Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-10-27

duTrg this fell and Ri1ter. To ke open his OF y
line OF commune ard sunpies will reuaie the
whole attention OF the Yankee General. long as
Hood, with bis whole army is hanging upon his aa0k
Ia the meantime may not hope that army
will be so strength e1e to enable to take the 3n-
eive and drive tie invader rom soil. This nust be
done, or when the Fprirg opens Lire In will down
upon us with hls i've hu0drad thousand eves, who
will be traoed add disciplined during thewlnter and
thf n We shall wish, when If is too late, that we
had stricken the enemy a fAtal 5io'@ when it vas
ns 1t is now in our power t. srko him such o
blow. '' NOw's the cay aud nows the hour 4"
to strike far cur tCcei0m and Independence, as
well to avert future evils that must and will come upon
rs II We remain n cur present ehargic and Iukewarm
C ni ion. Let not farter ourselves that Lincoln
will not get tie troops he has called for He has never
tailed y~t, nor will he fail noV aid it beh0oves u.s.
wise and sagacons people to provide agaiost future
dar gers aud he best lrovisi0n make in this
Respect is 10 ct FtTe3ghen tie ranks Of General
Hood, and enable him t, get Sherman uut of The
u"try i2ls dnlo, shall b. enabled open the
campaign in the sfae With s7me hopes of Success but
IL Sherman ls permitted 10 remain where he is during
be winter the spring campagn will open upon with
ou siender prospects O; triumph on our part.
Tho Belfast
,.le ,opdon NerOs of the Vo:H thus aIludus 10 the
lac rot which occurred in fast
Scme silly people 10 Belfast took il into tHer heads
to burn O'Connel in tfsy on the very day that the
hOrUrs so long due to bis memory, tardy paid in
Dublin. Why such preceding allowed by the
magistrates and TIE police docs not eppear but the
successful execution Of such exploit toIefably
to lead to her Disturbances. 1t does not
peIse any to agn that etaIiaory measures both
sides, succeeded each olher and that Presbyterian
Churches, Wesleyan Chapes, Nuneries, and the resi-
dences OF CATHOLIC Bishops "wrecked in order to
satisfy the mistaken end useless zeal of the devotes
OF spurious religion. The people who 80
far gave way 10 their passions were neither
good Catholics sound Prot,stans, and
the utmost thcy Can expect IS to be treated
as msre rioers whose proceedings have not the
shadow OF pretext FIR justification. Meanwhile the
military powers have been called in, and lives We fear
n every the lives Of rioters, have been sacr-
feed to the Moloch of mobocracy. We not writing
Of Irish riots in New YORK. which were respectable iu
comparison, because they of fear of the
sccpton bu OF the thriving city OF Belfast,
whose industry fourishes and the people supposed
10 be loyal subjects OF her Majesty. It is certainly
rghttul TO contemplate what may happen after ap
peal the mob like passions Of muscular Christians Of
the Belfast s)rt. We had hoped that the days for Arm
and PROFESSIONS Acts goue, to return In Ire
land but these late prCc edngs u Belfast, the leas'
likely of all Ieiund, VIII tend to awaken US ~
such 1eiuslon. If it canuot be permitted to the
liens Of Dublin to assemble order to honor the
OF great OF tie Irish bar and OF the English
senate, without having the compliment OF riot else
VIE e, only ask the l. gisature to prohibit pro-
crasiors n order 10 avoid the necessary sequence Of
riots. But in the meanwhile tie rIngtead-
both sides brought to justice, and compel them
tt pay person for ircJDVenienc4 and loss they
have caused to Others in purse
A largely attended meeting Of the respectable chab-
lt2uts held in the TOwnhal this morning at ii
O'clock. Alderman Muller presided. Several sentIe-
OF both the Catholic aud Protests parties report
sd that they had visited the different districts last night
to try and iphuence the rioters both sides to dscon
tinue the rios THY had received promise from all
purties Frat they would do hing unless attacked
her dpuatons we're appointed 10 visit the disturbed
districts.