Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-04-07

vice. Raw troops with double barrted shot guns ar,
amply sufficient to hold our entrenchmens against such
troops az the enemy send to attack them. Besides
regard Buffers Ship Island expedition as harmless
menace, so TAR as New Orleans is concerned A Black
hepu olcan dynas will never give Breckinridge
Demo rat, Ike Butler, command of any expedition
winch they bad any idea would result in such glorious
succ as the capture Of New Orleans"
Alas alas another instance OF the folly of violat
! ing The Wholesome maxim ne SutOr ultra epeddm.-
The young General had dabbled 10 New York politics
just enough TO oil good artillerst and make very
poor politician and prophet. The unfortunate issue OF
this so dogmatcay eXpr $50 calculation might have
been passed over 10 charitable forgiveness and silence
aud consigned the tomb of many other murdered
prophecies OF more petentiOus prophets than
Gen. Lowell. if the General himself had not exEtum 3D.
end invited inquest to be he'd it, By bis
preteoce subs quent to he realization of the glorious
success which be confident would never be al
Otted 10 an old BrecknridGe democrat :" that bis
int bily to offend New Orleans due to that very
stripping his depar tment Of e troops which he was
the first to advise and urge upon The Government
Herein, too truthful history will place in conflict the
.Tindcated and acquitted General and the maigned
and caIumniated people, who, not having en-
Ijoyed the advantages Of a collegiate training
at St, Tammany's, simple enough to believe that
the command on Ship Island under tie old Brock
lnridge demo at ended fer important
and practical end than the occupation by ten thousand
ren of saud spot in the Gulf Of Mexico, and who,
with the ncredulity unscphistcated ignorance
here OF Inferior and exterior lines of works, the ost
complete which surrounded city, were weak
enough TO disrust the OF Gen Lowell that
the defences OF the city perfect and impregna
ble and audacious enoug to give frequent utterance
to this sceptlcls, only to bring upon them the sneers
ard snubblngs OF the Fauban from the street commits
sonerehp OF New 7 rk 1t ives with inexpressible
pain and anguish that this people witnessed the with
drawal of oil the trained and wel[armed troops raised
and equipped by the Stale and people Of l. isiana,
from city, by the ad vice end at the suggestion of
Gen. Lowell and it Was With still stronger feelings of
alarm and discoutent that, when waiting upo- him
through committee of their most vereraLed ctz Ems.
to nest their approhensons and to tender to him all
the means of tie city to aid n its Defence they were
cavaery dismissed with hints to mind their bust
ness and cOnent that be would see that the city
was defended Never were such large means for de-
fence avishy rendered by besieged people, and so
little availed Of One-third of the coin in the COME
eracy all the skill and labor of the largest class OF
skilled mechanics and artisans slaves without number
all the iron in the city, including the lamp posts gas
and water pes the church, steamboat and plan
bells I'll the ships, steamers and vessels all the
chney, all the physica Appliances and the cooperation
of every man. and child of great city free
ly and ungrudgpgly pac the disposal Of the Gene
raj commanding. We do not to imply that it
in his power to make them available for the de-
fence OF the city, but cite them proofs OF the de
votion and earnesness of the people in reutati,n oil
and illustrations OF their disrust of the adequacy Of
General Lovells perfect lines of defence" Let not
our position be misunderstood. We do not impute to
General Lowell or TO anybody, the blame RESPONSE
bity for the fall of the city but we do assa, and
stamp basey false and caurnnous OF brave honest
and patriotic people the imputation or insnuation
that any disgrace dshonor attach to the people
of New Orleans from the failure to defend their city.
1t is the defence of himeelf by General Lo.
veil, and not bis defence of New Orleans, that we
inn ign as unjust, dsingenuous, unmanly and in
con stent. His eHcu patton from serious de-
II quency in the use Of the means which he could
Command for the protection of the city, might be &C
ceped ust-at least would provoke serious dis
sent if be had not travelled cut of the proper line of
his defence, to mpute short coniDgs to the limo
cent of all the parties in this unhappy aar-the PEG
pie in New Orleans. The duty of their vindicaton
ag inst these nsnuaions has been rendered the
necessary by the with which General Lovel!s
version has been smugg!ed into the popular histories
of this war.
In another communication we shall show the extent
to which Gen. Lovtls gross AID dsparaging misrep.
resentation of the conduct of the people New Or
leans this memorable occasion hes been adopted as
historical TRUTH and will exhibit more conclusive evil
denoes of its inconsistency, its fAgrant injustice and
groundessness. w.