Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-01-06
The Scandal, Blasphemy and Contradle
ti0nn of JsfI. Davis Message.
IRON he Paris Debats, Dec. nth.


Notwithstanding the eagerness which
President Davis shows to proclaim that the
new States Of the South have no need Of
any foreign alliance, il is very evident that
his manifesto Is rather addressed TO Eu-
rope than 10 America. In order to be con-
WINGED Of that Il is only necessary to look
ct the prominent place which cotton holds
in the document, and st the question Of
Slavery, Of which the assertion may be
made that il shines by its absence. Al
though the English papers have given such
q cordial welcome TO the message Of Presi-
dent Davis, We do not think l. is Of Q na-
ture to exalt.. and pOpularise the cause
SOf the South in the eyes Of those
in Europe who have not beforehand
come 10 q determination on the sub
jeot. What has most struck as in the doc.
ument, Is not the emphasis with which the
victories Of The separatists over the Fede-
raj troops aIe therein enumerated, but the
violence Of the recrimination directed by
the President Of the new confederation
against the Government and the people Of
the States who have remsined faithful to
the Union. "0ur people" says President
Davis, " now look with oontemptuous aston
ishment on those with whom they have
been so recently associated. They shrink
With aversion from the bare idea Of renew
ing such connection. When they see q
President making war without the assent
Of Congress-When they behold judges
threatened because they maintain the writ
Of habeas corpus, so sacred to freemen-
when they see justice and Law trsmpled
under the armed heel Of military authority,
and upright men and innocent women
dragged to distant dungeons-When they
hnd sll this tolerated and spplauded by 3
people who had been in the full enjoyment
Of freedom but 3 few months sgo-they
believe that there mus. be some radical in
compatibility between such g people and
themselves" And We also do not hesitate
to.say that the ssnguinsry struggle which
is being carried on between the two frac-
tiOns Of the American republic is a sad
speoiaele, and g subject Of painful astcnish-
ment for Europe, and we have no wish to
justify either the diotatOrial measures or
the rigorous and barbarous proceeding
with which Mr.. Davis, with more OF less
reason, reprosohes the Federal Govern
meAt particularly that relative to the af-
fair Of TIE Trent. But what still more as
tOEishss and sflicts Us is to see the Presi-
dent Of The neW Confederation, the chief
Of those eight millions Of men who have
broken their bond With their old Govern
ment ia order TO defend Slavery, invoke
the great prinsiPles Of right, justice, end
humanity, and even name Providence in
support of that dstsstable cause.
"Liborly, ssyB Mr.. Davis in conclusion,
is alEays Won where there exists The un-
c0nquerable wiz to be free, aud We have
! reason 70 know the strength that is given
By q conscious sense not only Of The mHg-
nitude, but Of the righteousness Of our
cause"
Thoss are certainly magnificent words,
but in the mouth Of President Davis, and
sPPlied to the cause which he represents
and defends, they are not only 3 monstrous
contradiction and 8 scandal, but q bias
Phemy.