Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-04-28
From the Richmond Dispatch.
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Whect5rse5 are Invaluable in. their tue Office, which
is to hold back the We 5on and prevent it from going
down hill too rapidly But, then, wheel horses to hold
back when s wagon Is going up hiH, and when 1t is
lust at "pinch requiring the whole strength of the
team, are very unproftable-nay, troublesome and
txatiouS-animals They fatigue and weary the
team, and retard the movement OF the wagon, with
advantage TO none. The grumbers IN the Southern
Confederncy ale Just like those latter kind of wheel
horses they take the studs the heavy burthen is
mounting The sepest part of the hill, and do every
coutrariase thing known to horse kind even TO mar
ring the good appearance of the "s"inge-tree."
Now as it is perfectly useless to reason with
"baukv horse" it is idle reason with the grumbers
We car only hope to the vain taken to the top OF
the Hill without them knowing that they will not be
paced until the level hard road is reached, AID there
they will in tie sunshine and the shade of the lovely
highway be as bright and cheerful the best OF horses
and snort their satisfaction and pride just though
they did as much the ree5t puer and gamest horse
in the team
The grumbIer is a very much injured man at one
time be is very intrepid deteudsr Of the peoples
rights at another be Is always very independent fe
low not afraid attack tyranny or corruption where
yer tbeg show their hideous fronts and, should
add never is anything but an honkst ard personally
muse dieiu1erestd mao He is, beyond question, the
If the Wise, and what other people cannot
that nothing is proper or polite and measure of the
Goyenmcn is constitutional. The suspension OF the
writ OF hGbe1S CO P although expressly auhorlz I'd by
the Ci Institution not dOEe cOustitulOpally unless
There must be an accuser, and proceeding ccCrdlDg
to very legal foms which 1t Is the purpose OF the
Suspension OF the writ avOld-tbe binary ext
geucy Of tie public service demanding the most SUN
mary process OF military law. So bitter are they
against the manner OF the suspension, We N = amer
that were the consued authorities to avail thtms ives
OF the powers conferred they would take fire at once
and communicate the Fl mts the whole nation. The
dramatic effect of their crusade against the monsrcu8
invasion OF popular rights would be 50 much heighten-
ed by case, that ii may not be unjust o.suspect thai
they wouli be rather rjoiced over one-not for any
sell compucent sen imen Cf theirs but only to stand
up for The people and the Cor sti;uion What Pre-.
sdent Davis gives them none? They will likely abuse
him for not doing So
Whether it be this hqbeas corpus, or the conscript
act the antisQbstitute law on this however, they
are rather subdutd since the people and the army are
not damaged by it, aud rather favor it, the law tol
1lndirg the curreney-Or the tax law--they are al
Violations of the constitution, assaults upon the liberty
and the most sacred rights of the citizen They declare
that they are 10. be ntmidaed, not they that
unconstitutional acts shall not 60 undenounced, and
ABOVE all, they mean not to submit to any master Ii
might be charitably supposed that 10 that part Of
their speeches in which they renounce all masters they