Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-23

slder them enemies, authorize hostties against
them. ThatR-Tery large portion of~tFe people Ct
those States regard us as brethren, and if Are
strained by the actual presence oflarge armies Il
subVcrsion OF civil authority and the declaration OF
martial law, some OF them at least would joyfuliy
unite with us. That they are with almost entire
unanimity, opposed to the prosecution of the war
Naged against Us, arc facts OF which daily recurring
events fully wrrrant the assertion.
The President of the United States refuses to re-
eognZe in these our late sister State The right Of
Pefraning from attack On u.s. an1 ustiffes his re-
fasal b. The assertion that the States have other
power than that reserved 10 thenin the Union by
the Constituton-no one OF them ever having been
Q 3tsSs oct of the UNION.
The view Of the csuati1t3nal neaE1Aaes between
the States and the General oysrnment, is fitting
Introduction 10 another assertion of the message,
that the Executive possesses the power of suspend
irg the writ of Hdbeds Corpus, and Of delegating
that power to military commanders at his discre-
ton. and both Of these propositions claim respect
equal 10 that which is felt for the additional state
ment of opinion in the same paper that it is proper
in order TO execute the laws, that single law,
made in such extreme tenderness of the citizens
liberty that practically it relieves of the gull
ty than the innocent, should, to very limited ex-
tent, be violated. We may well rejoice that we
haze forever severed cur connection with Gov
eminent, that thus tramples on all principles Of
constitutional liberty. and with people in whose
presence such ayoWals could be hazarded.
The operations in the field will be greatly ex.
tended by reason of the policy which heretofore
secretly entertained, is now avoWed and acted on
by the United States The forces hitherto raised
proved ample for the defence of the States which
originally organized the Confederaey as is evinced
by the fact that with the exception of three fortified
islands, whose defence is efficiently aided by pre-
ponderatng naval force, the enemy has been driven
completely out of those States, and at the expira-
ton of five months from the formation of the
Government, not single hostile foot presses their
| soil.
These forces, however, must necessarily prove in
adequate to repel invasion by the half million men
now proposed by the enemy, and corresponding in
crease of our forces will become necessary The
recommendations for the raising and efficient equip
ment of this additional force will be contained D the
communication of the secretary of War to which
need scarcely invite your eaFnestatteDtioB.
In my message delivered in April last / referred
| to the promise of abundant crops-with which We
were cheered. The grain crops generally have
since been harvested, aud the yield proved most
abundant know IN our history. Many believes the
| supply adequate to two years consumption of out
| population Cotton sugar, and tobacco, forming
the surplus production of our agriculture and fur
nlshing the basis OF our commercial interchanges
| present the most cheering promise and kind Pro
whence has smiled on the labor which extracts
| the teeming wealth of cur soil in all portions OF
our Confederacy. 1t is tAe more gratifying to be
able togve you these facts because of the need OF
large Inl increased expenditures in support of our
army.
Elevated and purified by the sacred cause they
maintain OH our fellOw-citzsns of every condition
OF life, exhibit the most self-sacrifcing devotion
/ They manifest lsgdable pride in unfolding their
independence unaided by any resources, other than
/ our own, and the immense wealth which fertile
soil, and genial climate, have accumulated in this
| Confederacy of agriculturists could not be more
| strikingly displayed than IN the large revenues
which. with eager zeal, they have contributed at
/ the call of their country.
In the single article of cotton the subscription to
| the loan proposed by the Government cannot fall
short of fifty million dollars, and will probably ex-
coed that sum- and scarcely an article required for
consumption by the army is provided otherwise
| than by subscription to produce loans as happily
| devised by your wisdom.
The Secretary of the Treasury in a report sub
mltted to you. will give you the amplest details
connected with that branch of the public service;
but it Is not alone their prompt pecuniary cor
trIbutons that the noble race of freemen. who D..
habit these States eVince how worthy they arc Of
| those liberties which they know so well how to
| defend. In numbers far exceeding those author
lied by your laws they have pressed the tender of
| their services against the enemy. Their attitude
| of calm and sublime devotion to their country
the cool and confident courage with which they are
already preparing TO meet the threatened invasion
whatever proportions it may aSsume-the assurance
that their sacrifices and their services will be re-
newed from year to year. with unfateriDg purpose
until they have made good to the uttermost their
right of selfgeEernment-the generous and almost
ucquestionng confidence which thep display in their
government during the pending struggle, all COM
bine to present a spectacle such as the world has
rarely. if ever, seen.
TIE speak of subjugsting such people so united
and determined is to speak language incompre-
hensible to them-to resist attack their rights
or their liberties is with them an instinct
Whether this war shall last one or three or five
years. is problem they leave to be solved by the
enemy alone. 1t will last till the enemy shall have
Withdrawn from their borders, till their political
rights their Atars and their homes-are freed from
invasion. Then and then only, will they rest from
this struggle to enjoy in peace the blessings which
with the favor OF Providence they have secured by
the aid of their own strong hearts and sturdy arm
JEFFERSON DAVIS.