Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-05-10
MUS, MESSAGE.

JEFF. Davis Message u Ni7
Montgomery, April %, Is document ohaf-
,..o-,..io n the man and Of the cause IN
rbi,b he is engaged A third Of it is re-
hash of the common and Oft refuted argu-
mene to prove that the [. S. Government
il no government at all-only partnership
of States which each State can break UP at
i.s plsasure,-and repetition Of the ordinary
slang charges Of Southern politicians against
The free States on the avery subiect The
growth Of the population having at last
forced the control Of the I. S. government
ont Of the hands OF the South where IT had
been 80 long, the South would not submit
this loss Of power-and hence the Secession
and formation Of the new Confederacy. lie
expects more States to soon join them, and
reioices that Virginia has cast her lot in with
the rest.
He says they want to be at peace, and ac-
cuses the [. S Government Of great unfair
ness and duplicity il not letting them have
it, and in bringing force to bear on them to
get away their forts, dc. As TO the seizure
Of [. s. forts, arSeuals, mints, vessels, navy
wards, &c. he does not aliude TO ii al all .
No one could gather from his message that
am thing Of that SORT had been done.
Nh. Davis considers President Lincoln
guilty Of great impertinence in ordering
supplies TO Fort Sumter without having the
good manners even osay a word to Nh. Davis
Confederacy Of his intention. Finding Qua
that the l s feet was about to come L. the
aid Of Mai. Anderson, and the latter refusing
= agree that be would not fire on any thne
which did bot fire on Fort Sumter (frem
which the inference was quite plain thar 81
they should fire on the [ s vessels, the Ma
jo- would be likely to fire On them there Na.
only one course left-viz 70 attack and ~,
the Fort, which. after thirty-three hours tire,
was accomplished fortunately, he say, with
ont the los Of a single life on their side.
Mr. Davis thinks IT very extraordinary
proceeding on the part Of President Lincoln,
that right away after the capture Of Fort
Sumter, be Issued d Proclamation IN whi.b
he characterised their operations a. insurrec-
tionary, ordered them to break ~ d II
combinations and dispense within twenty
DAYS, and said he intendea 10 take Forts al
ritted 10 be within the limits Of - TINS
Confcderacy," and called cut seventT-fsc
thousand men to help him. MIR. DAVIS
Congress no; being together to help him il
such an emergency, the best that he could D
was to make proclamation that he wHll4
issue ie.ters OF D1Grgue and reprlsai, t. iAos
who would serve as Vrivatesrs ag4inst che
commerce Of the United SJates-and b. says
be has already received many proposal :r ..n
that purpose
The latter part OF his message Is ao-aI f...
with statement %; what needs to !-' ifu. ..
secure and perfect then new sJ7crnmcn'.--
They want money very much, AM Trey
want more men. They have now in tae
field, b. states, il several places uiu...r.
thousand men. and sixteen THOUSAND
-oute for Virginia. They want, 90 al. '
SAYS, hundred thousand mmediste'y-anJ
the zeal and 9dri, OF the people IS 50 strongly
with them that be Is sure they can have as
many more a tha ezigeacy OF TIE service
NAV call for
We presume toe people Of the reheiiious
States will swallow. as sound Gospel. all
JEFF. DAVIS sophistries and nisstarments.
becauss they have determined CT taeIl course
o. rebellion. HIS message nay De sweet TO
their taste bu there vii BE bitterness
enough to follow the sciive adoption Of If
mCseures