Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-01-19
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conquest BIZ INVASION.
Since the CONNIE ncemsut Of the war the Yankees
have propOunGsd and apparently credited naDy 1h40ri
fer crushing the rebellion" says the Richmond Wig
At frs, they entirely cohfG that enough Of
Union feeling remained in the South to re assert t.ef
and restore Federal authority, wsn the troops OF thu
United States GoserGment enough to lend
encouragement and support They next comNorted them
selves with the belief that tho disposition OF the slaves
TO revolt would render it necessary that bear
ing classes should remain at home, ard that consequent
ly could be put in the fisld meet their
coiuRls coming down from all directiors.-
They did not believe that could Obtain arms a1d
ammunition sufficient for wagirg a great They
that could not raise supplies, and that
starvation and famine would cut short efforts
at resistance, and compel rs to sue for peace The
ec0nda coil was to c2RpreSg the life out OF Then
the Grant system OF collision to armies
out These and various other theories CT have
kept alive the hopes OF the enemy, bat have each and
all ended in disappointment and failure. But it is the
nature of that mercuria and saNgune people never to
abandon deusor without replacing it with another
Just now, they 0ice in the that to
| be conquered by the process overrunnng. Sber-
mans successful march from the Mississippi the At
lanc has ratified them that their may venture
leave heir bases end gun bouts and can 90 whittier
they plea0e They do not stop to inquire wheh
er Lot invasion is coDqueet-they assume tbst to
ia to euhjugate and that they have the power
to overrun and thus, as they destroyed slavery las
hey fancy) by epigram, they about to end the
e l7s they arcy agaiD) by syllogism.
time Will GtmOpStrate tie IdIacy OF TINS theory
81 +hat have preceded it. Indeed this has al
: q I'll >aae 80 conclu5vey that none but the will
eHGy 0een L, Ell now to see it. Sherman has ira
!uIy olnu can It territory but what foot of soil,
Yankee authority? The 1sirsJ StatesP Uho j.
citizen has be won for the L - war and submit bv
there that proposes to abandon L. 2one9 T, NOT m.
reason of any thing Sherman hes u AZ hostile r.
country through which he has passed jus L,.. =.
him, and jlst devoted to Cause ow, $500.
marched through it =? His mission being to- 100 30
would be not fnd just as much employment ". .,v.r
if be were back and retrace the track W.
which he came, il he move 10 any other duecuo-
Undeniabty and undoubtedly, this is 80. Nay, more
all experience has shown that the effect Of theoverIun
ming system is opy to intensity the hostility sn1 re-
double the zeal and determination of the people
Nor does repeated invasion continued occ1pNlloo
produce any other effect. Look at the Valley OF VII
GINA an other districts that have been time and again
trampied by the deso'ating hoofs OF invading hoes-
Is there any talk there OF submissjon Is there any
weakening of affection for the Confederate cause IL
New Orleans subjugated is he loyalty of her people
detached from the Confedcracy; are their sympatnSs
aenated from u.s. their bepes dead OF their prayers
ended because for nearly three years. fhsT nave oeen
subjected to Yankee authority Who doubts that
Norfolk, and Nashville. and Vicksburg are AZ faithful
to US VIXEN the flag of the Confedersey noa'so
over them?
Not ore OF them not town village;or homestead,
within the enemys lines, but would hail VILE Joy
mex Dressble the day that restored them to our
No length of time will change this feeling How, then
is the Yankee ever to establish general and lasting an.
hority over these States In these wide reaches OF
territory invade ia not to overrun, to overvun no
occupy to occupy ia not to subdue. Time, that u
gradually and surely destroying the capacity OF tne
enemy to wage of invasion, has no power &c
change The hearts shake the ancy Of our people
We are repeating the scenes and experience OF thu
Revolution of u.s. with tina difference 10 our favor thai
I while cur ancestors were generally unsuccessful IL
battle, generally successful Our ancestors wor
their independence by endurance. they learned tc
suf ,r and to wait" lime and the impossibility o
occupying so extensive territory overcane and de-
| easd the invader then. They will iufalibly do *
again. We must strain every muscle to meet aad fol
! the enemy wherever he may appear but We uust
With still intenser purpose, school ourselves to nea
ufuchingIy all the miseries that powerful and re-
Ientless foe irfict upon Then our cities ma
be wresed from US, lands wasted roofs be RI &c
our armies shorn OF their strength bat the orttuds
the people, impregnab!e to assault, iudestrucuble a.
iinvincbIe will survive them a, and assure for as
triumph glorious for the virtues that have galne't
as priceless in the benefits it will bring