Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-08-02
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Commercial. 1t contains some facts for eo;oA
consideration among thinking men 0o'
Gentleman who had free conversation -.
President johnson, short time since, Inform
that he found him hopeful, in good spirits o, u3
unhesltatlng IN the expression of his views TT
does not anticipate anything like a dem0or.t.e
majority in the next House of Representot;,ooire
though the number of representative of ~ eS
party will doubtless be- considerably increo SlaI
But he does count confidently on the return os :.
majority of moderate men, who will be nrnnoroI
to deal with the people of the South as all honor
able and high minded nations deal with Their ~,
tagonlsts after having beaten and disarmed tIor
And I'D districts and States where the rennhI;o
party fail to nominate such men he thinks Jn
cratic candidates will be likely in majority o.
cases to be elected over radicals. ' VI
The President is unhesitatinplv of tho o,,;.
that the only safety of the nation lies in gn,o
GUS and expansive plan of Cancellation, and tLo
longer this is delayed the more difficult will L
to bring the North and the South into bormn, NC
Ii the suspicious tyrannical policy is too long Dur
sued, the population of the South will becon,aa
hostile in time to the North as the peoDIe IF L 90,
land are towards England, adding to this evil .,
hereditary and growing animosity and ahiIit, r
revenge hundred fold greater than Ireland nos.
sesses P''
Will find work enough, and for MANY wears 70 oo,.
probably better remuneration than any othercloe.
OF agricultural laborers in the country. The com
petition of capitalists and land-ownerswilI insnr.
good treatment and good pay from the planters
That there will be out no more than there worII
be at the North were the number of blocl, IolnI
ers sufficiently numerous to enter into seriogs
rivalry with the white laborers
The President is confident that nothing can 10
safely and permanently done in regard TO rcsto,
ing the currency, diminishing taxation, and &c
tabhshlng the prosperity of the country on sound
and enduring basis until representatives from oII
the States are present in Congress. The idea Of
leglslatlng for one-third of the population !of .
oT,1 OtIry avid
without allowing them any voice in the matter, or
paying any attention to their wishes is full Of dam
ger, to the future peace and welfare of the nation
They cannot be treated a subjugated people or
as vassal colonies without germ of hatred bcipo
introduced, which will some day OF other tbouoH
the time may be distant, develop mischief of the
most serious character
With regard to the basis of representation he
denounces this as mere bugbear. It cannotapd
1t Will not be permanently settled until all the
States are represented, and no increase in the
number of representatives in consequence of fine
emancipation of the slaves can III any event oc
cur until the census of 1870 is taken, until which
time of course the tree-ffths provision is in force
under the last census. There is, therefore, amp,
time to settle this matter between now and 1870
and it is unwise to agitate it until other matter
which cannot be delayed are settled
Inc PRESIDENT does not admit that he has been
inconsistent. He is as much opposed to treason
and traitors as ever he was, and for Furnishing
treason no
traitors now. The enemy has fully and fairly snr-
rendered and is powerless, and a foe thus situated
should be magnanimously treated. generous
and self-relant warrior always restores his disar
ell enemy his sword and trusts his parole of hon
or.
The idea of muzzling the press and tying the
tongues of the people of the South after the man
ner of the suspicious tyrants and the Holy InQu-
s1hon OF the Old World, he denounces as absurd
A people should he allowed to grumble who have
suffered so much, and they would be unworthy
the name of men if they did not respect the brave
officers who have suffered with them. and honora-
bic memory of their gallant dead who sleep on a
hundred battle fields around their homes.
The Great Battle of sadowa-One Hundred Thou
sand Men Killed and VVountlcd-Nfnc Miles OF
MISUNDERSTANDING Scenes.
From the London Times July IL.
Everything that reaches lis confirms the belief
that in the Sadowa the Austrian army has been
nearly ruined as military force for the present
The bravery of the men shows forth
clearly in every narrative. They held their posi-.
ions with obstinacy they advanced against the
teadly fire of the needlegun with all the devotion
ot the soldier. AS long as they preserved a hope
If victory, they fought with spirit worthy of bet
er leaders and better cause.
Our correspondent, writing three days after the
battle, when the confusion was beginning to sub
de, when the men were finding their way back
20 their regiments anG regiments or what was
cit OF them, were again being united into brig
ldes and divisions, gives the loss of the beaten
Irmy as probably more than two-ffths of its whole
number. cit may be true" he says ''that 80
100 men were killed, wounded taken prisoners, or
lrowned, and that $50 guns taken, abandon
d, or thrown into the river on the retreat" Ad-
ling to these losses the number of men who must
lave thrown away their arms in the retreat We
must doubt whether 1O00 600 effective men were to
,e found in the Army of the North three DAYS ar-
er the battle.
The retreat was, indeed, melancholy and disas-
rous. AS at Leipsic, we hear of pontOons laden
With hundreds swept down the river and over
urned with their living cargoes-of artillery AMI
lorsemen crashing down upon and through the
truggling infantry, jamming them into the mar
ow roads and hustling them over the bridges in
o the waters. In about all that is most horrible
n warfare was concentrated into this contest
ong struggle, lasting the entire day, the MOVING
Town of whole regiments by the firing of the enc
n.y. the burning of villages, the horrible incidents
# flight through an inundated country and
lnally, the long sufferings of the disorganizcd
march that succeeded, form a combination at
which the imagination is shocked and saddened.
1t is difficult to bring ones self to believe that
UGH horrors have been enacted in our own time
nd in region SO near and so familiar. We had
eard and read of such fields of slaughter but
hey seemed to belong to an age and state OF
uman character which could never be revived
Vine miles of slaughter, ending with the drowning
t mass of terror-stricken fugitives are an event
7hlch few years since the wisest would have
impossible in the Europe of to-day.
Unless the. course of hoStilities be stayed, there
reason to fear that Sadowa will not be the last.
lOugh 1t may remain the most deadly Of the Au~-
Ran battles. The Prussians are flushed with vic
Dry and they know that the army of Bohemia
naided is in no condition to oppose them That
rmy must have lost half its guns, and bv far the
reater part of its military stores If they have