Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-01-26
THR WILMINGTON JOURNAL

THx last Raleigh Conse' vatipe INDUCES IN language
which reflects no credit its head or heart nuse
can eject nothing and is cut OF place now we Can
only treat it with cont empt
What we have said about the Governors oppositlon
to General Whiting We have said upon what we have
believed to be- and sti believe to be- good authority
the authority of christian gentleman and brave SO
der-a North Carolinian who, if mistaken Is honeS'
" mistaken. We have never ass-rted 'hat oo'ein0'
Vance requested the appointment OF deneF"i nf"ss-
We do not know that he did. But GIG he LOU ndueo'
The removal of General Whiting, or what amounts I"
TIA name thinp-that be should be suFersedtdE VIII
tbis be denied We think not. We THINK De''er OF
TIA Governor of our State than that.
The gentleman upon whose authority We atsefted
Governor vance's opposition to General Whiting Is
erso nal friend OF General Bragg, and therefore could
have and did have prejudice against that gentleman
We Ourselves have defended General Bragg ten times
WHARF the Conservative has done All the fuss
and fury of that paper is simply gratultous IL Is only
mo- much nonsense It hurts nobody but The writer
We repeat we have good authority for our assertion
that Governor Vance did appy to have Gen. Whiting
superseded We do not say that the Governor did not
act from what be believed to be the purest motives but
We do think that be was under the influence of preu
Dies which were sincerely to be deprecated, and the
result of which ell fully appreciate General
Whiting has shown what he is The Conservative might
ind better way to scqui itee than By abuse of the
absent, the wounded, the captive.
The Conservative says that The Journal knows this,
that and the other thing. Again the Conservative
makes perfectly gratuit6us assertion, hardly worthy Of
serious notice. No assertion is proof even if it
be organic and denuEcation OF gallant gentleman,
who is in the hands of the enemy hardly be regard
ed a the most generous or cbivaric method of defend
ing these who are present.
We do not attack General Bragg We merely say
this that we think the RothsChids acSed upon sound
maxim of worldly wisdom when they adopted the rule
not to employ unlucky man, or a msn having the
general reputation of being uniucky If this was a
sound maxim in finance, how much more so In the
leadership OF and tbs conduct OF military opera
tionsi General Bragg is doubt brave soldier. a
pure patriot and worthy gentleman. Admitting all
this and no that know of denies itwe certainly
do ibid thai give him the confidence OF the country
to the extent necessary for sustaining him successful y
10 his responsible position
We are now, as We write, within hearing of the
booming of the enemys guns. Ii the writer in the
Conservative really wishes 10 distinguish himself, We
think he can be fully accommodated at Sugar Loaf
We think at the time that Confederate papers
might be and ought to be conducted without Billings
gate and abuse Perhaps The Conse UatfUe has Other
notions 1t certainly queer illustration OF the free
dom of the press when paper to be snapped and
taken to task by official organ foSsaying what it
had perfect right to say. We claim intaibility,
but we claim the right to express opinions honest
" and freely We supported Governor Vance's re-
election last year. We have offered any merely
factious opposition and do insist that the remarks oil
the Conservative are without foundation excuse.
The truth OF history will yet be INDICATED, and we
have no fears for the reputation of General Whiting
The more we reflect, the fully satisfied with
course in SO maintaining We want n no i ssaiis
10 a time for candor and 6rlnness
The truth of history in regard to General Writings
connection with affairs at Petersburg will also be vim
dieated. We do not know where TO pace the blame
Of the alleged failure of oreraon and supposed con
seqaent failure to capture important portion OF
Buffers srmy or at any rate do not SEEK to place it
now. General Whiting is a puncilous soldier and
would not notice outside remarks unless they appeared
in form in which lie could notice them. II a high
sense of military cosrtesya kindly regard ior military
and personal friendship shut General Writings mouth
in regard to matter which could rot have been other
Wlsc lnAu ~ouDdInS to Lis leeDsS, what can think
OF the generosity that takes advantage of these crcum
stances to propagate charges which the General has
fat himself pEecuded from contradicting, although
these charges are wholly ENTHUSIASTICALLY so? If
they had not been erroneous, does any one suppose they
would have passed wholly without official notice. es-
pecialy in view of the fact that General Whiting was
shielded by especial iayc urtis and that al intense
and protraeted clamor was kept up against him
But we have devoted more time to this eGusion Of
the Conservative than II deserves Other matters can
hs better and more satisfactorily noticed in their pro-
per connection, and wholly seVered from irrelevant At
ters.