Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-01-21
TERMS OF ADvERrIsIna

those who are be "pardoned and those who sre NOT
to be pardoned under the proclamation which the base
foe has addressed to u.s. No man who does not take
the oath-the oath OF unconditional support to the
enemy and unconditional deuuncation Of our kin
dred and children "rebeis-wil sit the bench OF
justice, any jury. 1t will be the harvest time of
lntormers and detectives and let them swear they
will, those judges and juries will be bound to believe
them. VI course, the enemy will not undertake to
rule the country without the aid Of some of its
citizens, who may swear and prove that they
are "loyaE that is to say, traitors to their
country. Ten per cent of the population seems
to be counted upon for this service Mr.. Lin.
colo calculates that, out of every hundred, may be
found, "peradventure tea just men," BY and through
these ten he must govern the other ninety and TO do
so in safety be must make that the ninety de-
prlVed, hrst OF all votes aud franchises secondly, of
all of sefdeeuce. To attain this last inds Densa
bic object it will be found necessary to copy pretty
closely the code of arms acts and "nsurrectonary
acts'' in Ireland under which, at this day, whenever
the Viceroy believes that any more counties
threatening disturbance, be hus only to proclaim those
counties under martial law and pour into them large
forces of police, with orders to search the houses of ss
pected persons at any hour of the day or night.
house is entered at midnight By police guard the ln-
mates ordered to rise out of bed In order that the
beds mattresses may be searched for gun locks or
barrels stocks, else bayones pixies other weap
1t any part Of any such weapon is found the faith
of the family is carried off in handouts to for
bis offence.
We are not here simply specuating upon what msh
possibly be done in this country but relating what is
the actual and frequent practice IL another country
held in subsection by military force neither do we
mention it In the way OF blame. Ii country is be
held on that principle at all, such code and such
practice the necessities OF the case; and
suppose is safe TO assume that the Confederate people
you'd be quite as dangerous to their masters 10 thE
condition OF q subject population, and would need
many precautions and restrictions to keep them down,
as either the Poles, or the Venetian3 or the Irish
i is hardly needul to remark that the postofice al
so-.as in those three other countries-woud be made
bureau of espionage, In order to know the secrets OF
Suspected persons and to find with whom they
respond, either at home abroad la Ireland, upon
the order of the Lord Lieu enant, o any
Der of the Privy Council the whole correspondence of
any person persons-al LETTERS whether i'm or
from him-may be, and often are, examined and copied
in the Office, and then re-seaed with et of the
original seal and address, and forwarded nothing
had happened. Then, also, would be the reigu of
Commissioners OF Forfeited Estates" whose opera
tons would be extensive and their d4Iies arduOuS ia
deed for their functions would not b. confined dis
tngushing between the oath htaking ioyass and recG
SAINT malcontents one good time and 50 having done
with it, there always relapses from this species Of
loyalty land know the offered terms of pardon re.
que the oath not only to be taken, but be perss
Ienty observed,) and Yankee claimants would De in.
slant and greedy, and nformers jealous and well paid
and courts and jurles compiasant ana accommodating
1t takes no effort OF imagination to conceive THIS
of Things in all its details there is Imagination
at all in the matter. When the sun SETS 1t IS not by
Imagination, but by induction know thai clouds
| and darkness will come Neither could the
nv eliest fancy ever hope to equal the real facts OF the
case as they have been perfected by the ngeLuy Of
centuries, and practiced witn invariaoe III
many lands.
In Short if this Coneieracy should be defeated or
should consent, any conditions, To lay down her
arms before having assured aud established comp
eparatlon aud Independence, all the evils tDd lay
heavily a conquered nation woud Dc hers Beng
weary Of the Horrors OF War" would tild that
i h th. -
Peace. Peace hath Der vlcores and the OF
such Peace tbls would he, tue proud
hearts aud manly spirit OF a Ouce haughty pe0pe, until
they snUuld almost accept Their places Ill TIA. pro-
ceosIon OF oppressed RAGS, which, cothed with uuna
tion as with garment, aud wlIo head bowed aud
faces veed, follow tbe trlumphai Car OF ther CON
querols tue grea' march OF the nations down ibe
broad highway Oh history.
Aud our Masters would ha the aLkee nation. Think
Of i'll No nigh, imperial House OF r RJmauoG-no
gle brood of the blood royal OF kllgs--wOld be
auzerans and tes1masters; out moo OIL low
est of the white OF the earb; aud villa VII )m we
have found it utterly intoerabe to v>, equals
and teiow-ctzens-thcse DC your klu5s oh Coul de-
rates Impossible some may eXtalu it is not III the
very nature OF things tDat TIE higher race saOud be
| vassas to the lower Alas we uever sdaiucd the
Yankees, than the three million hdusny MOBILES
of Poland despsed the aud cJwardly Mu5cUvC.
| When that splendid Kingdom Indepeud, nt and
| Its brilliant nobility Oh some Set d4y uOoped 10
the plain hard by the Vlatua, WITH banuer and punL,
| to select sovereign actlOn VINO WOuld DdYC dared
| to predict to them that their chdrens bIcks would
one day be made acquainted with the MuscCvtc knou!
that scOns of their priucellest houses, their bic
ladies, deep In Russian dungeons would be iOrIeI TO
give evidence oil gg, administered by lowest
policemen Impossible! Why, let be
laid down, and the thing is not only posslbC-it is
| good done. We must sink at once to d vass4 peo-
pie, object of the scOrn, at best the pity all
world. Then it will be in vain that shall hold
our han g TO foreign nations for help sympathy
| there will be hearing, no showing tQr Us tie
earth. In vain then, shall Conspre III secret dens
to devise at last come Of desperate re5lsauce
in the most secret Of chambers wherever two or
three gathered together there will be detective III
| the midst of them. What would we give then 20
but one bali the army in the field that have actually
foot, by Gods mercy, this day. We shall not break
| the bright Confederate swords that we may one day
| bIindy and hopeessly clutch at splinter OF it, The
Contederacy is sill in the open field not in the caa
combs, the and the cuiverts The free air OF
their naty- hills still blows upon soloiors brows,
and lifts the proud folds OF their banners their battle
buge still wakes the merning, and their yet shine
| in the Let not those noble COnedera surInk
from bold begeen,s into a rabDle Of skuIkQg leocs
traficking for pardon, fearful of their shAdJ and
whitening away n ders of conspiracy under the poison
| breath OF the inormer !-Er lrntner.
despatch from Charleston announces thai the move
ments OF enemy Indicate another desperate eJrt to
reduce Charleston. la referring to this mALter the Sa
vanDah Republican says Ali the signs Indicate that
the enemy tesgn making tbel last attempt against
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