Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-01-26
A VOICE FROM suR E.1nEss

vince OF Croak-r is to disseminate it. virus There
ore, men should NJ wary Croakers of any other
ccntamir a'ion, As the world is constituted it is no
1asy matter to fuiiow eech advice. Croakers, like
scandal mong+rf stined to ahound ss they bave
ever done and 1t is FL. to AVOID them as il
hes ever been This sect s a. wide spread a. as an
;iens as Sin The Serpent in the Garden of Eden
the nrst Croaker OF whom have record and our
Aofbtr Eve the FIST victim of his disc ulper Since
then the brood has degeneraed but in its Gegenera-
ton bas wo6d rfu il creased. 1t s 10 the Lature of
all the meaner nsects 10 multiply their species with
peculiar fecundty hence Croskes OF The mods rn ge
here are many evils, poiSOrs which hare in them
some element OF good There once was solitary raw
found In the gloomy OF Trophon Us. Possibly
there may be particle # advan' age III den away
somewhere, in the musty spleen of ur political and
ocia croakers. If there be- discern it.
bat we have, just now, supf rabnndance OF croak-
rs 10 our midst ls not thaps surprsit e. In.tims
o. tempest they are prolific, immedia ely after
Lie storm tflelr seas'u ig Ncr is strange that
We rove alsD many among who cannot Justly be
Iassed with the lnenctive AID hahual cfoakers ard
VINO yet consent 10 swell tier dist orsoia;e apd pest
entla chosu u.s. l. IS lncdent to his arurai ganza-
t'on That 1nan, occasionally drops ito The "suke "
contracts he d" bus" gets down in the mou th'
Aud comGnnis like Individuals arr subject to all
he dtprts seiVe variations OF hesviness Of heart"
bnt what IS IN re the condition OF public af4Is
e"d Ire morbid hunger ct the hypocopdriacs who
pro"l about, s:ekng whom to dSm y What is
there TO supply tie grumbers 8rd he hearted
WIN melancholy mu terirgs and evil bodings? What
Is tbre beyord tie ruetul and reasonss pprebensops
o 'he'r own saturnne naginatiors? What, indeed?
Ii them brisk breeze a tempest thunder clap
as an eartbquake; s5rious disaster as the crack OF
doom" They are not the man to wrest liberty from
the iron clutch OF despotsm; not the to snatch
glory from the Of death not The n,ea to perse-
V.Te Il ueadng tbs thoIny path to Independence
ley are not only worthless, but dar gerous admx
ure IN The social eys stem For them we know of no
nealing spechc but, tor aty who may have possibly
been touched by their infectious palsy, would sug-
g+st the saving and simple remedy of calm reflection
guide patriotic confidence.
Who that cooiy rejects, not only On the i1herent
rue5 OF noble cause, on the course of the
struggle SO far, Can yield 10 despoudepcy? Who that
traces It's varied ph seS, ard contrasts Vcissitudes
9Th all other Efforts Of kindred charoc er can grow
gtlmvsaged? VITO, that has faith in patriotic self
sacrifice and The entiuy poured blood of pure hero
lsn, eaT for The futare quail tor the present p?
