Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-11-17

Brig. General BRYAN GRIMES, commanding Division.
From the Augusta Cons.i;utionalist.
We Admit 1t
T. A. EARLY,

From the Augusta Cons.iutionalist.
We Admit It
Under the above caption, the Augusta Register has
the following pthy and eloquent remarks:
It is frequently charged that fer the President
and bis admi nisraion. When the choice is the pari
OF and statesman, Jefferson Davis or the brute the y
rant the aboitonist, AbraS LDcon, admit we
are for the former. When the choice is between the
acts of the Southern administration and those of the
vile Northern despotism, covered with lnamy, false
hood bribery and corruption, we are proud to take
sides with the former When In war which looms up
without parallel in history for its bitterness gan
tic proportions its desoaons, it's suf3riugs its trials
-wsged one side with relentless cruelty by over
powering numbers for conquest aud suhJugatlon--on
Tie other for life beity honor and all that man can
hold dear, we deny not for our native lani and
we loahe those who for selfish or ambitious PURPOSES
would produce 3ivsion and fOment strife amongst Us,
thus weakening hands, and encouraging the hearts
of those who seek destruction. Yes, we admit it
We are for Jefferson Davis and the Confederate States,
ard cok to the latter with its constitution as the
palladium of liberties, and to the former as the in
strunnt raised up by the Almighty to lead US through
this terrible struggle to independence.
We cordially and unequvocaIiy endorse every word
of this paragraph Our neighbor has enunclated the
two alternatives, which pres nted to the Mid aad
heart OF every Southern gen eman and honest Coned
crate The choice is fairly given and the issue squarey
made. We pity indeed the cspious aid sour Ihersles
who can read these sentences without some twinge oil
conscience We pity the vain and pretentous dema-
gogue who is forever ntrudipg his boated be-
fore the crowd, with dreary catalogue of jeremiads
dripping from his lips.
L be who see Dc sod in anything as the men
who denied the Savior because be came from Nazareth
The men who despair of their liberties and those who
are heading the mighty struggle for them-these men
unworthy of the freedom they apostrophise and like
Dantes false prophets have their faces immovaby fix
ed in tie wrong direction. How shall they the
sun of Freedom thus distorted How they be ex
pected to know feel do anything correctly when
the very atmosphere around them has become saoged
| by their j4undiced emanations
Luckily for all, such individuals are, in the long
run, like the turnse that is in everybody's way and
stops nobody They may retard temporarily, but they
30 not finally succeed in anything but their own down
fau Stop this tremendous revolution with croaking
AS Contemporary, the Mercury put it in the begin
ming of the war-as we'll could gentleman OF the ole
school stop the mail train, by tnrusng bis gold headed
cane between the wheels of the locomotive.
A new mode OF capturing blockade nners has beer
iGaugurated by the commander of the North At
lantc BIockading Squadron, which thus far seeEs t.
work well. What the method is the Admiral keeps tt
himself but the plan has the desired effect, and will Sc
cure that officer great deal of prize money and tn
Government large revenue.--:N. 7. Herald.