Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-02-09

Orr CT THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE.-H there
be any thu h in the runner that Lincoln, being On tne
zyr o. q fo eian var, wishes to patch up an accomo1o-
3ati0o with tie CCncdeiacy upon the basis OF an ai-
ac- sye ,.d defensive, or indeed IN any way, we
tb or people Sc well our rulers, lad better pause
and buk ls1le before 1mpng at the thing too sud
riT A foreign pressure, the almost inevitable cer-
tail tv IF EarOpeon war, could alone have induced
Lrca to have made thesa propositions II lndesd ne
has rade 5Een aid whether We reconstruct or enter
in,, a alliance With Lincoln, toe, will be made patt-
rer4 ip tia q9r; and war with England and France
would he 10 chid's play: We hardly think that We
wgIjd be much boLefttet y n king pease with Lin
coin simply to engage in with others not now our
enemies aIthous b. indeed they far from being our
hieLds.
That wouIi indeed be simply pledgipg ourselves for
'the next war;" and that think, is far from oeing
popular ADd We may rest assured that IN tnat "nex
war" our allies or cur btsrea Of the Lincoln States
", ,ud tISow as much Of the burden as possible upon
t5e South and sacrifice her much possible IN tie
settlement
Mere patching up peace with Lincoln may not re-
suit in peace tor u.s. There uterior considerations
which caano safely nor wisely be overlooked. hat we
went Is peace securty-Dot entangement, comPlioa-
ton fresh wars into which We might at any time be
drepged behind the car OF our Northern eompeers and
real rulers and masters.
It is evident to us as it must be to most people, that
even il the reports we hear about peace are true-and
We doubl them very much-even if We take them In
thsir nost favorable aspect, the" present is an
exceedingly critical pe9d in the history OF the cosn
try. It Lincoln has made any propositions admissible
W the Southern people if he is prepared to receive
ally such it is under the pressure Of approaching
EuroEean difficulty. He expects big war. He wants
TO involve US with him in that At with the
world, We mo4t depend upon trade with Lincolndom
ana beccce even more thar ever the commercial and
political 7asaals Of power and people from whose
tammaA W. have tried to free ourselves.
Bat il good truth there is no reason to place any
d-pendcrce upon the disposition of Lincoln or anybody
e5c il authority at the or h, TO make peace with
UPON .av aanissabe basis. If Seward used tie lal-
guage he is said to have usi on last Sunday night it
dols rot look much like it,, and Seward is the moving
spring Of tie whole Northera government
Donc let Us c5mplomisa ourselves lose control OF
feelings in eager desire for peacs, or we may
lose all for which we have been conterding and at the
fai! sccare that peace for which we have
been 30 Eager. The London Times may be right in
saying .lnf ro-e oftle European powers would guar
the independence of the CoDfederacy, proposed
even viii the proposition to abolish slavery As pro-
posed by whom? Nobody. We don't expect Esg-
land to do much anyway or uader any circumstances,
rr do We expect France body else to guarantee
the independence of the Contederacy We simply think
that ese nations have provided for themselves and for
Lncon such complications as will pretty surely result
ia CorDeng the recognition of the independence OF the
ConederacY by both Of them, and few thanks to
either. The Monroe doctrine is indeed doubly violated
when Louis Napoleon not ouy sets up Maxmillian on
tie imperial throne of Mexico and the ruins of the
Republic but actually attaches sundy Ct the provinces
Of that country in colonial dependence upon France
almost impossible that collision be avoided.
Could Lincoln ighten or caole the South into submis-
son reconstruction what not be would let little time
elapse before going into the new war.
Our plan is to 20 on as we have been doing, enIy
more Gathering up, concentrating, energ sng our
resources and action not allowing the sweet but
deceptive song OF peace to lulus into apathy give
Us sense OF false security. If we yield to this seduc
i've influence wa will wake up to find ourselves lost
We have warned our people against this lhi,g. We
repeat warning Hope as much as you please
Out place dependence upon these psace
runOrs which nov afoat. We dread these runors
even more thaa ne 90 the arms of the enemy. We do
Indeed fear the Greeks, Ysnkeesl even wien bearing
quits, Or profering peace. We have tried to do our
Gy lii endeavoEing to pat our readers on their guard
we do not believe Lincoln prepared to recognize the
Coniederacy even with alliance offensive and defen-
ave Ii he should, it would simply be with the view
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