u there be any one he need not quit bis cline tor
sV1dence enough 10 set him right. Here, and row he
hads history bat reproducing ITSELF under eeh set Of
circumstances; here be finds the past ailhtay reflected
IN The present. here he color every passing gloom
which The lmuIedla ia may cloud by the
hardly hoped Tor trinmphs dragged from the very des
pairs OF the far past
The ruler at Washing on, in day, has taken the
place of the ruler London in the DAYS of the First
Rcvoution-ony the ioimer has improved and eularg-
td 0n tie example OF the latter, in his effort out
Herod HerOd. Abraham Lincoln like George Gutlph,
dtnies tie right OF Sell government, demar ds subms-
SIGN, invades, makes wa devastutes cCexes coerces
Pre- misses, dece'vcs, proclaus mmuGites, Eliminates
threats gives time lJr surrender, and dos all other sort
OF things, IN the Royal ashlon, without shadow of
Aha As i l ~ith the R9yal tIEaQt gould
deiuuct London ex Ampiar, at every point we have only
tC emulate the patience aud perseverance, we'll
DC the determination aud tortitude OF lbose glorious
souls fought against Dutch George of England as
W. now, aud ior kindred cause, fxh against bis mod
ert copyist Tbis done, will, as race, have pre-
served the precious heritage OF the First Revolution
and tor the second time, tern ourselves vctoriousy,
from odous thraIdom. hat precious heritage has,
tor u.s. the most encouraging tss0ns treasured in its
history, surely il claims rcm a second duty to-
ward ITSELF ! he Duty ls acknowledged oY all ; the
Lessons should shame every Croaker in the land but
they OIeotten or derided by that class
Who csn be dispirited, that Calmly fleets on the
shifting seenes, and chequered character Of that first
great Struggle of when This is bat the tition on
vaetr scale? Was not the attempt tue part of the
ecioniss, like that Of little David against massive
Goath? If the North is, aud hes been, greater than
SCUM 10 might Of numbers and all the appliances
OF and and, not Britain proper aiouate
ly migh,ier than the Colonsls? Was she not as de.
termned TO her armies aud ravies and monies and
cotrupons for the aosone subjugaton of her revoed
CUloDes, the North is TO do thing for the
coi quest of these SCvIegn ates &And was she not
a. lavish OF the nexbaustible aus n her power p
D d not George Guelph, like Abraham Lincoln, as
often Ironse to his people AID the world, and proclaim
nsuI gents" that The Iebeion shall aud must
be cfushei ii thirty, ninety, three hun
dred DAYS at all s. time before he would for
bear? DID not Georges lide Abraham, speak ca sioliDg
y and seducuveiy, ateVery favorable opportunity, and
thunder away again at bis fixed resolve-sub
jugaon? And yet be could got finally withhold Inde'
pe endence-bether can Lincoln.
Aye" quoth the croakers, 'but the enemy ave got
now IN the field than double force, to
talk oil their formidable heets and their teemng CON-
nissarats and countless other advantages" Suppose
this were rue proves nothing against success Wnen
the afcctive force under Washington not II 600
men that under General Howe SO 600, not to talk
OF fo mdabie fleets and countless other advantages"
n this alarming alsnarity did not deter The beros Of
that day. although did the Croakers 1t rets 1ded,
but did finally withhold Independence-thus a sim
liar condition can retard it now but that is all.
Eyes" cry the croakers, but look at the defeat OF
RCod, the victorious march Of Sherman, the loss OF
Savannah the many VINO said to jump at amnasty
and the desertons here and there and all that sort OF
dis heartenng thing" Just the croakers shreked
alter the defeat Long Island, nearly ninety years
ago Indeed that defeat Was, In its immediate Effects
Infinitely more disastrous than any we have yet to
chronicle for our struggle. Not only it disastrous
n the direct loss, but in the widespread depression
an the rich field il left for be croakers Doubt and
terror then seized the very best happily, in our
day, DOUBT and fear are confined to the Systematic
croakers SO great tie dlsmay consequent On that
Long Island defeat, that numerous desertlons became
aarmingly euuent desertlons In force, not dlbe Is
as, at worst, tbe now are was just lne Time lOf
lconciatioa-a lime such as Lincoln thinks Sherman
has now brought about and the enemy sent ENJOYS
to treat with The RevoIutioniss and to Cer amicable
ten ms To them Franklin ia that hour OF dismal gloom
made the bold reply that there should be no peace OF
alliance, exc pt as Independent States" And not
wthstanding defeat, amnesty, desertion, gloom .and
roakers, Frank in predicted truly.
Disaster and desertion," indeed one the dastardy
consequence of the other But even if what the
croakers falsely imagine of our disasters and
mera not nrentlu exapnerated they fail far short OF