayed relatively to the South and in respect to the
question of peace Or collision as between them
selves Is Imminent and 1t is evident the South by
tering into alliance with the party of the
haven't ia their power to exact all honorable and safe
terms of adjustment demand the abdication of the
government at Washington; and if it should be deem
ed necessary, probably it may be- to enforce the trial
and conviction OF Abraham Lincoln as traitor to the
CcnSti u0n of the United States and the laws of the
aDd Two years $50, when upon the accession of Vir
GINA to the Southern Confederacy | was called on by
tie citizens OF Montg omery to express myself, con-
graduated them upon tie fact that the Of Vir
gjnia followed, she would be- by Missouri and Ten
nessee, Eot by Kentucky, would to the country
It's future line CT craftsmanship AID powe- associated
with the Mississippi river and its waters. Some
tfoughtiess journals then animadTerted upon my
marks " az locking tor constrn ctiOn" But the hour
OF preuIlce ard passion ia over ard the subject
may Dc considered 10 the calm recesses OF the mind
Events have passed on, rendering it useless to combat
the logic Of nature and the eternal DEGREES OF Provi-
dence. saw hen that which the signs of the times
now point 70 existing steel engraved in the book of
destiny-the ind gsolabe and indvisible character of
that mighty region washed by the Mississippi river and
It's tributaries from the dividing ridge wherein they
have their source to the gulf of Mexico like the coun
try Uf the Ne from the mountains OF ETHIOPIA t. the
Mediterranean sea, that neither foreign cOnquesfs nor
domestic revolutions since the tie of history began
four Thousand years ago. have served to sever but
still continues, 10 government and institution, and
inse parable.
And ii now may be understood why our army was
permitted to escape its retirement from Corinh not
wIthstandng the conduct of the retreat why it was
suffered to rePcse 81 long in SAFETY at Holly Springs
why 1t was uot harrassed on falling back behind the
Talahatche why Grenada besieged ia the rear
OF our position and why again the enemy has great
~ magnlfed his losses at Vicksburg In other words
1t can now be understood why the Mississippi valley
which, after the stupendous bunder Of Gen, Bragg 10
his kentucky raid and the disastrous epuse of GeEer
al Van Dorm at Cornth, lay for months prior to the
drst OF January and the arrival of Gen Johnston with
relai0rc mehls a. the mercy OF the enema, sscApe} be
Ing cut>he and crushed into submission. A mighty
POLITICAL revolution wss progressing in the Northwest
This revolution resulting auspcOusy for the South
purpose hereafter to explain in full Suffice it fer the
present TO say that the conquest of the Mississippi val
ley would have caused The triumph of the Ney England
marty both over the government and country of the
United States, and tie Northwest would have found
sqIf Immediately aGtagonlzed by and subordiuated to
the party OF the Middle States league with that of
New England. Ia addition to this fact the Puritans
OF New England and the Middle States, after this tri-
umphiDg IN the government and country, would have
pied the Catholics beneath the iron heel Of oppres
son reducing them shortly to Heots in society and
q sranch'sId class in the government: Archbishop
Hughes was abandoned by tue Hierarchy. 1t was not
the policy OF the Northwestern States nor was it any
longer the desire Of the Catholics to subugate the Ms
ssslpp valley 1t will not be their policy in the future
if the South be wise and proptate tortu e while they
nay. Bat though fortune now smiles uron the South
lei not be forgotten she is chary of avors that
Nemesis stalks behi her, while the Fures and their
torches, and the weird Sisters of await the bidding
of the terrible Goodies of Vengeance and Remorse, 10
the event that TIC Overures now being made by the
\ 0rthWtst, shall bs re ected by the South.
But how are the nations of Europe Elected? Why
DO Great Britain and Russia hold themselves aoof from
tao question of recognition and Intervention, while
FIarca to invite those powers to cooperate in
the li0s OF recognition and intervention?
There exists in Great Britain singular diversity Of
opnl0n IN respect to the Issue between the North and
the South as that Issue is associated with the question
Of negro slave labor in the Southern States but the
policy OF the goverDmTnt has been singuary adverse
to the recognition OF the South tn intervention in IA
Of peace. To understand all this it is necessary
reer somewhat to history the time the British IF
emancipation was put into operation throughout the
British colgnies it supposed according to the state
mens since made in BAackicoods Magazine, the organ
Of the governing CLASSES of Great Britain that negro
Tree labor could be made profitable in the colonies
than negro slave labor that falling free white Ia
Dor coad be substituted from the superintendent popu
laon OF The mother country and that, ia either event.
the growing rivalry OF the United States in commerce
and malufsctlres chiefly sustained by the negro slave
labor Of the Southern States devoted to the culture of
cotton tobacco rice aud sugar. could be thus u0dercut
or struck down. Little then known to the laws of
race, to the laws Of climate affecting race To the
astOnsbIent Of the British government and people the
emaucipated negroes would not work. and the climate
Of the torrd proved fatal to the white aborers at
tempted to be substituted. What was to be done was
the next question for if the United States left in
sole possession of the great commercial staples of the
world resting negro slavery British commerce must
ultimately tail before that of the United States and
with the loss Of her commercial supremacy her po-
litical power would perish out. To make virtue OF
necessity to the character of the fox in the -
be ard 20 lnduce the public sentiment of the world to
adopt the standard Of her emancipation ac aud to unite
the nations Of Europe with the no-savehodiDg States
Of the United States 10 crusade against negro slavery,
and against the Southern States because of negrosa
ry, was the policy adopted. Shoud negro slavery thus
to be abolished in the Southern States, she well
knows the commerce OF the United States would 70
longer endanger her commercial supremacy, and that
sic would still be secure to her political ascendency
among the great powers of Europe Or should the agi
tatlon OF TIE subject prove sufficiently potent to
the Southern States to secsde from the States orth
and to establish a separate government, admitting her
ships and merchants in the trade of the staples of the
South, and as carriers upon an equal footing with
those of the North and of ell other foreign nations,
which would inevitably follow, her ends could be just
well accomplished Acting upon this far seeing policy
she has had her will Sheinaugurated Exeter ball, and
brought up the public sentiment of the world to the
standard of her emancipation act. She united the
tons OF Europe and tae States North in the cry of
abolition against.h Southern States; and the South