The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-22
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PRESIDENT DAVIS.

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0ESrlsxEx: NV Message addressed TO you
rt tns commencement Of the session, con tain
"a such fuit Information of the state OF the
C1ngederacy as 10 render IL unnecessary that
saOHl5 nov oO more fhHn call your atten-
ttan 10 sucn impor tant fact as have occurred
aarlug the recess, and 10 matters connected
with the public defence.
have again 20 congratulate you on the ac-
cetsiua OF new member 10 our Conieoeth
ton of free, equal ana sovereign Sta tes; our
loved aLd hobored brethren OF Norm CaIoh-
ra aud Tennessee have consufnina teo the &c.
tsoa, iCreseeR and provided for NJ your iasl
session, and have n I'd The Eratinc2Ion OF an
roauclug, by proclamation, IN conformity
w!tn law, that those States were admitted IN
10 Iht C0ntederacY.
The people Of Virginia, also, oy u HiaJ ni'y
preYtpusIv unknown in her history, nave
-aun-t t.a action OF her Convention, uniting
he. fortuAes vita oars. The states OF Ar
Geueas North Carolina and Nirginia have
I.k4vg,.e adopted the psruaal. eat Cons Litu tion
~ fap Confederate Sates, and no doubt Is
entertained OF its adoption by Tennessee at
tbr cie,toa 10 be held early next month.
deemed il 40 yisable TO direct the removal
r. The several Executive Departments, with
,n,tr archi Ses, 70 this city. to which ou had
r~noved The seat OF Government, immedi-
at.!. after your aoj ,urnment The aggres-
siye movements OF tne enemy req uire.i prompt
and puergruc action. The accumulation Of
hls forces IN The Potomac sufficiently demon
s-..iaa That his efforts were TO b. directed
sr.iu.. Virginia and from no point could the
necessary measures tor her deience ana pro-
tecuon 0e So efficiently directed rs from her
egucsp;tti
TIE lapld progress OF events for the last
;rW weeks has fully suiiiced 10 strip the veil
behind Wbcn The true policy ana purposes OF
IL. Government Of the United States had
been previously concealed; their odious fea-
tH1re DoT stand fully revealed the Message
cf ihNl- President and the action of their
Congress during The present month, confess
he tAtrltlon Of subjugating these States by
VA, whose FOLLY is equaiied by lis wicked
cess war by which il Is impossible to at
t1!n lie proposed Result, whist It's dire
laritlts, NOT 10 be avUlCei by us, Will fall
wish u.dble severity on Themselves.
Commencing IN March last, with an affec
taICE oi ignoring the secession OF the seven
Sttsrs v hich first organized this Government,
IersIstiGg IN a prIl in the ldie and aosuid as
stmtton oi the existence OF a RIOT which was
10 br Or peTsed by P0Sse com ftdtHs. Continu-
ing III successive months the false represen
tRtiou taat these States intenCed offensive
waE, - rite OF the conclusive evidence 10 :he
contrary, furnished RS well by Official action,
Hs by tAe very basis on which This Govern
MEAT is Co4stitu ted, the Preslaent of the Uni
ted states ana his advisers succeeCed in de-
oa!Urs The people of those States INTO the
belief lh3t the purpose OF this Government
Wa not peace al home, but conquest abroad
not .he defence or Its own liberties, but the
suDs-zsI4n OF those OF the people OF the Uni
t-I lLies.
