Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-12-16


and of the action of the Cabinet tif not
thwarted) when it bursts forth.
Wherever, on the side of the Confeder |
ates, every means and purpose OF resist
ance had vanished, and " the fast-fettered
hands made vengeance in vain," there did
his conference wax fierce and his blows
fall heavily. The brethren" never be-
came the objects of bis daring till they
had ceased to be the objects of his dread.
A man with such antecedents must have
strong propelling motive for raising the
war cry, and lauding, in any way, the men
of whom, both in Congress and out of it,
he has been for years the most relentless
foe. His incentive to war with England,
he says, is the perpetuation of Republican
ism for generation. This is true in part;
for when the Republican party falls down
and breaks its skull, Ben comes tumbling
after. But his main incentive is spoons.
In the invading expedition (Den is de
termined to invade) he will be invested
with high command and whilst the rest
of the army is engaged in the field or in
| capturing cities, the Butler choice corps
will be employed, apart from the danger,
| III ferreting out the chiefs favorite do
| mestic utensils. The rich harvest which
he reaped in New Orleans and other fields
fertile in spoons, gave him tolerably high
rank in Boston, but the pre- eminence he
has attained in infamy makes him i'm
patient OF holding a secondary place in
any other sphere. Now, since Il lOrdIy
mansion in England boasts more spoons
than any Southern city that was ever under
the shadow of Ben's guardian pockets, aud
antique metrical lore affirms that the
dish runs after the spoon, the General,
Co, be-
turn home with plate enough to make him
a Shoddy of the Shoddies, perhaps may
set him up as q golden calf, at the sacri-
fee of the generic cOgDomen, beast, to
specific and un-alIiterative designation
Who then will dare to say that Butler is
not made of good metal? Spoon Knight
or Spooney will probably be the title of
honor awarded to every one who dis
tinguishes himself in the pantry raid.
The composition of the B. branch Of
the invading force has now to be con-
sidered The IS. brethrcn," It seems. are
longing to fight under the old flag against
England that is, under Butler himself.
OF course, he is confident the brethren will
eagerly join any marauding enterprise that
promises. speedy, enrichment, because
many Eof them became SO extenuated
through his loyalizipg process, that they
could earn living now by showing the
agility with which they can pass through
the eye OF needle.
/ Whether the brethren will SO act as to
, verify Buffers preternatural insight or
not, Justice to ourselves forbids that he
should be allowed to move against En-
GLAND without an army from the South
/ North Carolina can and will furnish ii
powerful contingent. The purVeying and
financial departments she can supply with
officers of the highes! qualifications: Pill
grim, superintendent of public instruc
Y ton, traffickers in railroads. carpe5-bag-
gers of every hue, &c, &c, who IN the art
of appropriating what does not belong to
y them are far ahead of the most dextcrous
d light. fingered gentry in New York or else
q where. The only difficulty to be appre-
= hended with these officials is, they will re
!, duire as bonus all the spoils they may
i collect. aud one hundred per cent. for col
Ilectine it. The veritahle Sol. Pool and
the rest of the faculty of our once UniVer'
q sitY, must accompany the troops to aston
ish Oxford and Cambridge with the ex
tent of their erudlt1on provided they are
not leased out beforehand to some travel
If ing managerie, according to the recon-
q mendation of the Governor. who is pant
=; ing to get rid Of his Sinbad attachments
Abbott can be placed for a while at til
y head of the dueling department., in orde
% that he may challenge and back ont tn
Or whole British Parliament. Until Office
~ corresponding to the merits of Tourge
y and Senator Pool are established, these
gentlemen shall be furnished with PAL
Of three cent whistles, and made useful Il
playing dirges for the loss sustained b.
le the State in the secession of themselve
az and their companions.
~ A great Judge has also to be selected
one to whom right or wrong are indltfeI
10 ent, and who is prepared to decide accord
l. ing to his prejudices and partlalltles hl
| for T0Oc oil {
os to the formula a drunken man sleep
soundly sound sleeper meditates n
IL evil one who meditates no evil shall en-
d ioy eternal happiness. Therefore, cel
IA tain teetotal dignitary shall, as soon as b
~. dies, be carried by spirits to the bosom
Ben Butler, if the latter has the kindnes
u to prepare the adamant receptacle by dN
ed ing before him. There must also be reaC
I q every day, before the troops, the new bon
-, of union between J. Pearson and the Rae
y Cab. first published in Russian Poland
III which bond declares on the one part, thf
nd law resides in the swords of cut throat
re- raised in defiance of law, to commit III
. lawful acts on the other, that the unjus
edicts of any ruler must always overrld
IN both natural and positive law.
an But it is in the material for the rank an
n file that North Carolina scars above riva
bo nv. She can summon to tie standard {
Butler q corps of the SCARED veterans VII
cir covered themselves with glory under Xii
no and Bergen, in the Caswell and AIamant
wars. Talk of the rapidly of Prussia
oonquests In q campaign of fe
days, these warriors, rushing with Ii
nd resistible force through opposing co
he umns- of-air, subdued an army
mt forty thousand men, entrenched
e; the deepest caverns of the earth, all tt
ar. supplies of said army being conveyed {
is the tail of comet; and they also capture
it the whole munitions of the enemy-a Cal
y" and pistol.
The batallions that figured in the san
Ute war, and were commanded by Gen. Clar
N, will constitute most important part
he the army of invasion. OF that chieftai
ho trebly refined in the furnace OF war, II M
no be truly said ''there is no dangerous a
ed ton can peep out, but he is thrust upt
he it." He must now ascend higher in tt
aI;naax Of chixalrx and be enabled to q