Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-12-12
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Synopsis of President Davis
Message Is

The retrospect is such as to fill
the hearts of the people with graft:
iude to Providence for His inter;
position in their behalf.
Manufacturing industry in the
Confederate States was never SO
prosperous as now. Necessitous
times have called into existence
new branches Of manufactures,
land have given a fresh impulse to
those heretofore in operation
Means for manufacturing the nee
essaries and comforts Of life with
In ourselves increase as the conflict
continues. Thus the Confeder-
ate States are gradually becoming
independent of the world for the
supply of military stores, and nu-
nitions of war. The operations
of onr armies are soon to be par
tally interrupted by the approach-
ing winter. Through the trying
yicissitudes of more than one
campaign, our brave volunteers
have afforded protection to the
country and shed lustre upon our
arms, thus emitting them to the
praise and gratitude of their
countrymen, for maintaininga con-
flict from the Chesapeake to the
Missouri and Arizona. Yet calls
for military aid at the remotest
point have been met with prompt
ness enough to avert disaster and
roll back. the tide of invasion.-
After seven months war the enc
my have failed to extend their oc-
cupancy of our soil. Instead of
that conquest with which they
threatened us, they have been
driven to a defensive position, thus
exhibiting a fair comparison be
tween the military strength of the
North and the South. The Confed-
crate States are relatively stronger
now than when the struggle COM
menced.
The people of Missouri have
conducted the war on their soil, in
the face of unparalleled difficulties
and with spirit and success worthy
of themselves and Of the cause
Kentucky tco is the theatre of
hotilities. The enemy having re-
fused to acknowledge her neutrali-
ty, has invaded her soil for the pur-
pose of attacking us.
Our armies marched into that
State to repel the enemy and to
prevent the occupation of our
sol. AS a strategic movement it
is justified as Icing necessary to
our selt-delence, and by a desire to
aid our brethren Of Kentucky in
their unequal contest. The army
has been chiefly instrumental in
prosecuting the contest. The Ma
w has been effective in proportion
to It's means. In the transporta-
ton of the mails difficulties have
arisen, which are developed by the
report of the Postmaster General,
whose zeal, industry, and ability
have heen taxed to the utmost ex-
tent. Some of these difficulties may
be overcome in time, and others
must be remedied by legislation.
Our financial system has worked
we'll and enabled us to borrow
money without interest, and treas
hrs notes are fast becoming a cir
cuiating medium: For the prose
cution Of the war, it is indispensable
that the means of transporting the
troops in such a manner as not to
interrupt commercial intercourse,
shall be secured. There are two
main systems Of transportation
from the Northern to the South
ern portions of the Confederacy,
one from Richmond along the sea-
board and the other through Wes-
tern Virginia to New Orleans. A
th;rd n;Ght he secured by COM
pleting link of forty miles be-
tween Danville and Greensboro,
North Carolina, which would give
route through the centre OF
the Confederacy, and an easy ac-
cess to a population and military
resources now debarred, and would
increase the safety, capacity and
means for transporting men and
military supplies. This roadls IN !
dispensible, in the prosecution OF