The s~rias OF manu avres by which this i'm
prrssi1u was Created, the ART with which
HEY we're devised, and the perndy Win which
they we're executed, were already known 10
yuu bat yuu could scarcely have supposed
thai they W0uld be openly avoWed, and their
success made the SUM ct of boast and self
ludAIICn IN an executive message. Fortu-
UALrly for lne tru a OF history, however, the
fresidento Of the United States details with
LiLUteness the attempt 70 reinforce Fort
Pickvns, IN violation OF an armistice of which
he Cy-fesses 10 have been informed, bat only
ny luInoTs too vague and uncertain TO Hx at
!" the hostile expedition dispatched
~ supply Fork Sumter, admitted TO have
been undertaken with Il kno wiedge. that Its
success vas lmposslbie the sendlng OF no
ue- ~ ths G0yeIGor OF South Carolina of
his lnien5ion 70 use force 10 accomplish his
on,act, and then qaoting from his Inaugural
A4lrsss he assurance mat there could be
~ conflict, ullrss these States were tue ag
R'rtsu-s lie proceeds 10 declare that his con-
que, just related 10y himself, was per
toimance Of this promise, - SO tree from the
power OF ingenious sophisiry as tnat the
world should lot be able 10 misunders tand
and III o. H1Hce OF his 0 wn statement that
L. gave 10 ace OF Gne approach OF 4 hostlls
Hsst, he Charges these States with becoming
lus assaIiants OF the United States, with
odt q gr1 il sight or iTs expectancy TO return
their ure. save only The itw In the tort" He
ie lndeed luily jus stuffed in saying that the
case - j. - free from the power OF ingenious
scphistry that the world viii not be able TO
n ui dtts taLd it,"
ULd-r cover OF this unfonnded pretence
tast the Confederate States are the assaii-
4Ats, that nign functionary, after expl esslng
Als concern That some foreign nations chad SO
shaped their action is II they supposed the
early obstruction ot our National Union was
probaoie," abindons all further disguise,
hu0 proposes ''io make thiS contest Il short
and "ec sive one" by placing at the control
u the u JF"Tnment, iOr The work, Gt least
$4,000 men, ana 500 0u0 600. The Congress-
ci4cUrrluS tn the uoubt thus intna tea as to
ile sUihciency OF the force demanded,
hts increased II TO half a million of men,
These enormous preparations In men aud
money, for the conduct of a war on 4 scale
mefe gigantic than any which the new
VIOLA mas Ever witnessed, Is q distinct
afo%3l, II the eyes OF civilized man, that
tiis t@Ited States are engaged in con
net w!th great and powerful nation
hey ate al last compelled TO abandon
tAe pIe'ene OF heing engaged in dspers-
A- i!oteIs and snppressing insurrec tions and
tFo driven 10 the acknowledgment that the
eLe!enl tufon has been dissolved. They re-
ceel 20 Inc separate existence of these Con-
ieleTaIe Stats by the interdic,ion, embargo,
AID blockade OF all commerce between them
L0d The United States, not only by sea, but
by land not only in ships, but in rail cars
hp; only with those who bear arms, bu. with
iEeentrs population Of the Confederate States.
ilhAily. they have repudiated the foolish con-
ceiL that the iah bitants of this Confederacy
afe Etiil cit ze.s OF the United States ; for
tley aTe wsging an indscriminate war upon
Rem ali, with u savage ferocity unknown to
A"lerh ciF!!z ,tiun. In this war rdpine Is
tle rule; private residences, Ia peaceful rural
RETREATS, are bombarded and burnt; grain
Peps IN The Held are consumed by the torch;
Sld when The torch is not convenient, careful
IsboI II bestowed 10 render complete the de-
tIH'uon OF every article OF use or ornament
itmanlug IL private dwellings, after their ia
AHhtauts have ned from unS outrages OF a
tT2a' sOid,ery.
Ialisl, Great Britain, when invading her
feFo.ttd Colonies, took possession OF the very
District Of country near Fortress Monroe now
htyf of Uni tod
he houses then Inhabited by the people, al
lrE heug respected and protected by ayowed
invaders, are now piilaged and destroyed by
pen who pretend that the victims are their
lrHoV citizens
Mankind will shudder to hear the tales of
oulI'ses committed on dffenceless females by
h,!d!eis OF ths United States now invading our
nome yet these outrages are prompted by
mn imed passions and the madness OF tntoxi-
C7'icn ~ who shall depict the horror with
Whien they Will regard the cool and deliberate
Maigniiy which under prstext OF suppressing
Sa,a h. Ion, said by themselves to be up
Aela oy minority only Of our people, makes
spTelai war on the sick, including the women
e"o ~bs Children, by carefully devised nea-
sue 70 prevent their obtaining the medicines
necessary for their cure. The sacred claims
', humanity, respected even during the fury
=! "Plu'd battle, by careful diversion of attack
I'm the hospitals containing wounded ene-
-a nalsa' are TRACED in cold blood, by Govern
'FA1 ana people that pretend 10 desire q con-
4N@hee OF frdternal connexions.
au theRe outrages must remain unavenged,
80 oy the universal reprobation of man
t'u' 10 ali cases where the actual perpetra-
~ s1sS VI tae wrongs escape capture. They
HlI @A,plI of 40 retaliation. The humanity of our
PopiT would shrink instinctively from the
Va'e iGea Of wagiDg like war upon the sick,
"ohea and the children OF the enemy.
hpet there are other savage practices which
s'e oran resorted TO by the Government
=. tae aited States, which do admit of
rItrfsl0I by retaliation. / have been
nr.ss .ssa 70 the necessity OF enforcing this re-