Shreveport daily news., 1861-07-25

presence Of large armies. the subver-
sion of civil authority and the dec
laration Of martial law, some of them
u, least would ioyfully unite with us.
That they are with an almost entire
unanimity opposed to the prosecu-
tion of the war waged against us
our faith Of which daily recurring
events fully warrants tbs assertion.
The President Of the United
States refuses to recognize in those
Of our sister States tho right of re-
training from attack on us, and JUS
,iies his refusal by the assertion that
the States have no other power than
that reserved to them in the Union
by the constitution, no one of them
having ever been State out of the
Union. This view of constitutional
relations between the States and the
General Government is a fitting in
PRODUCTION to another assertion of the
message, that the President exclu-
sively possesses the power of habeas
corpus, and of delegating that power
TO the military commanders at his
discretion, and both these PROPOSE
,ions claim a respect equal to that
which is felt for the additional state
Inent of opinion Of the same paper,
that it is proper, in order to execute
the laws, that the same single law is
made in such extreme tenderness Of
citizens liberty that practically it
relieves more Of the guilty than the
innocent, should to very limited
extent be violated.
We may well rejoice that we have
shrever severed our connection with
Il government that thus tranlpIes OH
all principles of constitutional iiber
~. and with a people in whose pres
ence such avowals could be ehaza-ded.
The operations on the field will be
greatly extended by the reason Of a
policy which, heretofore secretly en-
tertained, is now avowed and acted
upon by the United States.
The forces hitherto raised proved
ample for the defence Of the seven
States which originally organized the
Confederacy, as is evident by the
tact that with the exception OF tLree
fortified islands, whose defence is suf
ticiently aided by prepondcrating
naval force of the enemy, has been
driven, completely y out ofthose stations,
aud now, at the expiration of five
nonths from the formation Of the
Government, not single hostile foot
has pressed their soil. These for
ces, however, must necessarily prove
inadequate to repel invasion by a
half million Of men, now proposed by
the enemy, and a corresponding III
urease Of our forces will become nee
,.-sary.
The recommendations for the raj
sing and equipping Of this additional
;orce will be contained in the com
lnunication of the Secretary Of War,
TO which need scarcely invite your
earnest attention
In my message delivered in Apri!
last, | referred to the promise OF
abundant crops to which we were
cheered. The grain crops generally
have since been harvested, and the
weld has been the most abundant
known i'll our history. Many believe
the supply adequate to two years
consumption for our population. Cot.
IDn, sugar and tobacco, forming the
surplus production of our agriculture
snd furnishing the basis of our com
inercial interests, present most
',l,eering promise, and kind Prov,
ience has smiled on the labor which
~Xsracts the teenling wealth of oul
soil in all portions of our Confcdera
~.
1t is the more CRAFTY ing to be able
- give you this information, becaus,
If the need Of large and increased
expenditure in support of tha army
Elevated and purified by the sacred
cause they maintain, our fellow-c citi