The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-11-29
Jefferson Davis Message.

We have given place in our columns 'ns
week TO jefferson DAVIS Message W '"e ,sOs'
Congress. In order that our readers may nave
an opportunity Of judging for themselves OF
a.. .h.r,,,.r of this document. message
.m.n.,;rr from a chief ruler Of a Coniedera-
a., >, States. to its Congress, on the condition
Of The country. ought to be worthy OF ere
100 hut this message lacks every essential
q, Tie simple matter Of truth,so remarkably SO.
,h,, none but his own blinded dupes viii be-
leye what he says.
lie commences by referring to the Kind inter
position Of Providence in their bchalf-of their
gradually increasing prosperity and indepen-
dcnce; but is silent as death as to the suiierings
and almos, starvation that must be experienced
by the poor in Consequence OF the cxorbitant
rates of the common comforts and necesSaries
Of life that rule there. as shown by the prices
curreu, published in their public journals. and
this occasioned by the wicked rebellion OF
which he Il the infamous leader. lie yaunts
over the good condition Of their finances. and
of their ability to prosecute the war indefinite
ly, but strangely omits to speak Of the success
Of the Cotton Loan.
Speaking Of the invasion Of Kentucky by his
troops, he says (who would belieyeit he should
"regard II as one Of the best effects Of the
march Of their troops into Kentucky II should
end in giving to her people liberty Of choice and
free opportunity to decide their O'0n destiny
according 10 their ora tvill." And yet he say:
this in the face and eyes Of the election there
last August. which resulted in an oyerwhelm-
Ing Union victory. Nine OF the ten members
OF Congress chosen are Internationally for the
Union, with about three-fOurths Of the men,
bers freshly elected to the Legislature; and that
Legislature, so chosen, by an unprecedented
majority, has, in spite of the insidious wie'
and desperate efforts Of the secession Governor,
put the State straight on the Union tack
squelching Magofin's pretended neutrality,
directing the assessment and payment Of the
heavy war tax imposed by Congress, and call.
ing out Kentucky's proportion Of the halt mil.
lion volunteers directed by Congress to be raised
for the defence Of the Union cause.
Now, In defiance Of the expressed viii of the
people OF Kentucky to remain in the Union. he
has ordered the invasion Of the State by his
troops, subjecting il to all the wrongs and des-
ola,ions of civil war, and yet hypocritically
proc,aims his desire ''to aid the people o, Ken
lucky AMI afford them the liberty Of choice in
deciding their own destiny according to their
own viii -
The New York Tribune, after disproving ma
ny Of his falsehoods, says;
We dislain To follow him through his laby-
rinth of f,l~ehOod. lie talks Of his war as
purely defensive, when Of the seven conflicts OF
which he boasts as GLORIOUS Victories" three
were fought on the soil Of State still adhering
10 the Union. lie talks Of an unbroken
series Of Confederate triumps, but - careful not
10 mention Iatteras nor Port Royal.
lie proclaims that the United States hal an
army TO begin the war with, while the Conted-
crates had TO create theirs; when Beauregard,
both Johns Gus, Lee. Magruder. rwiggs, and
nearly every other officer who has won any dis
tinction In his armies. was IN the Federal SER
vice until they deserted il for his. Considering
the treachery BY which the better portion OF
the Federal forces were surrendered in Texas
anil New Mexico, and the robbery whereby
Floyd transferred warlike material by wholesale
90 Norfolk aud other depots where the traitors
could readily seine II. we believe history will
adjudge that the advantage In the beginning
was on the rebel si,le, as the early incidents OF
the war would indicate. II il but lately that
the superior weight Of the loyal States has be-
y gun 10 be manifested in the progress of the
struggle.