The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-08-09
THE PILOT.
Synopsis of the Message of JEFF. Davis.


By New Orleans papers Of July 20, we
have received a synopsis OF the Message Oh
JgrY. DAVIS 20 the Southern Congress
which met al Richmond about that time'
and AZ a matter of interes! to our readers,
we give them few Of bis "polnts." Lie
frs. calls attention to the causes which
formed the Confederacy, and, lie says, it
is now only necessary to call attention to
such facts as have occurred during the re-
cess, aud to matters connected with the
public defence. He congratulates the
Congress on the acquisition to the Confed-
eracy of three equal sovereign States
The several States deemed it advisable to
remove the departments and archives to
Richmond, to which place Congress had
already removed the seat of government.
After the adjournment of the last Congress
the aggressive movements of the enemy
induced prompt and energetic action
The accumulation of the enemy's force on
the Potomac, sufficiently demonstrated that
his efforts were to be directed against Vir-
pinia, and from no point could her defence
and protection be SO efficiently directed, as
from her own capital. The rapid progress
Of The last few months has stripped the
veil behind which the true policy and pur-
poses of the Lincoln government had pre-
viousIy been concealed II is now fully
revealed. The message of their President
and the action of their present Congress
confess their intention Of subjugat:ng the
seeded States by a war Of folly, equalled
onlv by its wickedness; war by which it
is impossible to attain the proposed result,
whilst its dire calamites will fall doubly
severe on themselves. Commencing last
March with an affectation Of ignorance Of
the secession of seven States, which had
organized Confederate Government, per-
sisting n April in the absurd assumption
of the existence Of riot which was to be
dispersed by posse committamu8, con-
tinuing in several successive months in
false representations that these States IN
tended an offensive war, in spite OF the
conclusive evidence to the contrary, fur
nished as we'll by official action, as by the
basis of the Constitution, the President OF
the United States and his advisers sncceed-
ed in deceiving the people of those States
into the belief that the purpose OF this
government was not peace at home, but
conquest abroad not the defence of our
liberties, but the subyersion Of the liber-
ties of the people Of the United states.-
The series of manoeuvres by which this
impression was created, and which were
devised in perfdy, are already known
Fortunately, for the truth Of history, Mr..
Lincoln's message minute,y details the at
tempt to re inforce Fort Sumter, in viola-
ton of an armistice which he confessed he
had been informed of only by rumors too
vague and uncertain to create any atten-
tion. The hostile expedition despatched
TO supply Fort Sumter, was admitted to
have been undertaken with knowledge
that It's success vas impossible. lie char
ges these States with being the assailants
Of the Union. The world cannot misun'
derstand this unfounded pretence.
Mr.. Lincoln expresses concern lest some
foreign nation had so shaped its action, as
if it supposed an early destruction of the
Union was probable, and he abandons
further disguise, and proposes to make the
contest short and decisive. He confesses
even by an increased force and these
enormous preparations, that the United
States is engaged in a conflict with grea
and powerful nation. lie is compelled tc
abandon his pretence Of dispensing rioters
and suppressing Instructions. He is dri
ven to the acknowledgment that the Union
is dissolved. lie recognizes the separate
existence Of tho Confederate States by in
terdiction, embargo, and blockade. All
commerce between the two sections is Gu,
off, repuGiating the foolish idea that the
inhabitants of the Confederate States are
still citizens of the United States.
Davis compares the present invasion
with that of Great Britain, but which wa
conducted in a mo,e civilized manner
Mankind will shudder at the outrages nov
being committed on defenceess females By
those pretending to be fellow citizens, ,wht
depict tue horror with which they regare
deliberate malignity, and who, under the
pre,ext of suppressing insurrection, make
special war upon sick women and children
Withholding the medicines necessary fo
their use. The sacred claims of humanit,
respected BY all nations even in fury of 1
battle, by careful deviation of attack OF
hospitals, are now outraged by the govern
ment which pretends to desire continu
ance Of fraternal connections. Such ou,
rapas admit of no retaliation unless IN