Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-04-23
From the KIChMOnd Enquirer.
G3hv Ia, United States do net Make Peace.

Every journal of the Confederacy is repeating this
statement if the fact gratifying
"A letter from Charleston states that the importing
business heavier this time than it has been several
years"
We know a!so by Mr.. Mason's correspondence with
Lord Russell that the IMPORT duties collected in Charles
ton last year. thou Oh with very low duties exceeded the
amount collected in any former year
We know also that lines of steamships ply regularly
between Nassau and our ports Of Wilmington, and
that they these harbors with assured impunity
under the guns OF bOckadng feet
Further, we know that while these Nassau vessels
are scarcely ever nterrupted-snd then probably by
mstake-eVery vessel coming from Europe with army
stores, machinery and ammunition, is chased
ard fred upon, and most of them captured.
Even since the late attack on Fort Sumter, and
while great Federal feet lying inside the bar the
" Anna and Emma" with general cargo from Nassau,
ran in ut ter ease ut next days steamer from Eng
land with ammunition AID shoes, attacked and
destroyed.
Has any one taken the trouble to analyz these re-
markabe facts, draw any inferences from them :?
What do readers think OF the following explana-
ton a.?
1t has lately become kno wn, through several chan
nels, That many large commercial houses in New Ork
and Boston, which lost by the their direct egt-
mate custom with the Confederate States have cstab
iished branch houses in Nassau, to which they send
goods adapted to our market, making up and labelling
their pack ages English With these laden the
steamships that run the blockade to Wilmington
and Charleston. The steamers known to the COM
manders & the blochadiDg feet, there is private
code of signals agreed upon, and they pass without ill.,
terruption, inward Scd outward.
The pretended "bockaie" then If this explanation
be the one-is nothing or less than contr
vance Tor onopozDg our traders and shutting other
nations out of our harbors 1t is fraud, first upon u.s.
secondly, on all outside mankind the existence of
certain risk, consequent on occasional capture
the higher profit to ankee merchants Thus while
theys waste our substance and burn towns the
hand, they swindle the other, ander the
ming pretext OF smuggling. The Confederate resources
candle lighted both ends and if we cannot be
conquered by fair fighting it is hoped may be SUBJ
dued by exhaustive drain OF resources debt star
walton. Who shall escape the Yankees? Secession
does not make rid OF them; interruption to
their deadly numerical embrace il we take the wings
OF the morning cannot fly beyond the reach OF their
UNIV hOIesomG and fatal demand and supply"
This is matter that should be looked to- but It is
mentioned at present only of the Why the
United States will never end the Peac ton
termsl would open our ports, and then would trade
with England with France with any nation rather than
with them. We say they never give US peace on
our terms, but always willing to make peace on
their own, that is on the terms of our submission.
1t seems 10 strange that so many of our people
unable to see the many and strong which
lmpe, and will impel the Northern cities to keep up
this forever rather than acknowledge iDdepsn
dent existence Another strong is, that the Mis-
sl>sppi river, while the lasts, is, for commercial
purposes, dried up abolished wiped out fron the map
OF the continent The Eastern cities, then have gained
precisely what they have long sought command of the
whole traffic of the Upper Mississippi Valley Their
railroad companies carry everything their trains are
checked with merchandise and of every FIVE bushels of
grain raised in the West and market New York
takes four toll for bringing the other to a
port.
Now, if there were peace, and consequent treaty
for free navigation of the Mississippi Western farmers
and graZiers would have trio markets and roads
market and the Southern would be the best road and
best market. Therefore New York is 10 no hurry for
peace and the profits OF her railroad companies and
her merchants compensate her for the expense of max
ing continual war along the course of the river.
Vicksburg they regard beDefcent dam, which
turns the current OF Western wealth the East and
makes the Mississippi flow out through the mouth of
the Hudson
Ia short, we may give up the idea of any speedy
peace and independe nee along with it but may,
any morning, have peace, and subugation peace and
inamy peace with the contemp. of the world and
own
These are few of the considerations which should
make us look forward to long and arduous war. 1t
is dark and rugged road but travel it must, to
the respendent and glorious goal that shines before
Var is sad necessity but peace, without independ-
ence would be perdtion. As Mohammed said, to en-
courage his soldiers when they tagged and tainted in
the heat Of the desert 1t is hot, but He'll is hot
ter"