Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-14
PRESIDENT DAVIS MESSAGE AT THE NORTH.

PRESIDENT DAVIS MESSAGE AT THE NORTH.
TIE following from the st. Luis Rspu6liedn Of the
80 b. may, undoubtedly, be considered fair sample Of
the criticism upon President Davis message INDUCED
ia By the pres Of the North:
TIE IMPORT OF JEFY DAVIS MESSAGE
The recent sssage of JEFF Davis proves to have been
strictly IAN extra" ELECTED by extraordinary yet very
natural circumstances. Il is document put forth 70
the lo1d complaints with which secessia Is filed,
inst the military policy OF Davis aud lie adverse re-
suits The body to which the explanatory plea Is ad-
dressed has been in session. with intervals Of ,urn
Mt sine, last spring and had simply re-assembled af
tar few weeks vacation The evidences Of general dis
satisfaction in the South have been numerous and
u7cquyoca to have convinced the most increduous Of
Intelligent mea everyphere that the rebellion Ia ALREADY
hous. divided agninst itslG" There are 'the Davis
party" and "tho Besursgnd party" the former for
Fabian and defensive conduct Of the and the latter
for invading Psnnsylvana New York and Massachusetts.
the bss; mode OF defending the Southern borders and
coast lines aud of compelling the recognition OF the
Southern Coniederacy as a nation. From Richmond.
Charleston aud New Orleans, the u.terances Of the
position through the press ard by correspondence, as
well as with refugees from Dixie have reached the world
When these outward ymptoms appear, despite the ne
cessities Of revolutionary regime, the iuerna discon-
tent they indicate must be serious indeed. When the
ablsst of tie rebel journals dsnouncng the
military course pursued advising their readers TO make
up their mild for long war; and limiting at the expe
dency of amisrizng the people with the idea Of sub
s3lOn, what must De tne style OF Critlclsm hnu
pondency in the private circles OF the rebels On good
authority Il Is believed that such point had Besure
CARDS disgust with Daviss policy arisep that be up
on the Of resgnng, when the President yielded 50
far as lteslly TO modify bis programme. DAvss sup
prssson of Beauregards report Of the battle OF hsnas
IT, with good reason, presumed TO have bsen occs-
oDed by the implied cetsres OF the report on the ur
demons rstve course OF The insurgen. chief. BesuN-
CARDS published l.ttcr wherein he co pares himself to
tie msgned Alcbiades, who had 20 to stratsgem
,l.l .kaa anf
ing between the contendinS is' !s.
Toe message of course, 'STp h disracting dis.
pues but undsrtikes TO all a. speciously euogi.
zng the Confederate 70 is J.. al its parts and
ciievements Agsus the gan ''c', .tarng tse South
ern people in the face, tbs n,Juths mastering
Of their armes for the eIp son OF tn Federal power
from Virginia is INN failure, the rebel President
arrays selection and combination Of relieving ncitens,
which he dstotts aud exalts no the appesr OF
successful prosecution OF the war. The Corfsderates
themselves chose Elern Virginia the principal thea
ter OF the contest To seize Washington part OF the
domain of Virginia avowedy their main object and
nearly all their military and strategy were Law.
ihed to this end Even the fight at Manassas, their
priacpa boi resulted in hopeessy defeating their pur-
pose by making necessary Tor Johnstons army 10
tire from Winchester, and rendering impossible TO
cross the upper Potomac.
While the grand campaign Of the insurgents has bfe1
thus frutess in stern Virginia. they have been driven
from the western portion OF that State, have been repu.
dated by Maryland and Kentucky have become but q
horde of roaming fugitiyes in Missouri and success
fully invaded in south Carolina and on the Gull coast
Despite all Of which, Davis ayers that new States and
Terri.orss have been added to the Oonfeterscy One
of these States IL Kentucky whose Legislature and Ieo
pie have Overwhelmingly repudis'ed the treason. An
other 1, Missouri whose Inhabitants, at the polls and in
convention, have deposed the recreant Governor and
Legislature that have since, while fleeing and skukrg
from the Federal srmes assumed to transfer her to the
jurisdiction Of H. Davis Co. As 70 the bel victories
at Springfield aud Lexington, and the alleged st Bel
moot what have they added to the po.er or hopes Of
the CcntedeneyS - -
The mes sage congratulates the people the abun.
dance Of their hsvets-wbe1 these have principally only
a merchautabe value and cannot be taken to market
But this fact IL by auohir cougrstuation In the as
rurance that the blockade II the best thing that coua
have happened sir IL mus. result In ARA bg
and France against the Federal powerl fhs, too'
la the teeth Of the defined cours OF eaca oil tnoss
nations the despondency OF fancey 70. ABROAD, M
the development of European ndependerce of American.
ootoo Another advantage eulogzsd as resulting from
the blockade Is the forced growth OF Souihern manu-.
hcturesEthe unpleasant fact being omit ed that The
goods thus made COS. three o. four lime, much II
Imported
When the war ends, VIA. sill become of these q ~
msnufsct ,rie? Whsisver It's results, they must fall
either ore the infux Of cheap foreign or north 70
goods But the Slid.ll ard Mason seizure s it souId
SEEM least disspste all difficulties and ensure the
Confed racys In its treatment of ihi, Affair."
The NE cage ignores well known principles Of inlerna
tons Law, ana hus onVcu The writer Of vilfsly seek
ing 70 esvs It'll hrthsr the sissrshly dslsdsd psosS