Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-11-29
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
RIcHMoNp, Nov. 10, 1851.

brought US SO near the close of the year
that we are now able to sum up its general
results, and the retrospect is such as
should fill the hearts of our people with
} gratitude to Providence for his kind inter
position in their behalf Abundant yields
have rewarded the labor of the agricultu-
rst, whilst the manufacturing industry of
! the Confederate States was never so pros
porous as now The necessities Of the
times have called into existence new
branches of manufactures, and given a
fresh impulse to the activity of those
heretofore in operation. The means OF
the Confederate States for manufacturing
the necessities and comforts of life within
themselves, increase as the conflict con-
tinues, and we are gradually becoming
independent of the rest of the world for
the supply of such stores and munitions
as are indispensable for war. The opera
tions of the army, soon to be partially in
terrupted by the approaching winter, have
afforded protection to the country, and
shed lustre upon its arms through the
irving vicisitudes of more than one ardu-
Gus campaign, which entitle our brave
volunteers to our praise and our gratitude.
From the commencement up to the pres
ent period the war has been constantly
enlarging its proportions and expanding
its boundaries, so as to include new fields,
until the conflict now extends from the
shores of the Chesapeake to the confines
of Missouri and Arizona The sudden
calls from the remotest points for military
aid have been met with promptness enough
not only to avert disaster in the face of
superior numbers, but also to roll back
the tide of invasion from the border where
the war commenced The enemy were
possessed of certain strategic points and
strong places within the Confederate
States; they greatly exceeded in numbers,
in available resources, and in the supplies
necessary for war; their military establish
ments had been long organized, and were
complete in the Navy and War Depart
= ments, also the most part of the army,
once ours in common, both were in their
possession. To meet all this we had to
create not only an army in the face Of war
itself, but also the military establishments
necessary to equip and place 1T in the
field. 1t ought indeed to be a subject OF
graduation that the spirit of the volun-
teers and the patriotism Of the people have
enabled us, under Providence, to grapple
successfully with these difficulties, result
ing in succession of glorious victories at
Bethel, Bull Run, Manassas, Springfield,
f Lexington, Leesburg and Belmont, which
] which have checked the wicked invasion
which greed of gain and the unhallOwed
, lust Of power brought upon our soil, and
have proved that numbers cease to avail
when directed against people fighting
for the sacred right Of self government
=. and the privileges Of freemeh.
After more than seven months of war
the enemy have not only failed to extend
|. their occupation Of our soil, but new
{ States and territories have been added tC
\ our Confrderaey, while instead Of theil
X threatened marching Oh conquest they
g have been driven to assume the defensive
# and upon fair comparison between the
It two belligerents, the Confederate States
u are relatively much stronger now thar
= when the struggle commence.
d Since your adjournment the people o
II Missouri have conducted the war III th'
face Of almost unparalleled difficulties
. with spirit and success alike worthy Q
themselves and the great cause in whlcl
they are struggling. Since that time Ken
E, tucky, too, has become the theater Of ac
l. tive hostilities. The Federal forces hav
rs not only refused to acknowledge her right
9 to neutrality in the war, but have invaded
= her for the purpose Of attacking the Con
e federate States. Outrages Of the mos
e despotic character have been perpetrate
; upon her peo le. Some Of her most emi
% nent citizens have been seized and born
t away to langush in foreign prisons, with
g cut knowing who we're their dccusers or tn
lie specific charges made against them, Will
IN others have been forced to abandon thei
homes, families and property, and seek
refuge in distant lands. Finding the Con
10 federate States were about to be idvade
p through Kentucky, and that the peopl,
after being deceived into mistaken secu
i'll rity, were uuarmed and in danger of bC
IS ing subiugated by the Federal forces, ou
ho armies we're marched into that State to II
ed pei the enemy and prevent their occupatio
M of certain strategic points which woul
ur have given them great advantages in I'll
We contest, a step which was justified not oil
Iiuu ly by the necessities OF defense on tn
NJ NJ part of the Confederate States, but ais
les by desire to aid the people of Kentuck.
1t was never intended by the Confed,
rate government to conquer or coerce II
IN people of that State, but on the contral
'm il WAS declared by our Generals that the
81, ,r- would withdraw their troops if the Fede
AN al Government would do likewise, Pr
Bile clamation was also made of the desire
om respect the neutrality of Kentucky an
,n- the intention to abide by the wishes of h
''' people as soon as they were free to oxpre
their opinion. These declarations We
approved by me, and should regard it
Use, one OF the best effects Of the march Of o.
al troops into Kentucky if It should end
giving her people liberty of choice aud
sis free opportunity to decide their own dc
'se tiny according to their own will
zen zen The army has been chiefly instrumer
'hu a "a, ,rosaeutino the rraat cOutast