Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-03-12
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! be eceut passage bg lie Washing ton Congress- of
Conscrpti bill, embrace all aoeboled male Cit
liens tween the ages Of 20 AID 45 Years il another
desperate effort e the enemy to keep up the appear
ancc 81 being power u enough 10 c@i quer he south
That they really in refs>d with tie absurd billet
that hey DO the thing, this bill aforCs parti
Gle OF evidence. o. tie contrary, Father Indicates
total de- pair OF success. We cItve that the main de-
sign Of such proceeding is to brow beat France
En 5and particularly the former power, which at the
present time Lincoln Is XeecdIrSy appreu nsive will in
terere in with the war, and this new and o.
tentatious parade OF three millions OF coDscr that ale
to be rails d, is but1-a rcd IF terror brapdsb
ed tie head Of Louis apoleon. He (I4i colu,l if
mistake not, bad toe authority given him by the pre-
vOus CoGgFssg, to muster into the Yankee rvce all
the en- bracod in the pt seut BILL If he thought it
proper necessary to do But thought that
spec act by that body, under erit1g circumstances
woud operate more iOrclb!y upon European Cabinets
aud would much mere certainly deter them from
of Intervention. Lincoln aid Seward great
brayaaoe, which 10 their estimation the very best
means OF eaIing with the outside world in times like
these. BIuster is The game with thfm and they play
with hgd hand. they tried il Upon Graat Britain
in the Trent enhroglio, but just as they
th9t it would uot toke they dropped their cards aud
with pailId Chef SIS AID trenb ing limbs gave up the
game. While swearing that they never would surren-
Mason aud Siiell, they quietly surrendered them.
he vision OF British feet laundering their coast,
was more than they could eaSd. Their nerves snap
ped like idle strings.
We suppose that Louis Napoleon has by this tine
formed pretty idea of the Yankee character
as representa- by tie Washington government, and
that he will hardly swo0n away at the thought of
collision with the pestient braggars The very first
symptom Of determination on bis part beard them
would be instantly followed BY craven subsistence OF
all their fury and they would he found just the
dastards t0at they we're in the Mason and Sdt trans
action.
But in xrressing these views of ours we would urge
with earnesntsS than ever upon the Confederate
Government to push with its preparations for meet
ing the enemy let their force be what it may It would
be best to upon the suppostioa that the boosted
three millions will be raised in six months and re- dy
for the fight which awaits them There is in
such multit de Of armed Yankees. We believe that
it would hasten independence They have not and
cannot get General who understands how to move
body OF so 900 men, Or the half of it. And without
Generals to lead them akialy and direct them 10 the
battle field what would such vast number of men be
but mob? Let make adequate arrangements for
meeting them, and, then, if they come, such slaugh
ter there will Ce amongst them tie world has
not since the days OF Caus Marius who slew 200
900 Of the 1eutonc invaders of his country in two
pitched battles and also 10 another battle l40 900 OF
TIE Cnbri In |hat respect the Yankees superior
to those barbarians who fought bravely enough but
could Withstand the vaour Of an inferior OF
we'll disciplined Romans Id by General who under
stood no1 only how to tight but how to direct their
every movement in the field. We have, thanks to
Providence, commanders WHO fully competent TO
drill and mar euvre az army of airy re We may have
occasion to raise, and In this respect sgnay
o!est. The Yankees have them not, ano therefore we
may, IN putting forth utmost strength, telictae
ourselves with the thought that aggregate army OF
500 600 Southern soldiers under such eaiers as Lee
aud Johnston with such assistants os Jackson Long
street, Beauregard Price, Bragg, the two Hills, and
score OF others who might be named is nviocible by
any force which the Yankees hpr against it, be it
one, two three mlihon2.