Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-09-01
TCommunicated.l
The Richmond Enquirer and the BIZ

The zfcfEnona Enquirer and the RIeclzadsrs.
The Richmond Eoquirer, in article On cotton and
blockaders, says--"As specimen Of the work these
gentry have done, We often note cargo sales of Lon
don dock and Segnette brandy, champaign, cigars and
silks. Gross dc Rim silk, painted org an
dies maynosia coating, black cloth, English grapes,
bennet ribbons black lohar oorsotts fancy ncckties
silk handkerchief. Nothing Tor the soldiers
NOTHING Eor his TAXED or shoeess children othing to
make stronger os uetec able to endure the coming
cold and priva.ions of Win.er" i speaks 0! block-
aders behoding the theatre OF war from private box
with lorgretie ignoring the fact that itself doing
something Of the same from it's bomb.proot tripod
while emitting to give ga specimen of the work
of these gentry" in the matter of the Government
cargoes which they bring in for tie army and navy
It picks up Wilmington or Richmond newspaper,
London dock brandy champagne, cjgars, silks, rib
bons, corsetts &C., and jumps to the corcuson that
these the only goods brought into the Confedeacy
nothing for tie soldier, nothing to make us stronger
1t has never bill of ladins Or invoice OF the
pork, the bee the bacon, the eugar, the coffee. the
sherry for tie SICK the grey clotf the blankets, the
Shirts the socks the tD the zinc, the STEEL the plates
of iron, the "copper" the Lead tie borax, the OIL, the
shovels tbs rvets The 1repckes the nails the sapetre
the cartridge cloth, the machinery the big guns for The
army and navy which these gentry" bring il for The
Confederacy, of them freight free, while it IN its
snug quarters is noticing the "cngo sales"
Noticing them in It's cushioned chair, perhaps,
poying itself in picking flaws in the patriotism of other
the deity impressed the national coin of Old and
New E1gland which itself SO utterly abhors and leaves
to the sordid oynent OF these gentry 1t WhlneS
and mutters to ihe government. for relief and calls
upon not to send cut so much COTTON and to bacco
or as "iitte as possible" 1t is Ignorant that
the owners of these bockaders when their steamers
have been chased by the INTERVALS ashorehaVe gi7er
orders to the government stores first while theI
own have been subjected to plage and loss, and that
of he large number OF arrivals recently the larger
majority have IN laden with government freight
Before therefore, while railing athose gentry, to
want of patriotism and love OF the " New Eoganc
3oity,' would it not have just we'll generoU:
10 have furnished such specimen of their work., pc
contra, rebounds to their credit and proves them as
iotc in deeds certainly as some are in words who as
sail them as entirely sordid and selfish The Govern
| ment freight some OF these gentry" have been til
means Of introducing into the Contederacy, wer
& without such adequate MEANS has been of in
caculabie importance to the cause. The pres
has beea justly styled the fourth estate, and its oert
is ever to be cherished and defended Bat it some-
times occurs that this mighty lever is welded upusty
in efforts to prejudice and endanger the rights and IL
terests OF ipdlvldualiam. SUM CUlQUE.