Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-01-08
'THE W1LMINaToN JoURNAL.

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WILMINGTON, n. O., SATURDAY, yaNUARY >, 1853
g rrucn Ado About Nothing.
Co., r,o,r,n,s recent advance into North Carroll
.nd -. nrompt retreat to bis base of operations
80 Nevbern, affords practical illustration OF the idea
x embodied in the title to one of Skakspears plays 1t
was essentially, Much Ado About Nothing" 1t re-
sembled that celebrated movement commemorated in
the. wellknown COUPLED
The King of France, with twenty Thousand men,
Maroh'd up the hill, and then--march'd down again.
of course General FOSTER succeeded in ipjuring pri
vate property-in harrassing women and cbildren-in
corrupng the fidelity of negroes but for anything
else be might as well have remained at Newbern. He
accomplished no military object that we know Of His
destruction of even portion of our road so tenn
porary, that it hardly retarded operations and only
bore hard upon some newspapers and private czars.
Whether ne will attempt another raid into this State
will depend we think upon the cooperation of other
portions Of the Linconite army No doubt the advance
of BURNSIDE at Fredericksburg, and of FOSTER from
Newbern were concerted measures and the failure of
one-or at least the failure Of the principal one inv OIL
we'd that of the other.
Where the next movement is to be made, or rather
how it is to be made remains yet to be We still
think that it will be made On the South side of the
James River, and probably from Suffolk. But that it
can be very made hardly think or that it can
succeed even if made have idea, but if made, it
involves as one of its Incidents advance of the
my into the interior of this State an attack upon
Wilmington, for the double purpose of creating d-
version of forces from the main point of attack
well as of cutting of our communications between
Virginia and the Southern States of the Confede
racy.
With this understanding before u.s. it seems evident
that sound policy, Confederate account alone, would
indicate to the Confederate Government the propriety
of keeping large force possible in Eastern North
Carolina, to prevent even the temporary of
any movement TO cut # cur railroad communications
since such temporary of the enemy might result
in permanent disaster at the very Capital of
toe Confederacy
THE tendency to isms which has marked the whole
of New England since she first settled he's
at last eliminated in the observance of the American
Union, by the weak compliance OF other Northern Sec
tions in taking up the cry and supporting the
initiated by Boston particular and Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Rhode Island. New Hampshire, Yer
mont and Maine in general.
The other Northern States are at last having their
eyes opened to the weakness and folly Of their course in
yielding to this anatica dcatio and curses both loud
and deep ready TO b. hurled upon me heads o. all
Eastern States and sta 'esmen, whom more than to
all others the disruption Of the Union with the result
ing and present painful condition Of things is due
There is We believe most femy, moral reirbution in
store FIR all nations and communities vino DO wrong
but this retribuon is frequently delayed, aud sell
dom. Indeed that it comes promptly this is likely
to do NJ in regard to the States of The North East
TIE time Of their tfju!ation is at hard. They have
sowed the wind and they must expect reap the whir
wind, aid they will do it, long before the present gener
alton shall have passed from the stage.
The New YEAR opens brightly for the Conedt rate
cause in the West vel in the East. Bragg has
been giving the enemy little more grape" at Muir
freesboro and the indomiable Semmes, in the Ala
bama 290" hss been the track OF their ocean
steamers, rendering them unhappy and perpexed
1t only requires that the lick should be kept up for
ew months longer and the game will be played out.
The enemys niue months evies will be discharged and
will not reenlist, will the Northern States submit
to another draft Their last grand horde is in the field
and they will not be able to get another This is felt
at the North and hence the political necessity of hur
ing forward all their in the desperate hope of
crushing out " the Confederates by mere weight. As
this fails the last hope of the enemy vanishcs.
This will probably not end at once. 1t will
most probably out or flicker ont like candle. 1t
cannot be maintained much longer with its present
proportions
1t is not in human nature that either party, having
any choice 10 The matter should wish to continue the
awful game. Now, the North has tie choice She can
make peace by simply orbearing tie invasion of our
territory While she maintains her aggressive attitude
there is no choice for but Defence resistance Upon
the North therefore will devove the duty of making the
first movement, ard foreign intervention or mediation
might come in advantageouy in smoothing the way for
her to do 90. BRAGG and VANDoRN and LEE and their
brave armies also smoothing the way. Their mode of
negotiating is rough but it bids fair be efficient
We indebted to the courtesy of friend for the
use of two Glasgow papers, the Morning Journal -
and the Glasgow Herald both of the date of the 4h
November. As usual the topic, par excellence, is the
war in America TO that every other seems to yield
in interest and Importance.
Both rather lean to the Confederate SIDE The Morn
ing Journal Indeed thinks that "the proposal of media
ton in America which has issued rem the French gov
eminent, merits in opinion the favourable consider
alton of the great powers to which it is addressed"
1t then goes on to argue tie question to the effect of
armiStice the Dartias a sfrurue end