Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-04-28

in moment of excitement or confusion by mistake,
get mixed up with their speeches on Southern affairs,
passage or two formerly prepared for philippe
against Lincoln and the Yankee Government. Either
this, the being betrayed into laundering sentence
asserting personal independence in which they have
idea OF sound and fury to such contemplate
thing as sense and reason, only account for these
Outburets from some Southern
1t is difficult to imagine what these people mean
unless it be merely to cut caper and by contrast
prove their independence by side IF other peoples pas
siventss. The country is hset every side by the
most powerful well as the most heartass enemy that
could be arrayed against it. The triumph of that enc
my would be the death kne of every vestge of liberty
in the Souh-tte Southern people would be degraded
beneath their very slaves-and of the catalogue
of m'series and notifications but would be melted out
to them. he entire strength of the co1nry-in man
and means-ls d>manded to avert these indesc liable
caamltles And yet when the representatives OF the
States after patient elaboration, decide upon the
measures indsP nsabe the national defence not one
OF them meets the approval Of those gentemen All OF
them are pronounced Institutional! They affect to
feel the chains gradually winding about their limbs aud
they kick
Now let US ask-in the name Of all that is rational
ard patroc--what would these men d. for the eou1-
try's defence in this hour IF imminent peril? How
would they raise up men? How munitions Of war
How money? How many and how much would they
give? Do they dream that volunteering in any way
would be adequate either in to the pub
lie defence against the millions CT that hurled
aSdbSG Tue country 10 06neVe lHdt Quietly
and passiVely sending forward the olive branch peace
at be head of lew feeble hrigeds of volunteers tie
enemy will grant place and lndep.ndcnee2 They
cannot labor urdr any such vain deiusion 1t is i'm
possible There ia not man out of Bedlan so insane
as 10 imagine any such thing. Then what do they
mean, aud what do they want?
But tie country, after all need care very little about
these unaccOunable demonstrations They have their
temporary and limited effects, ard there is end of
them Let impugu TOO far the patriotism OF
these ciz1ns he most of them very sound
some of them would be corsoied their dark appre-
Tensions for ber by Major Tor some other) Geue-
rashp; or foreign commission or secretarIship-some
false scent thinking they runniHg with the
people, when they taking the very opposite course
and some ale unworthy of being associated with even
the worst of these they unnauenced By single
motive entitled to respect charity but justly
OF 9cts CT both Gisrust and contempt Is upon these
last that rests the blood of many hoGest and we'll
NJ ,anng Conf derate soldier, who permitted himself
to be mised by them, and who repened of his error
wien too late
he country is united IS never country was il such
The feeble sounds of discord drowned by
he concordant voice of the entire people composing the
family of Confederate States. The successes achieved
by noble and intrepid sodiery shaming the des
pondent and the timd into high spirit and courage
CrOaking and grumbling subsId.ng, and when the
work done, The activity reached, and the triumph
won. there will be to admit but they too were
true and faithful, and Helped TO achieve the grand re-