Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-06


Charleston Mercury mikes the following development,
f1irg upon the President and his Cabine; the entire
sOonsbty for al the disasters that have beisen Us,
aad Tor TIE state Of unpseplrsdnes whatever it be, in
which TIE country IS 81 present Such want Of fore
csst-oArs aloud for charge and reform ics.ant and
thorough.
CP,crn tie CAsrlslton Nsrsuryl
TIE PREsIDAST AND The INSTRUAESTALITIES
OF WAR.
In the ab..-as. ofthc Presidents Message to Congress
given in Ogr eO.lmus yesterday, We End the following
words:
At the formation of the Government We ~ere, to
rrs, extent Destitute Of for The pso5 cuion OF
he ~ on g gigantic scale thAs which Il ha' a.
tanned Worksh9rs and ar'iz1ns are mainly touni IL
The North AID one Of me rs: Obi sct Of the va
the es bshm Of necessary manufactures; sud mean
tue % plrch1sr 20 Europe, tar So practicable VIA
ever -. r,qCrtd for the public defence. Ia April las
ac We military p@-a,ioas 10 Europe i1terpossd many
obstacles il the ~ay Of the procurement Of arms.
Here to President asserIs Is That zone Of the fret
objects OF Sbe var the establishment Of Necessary
MANUFACTURES aud, u Tia, 10 the meantime it vas
our policy 80 purchase in Europe, So far as practicable,
Whatever vas ?, qaired for the public defence
We have CHAINED information from good source,
aad propose 70 SHOW somewhat how th' Presdeu: bas
% the establishment Of necessary manufactures of arms
ard munitions Of Nat
TIE Provsola Congress- a. It's las: session, passed
bI granting bo1aues to the setting up aud establish
ilE o. manufactures ct Ars sAipe:re and gunPoWdsr
A esrtsi1 advance q moaey vas TO be made to the
manufacturer Of Ihess ATJc Shsa hs had advanced
certain stag il putting up The factories, sseA vas TO
b. returned ia the articles Manufactured The Prea
deaf vetoed the b.l and it failed
!. The HArprr's Ferry machinery, for he mSnufIc-
tlrs OF a-ms was turned over BY Virginia the Con
fd.ra,s States when Virginia sscedsd from the Union
/: vas sent to be put into operation to Fayetteville
North Carolina; month ago, and no, gun had ye
been furnished to the army Il had no. yet got into
operation.
5. Three manufactures Of arms we're in Tennessee
Their propre,ors sought make contracts Cor the man
7,.cture Of arms With the Confederate Government
No; being able % succeed one or Of them came to
Richmond during the sitting Of the late Congress to in
tss. the members Of Congress from Tennessee in Their
bshal The War Once declined TO make contracts tor
TIE purches, cf arms manufactured BY these factories
On the rrouai that il had no money. "a enquiry
bsisg made into the cause Why there
nouev. i, turned out that tie Treasury Depart
rpeut could uos have Treasury notes sgasd ias5
enough Five and ten dollar CcessuIy not,s we're at q
premium OF three and four per cent, At NsH CLEANS for
currency The contractors and creditors, Of course de
mand,d hcse notes. instead Of 6ty hundred COL
Ir notes ard the Ire saw most .borOusiy trying
q meet their dsnlnds although bound by no contract
to DO so Hence IN, Government could not meet It's
ggements or contract TO buy these arms Ire Treasury
VS. twelve Millions in arrears TO the War Department
H. On the next pOiat II the Presidents Message ".he
purchase Of arms and munitions Of var in El.opA" We
propose, .sO, 70 submit feE facts obtained;
l. When lie frr Congress Ct the Confederate States
met AZ McutEspery, ig Gear 10 every that
Wa no. an impro5lols even Prudence required pre-
partition. By tie Constitution Congress could make
appropriation u money bl: az the call Of the EIecg
tive l. vas urged on the Government 20 call for
era millions Of money aud to send il 70 Europe imne
dA.sly 20 buy srms and munitions Of var. The Gov
erlme1t you'd cal for ouy money eaoush 70 purchase
sons eltsen thousand all arms and VIXEN the secoad
Cl1grsss assembled, and war was declared no agent
had YET gone to Europe 60 purchase even these
1 Private enterprise has imported a considerable
saan.7 OF arm aud munitions o. var; but what has
the Confederate Government doae' Toe only ,fJrt
tha, -e are aTue Of to gel. arms from Europe is tia
lately brought by the Victoria into New Orleans sid
to be Par. Of Der cargo. Even after war WAS certain
there va smpe time to have imported large quality
Of arms 5sfrs iae blockade vas establthed ard sine
the bcekids established the Successful ,fJts Of
private citz,ua sbo~ that the Government might haSe
imported Srse quantities Of arus and munitions of war
s. So Necessary vas 1t for 70 have Sbuntar Of
ans, tbs. several Ct cur nsvll officers proposed TO he
Eay.l Committee put under their co9tro one million
Of dollars AID tia; they would 20 to Europe With it
boy an ironelai steamship, her into war wee
SCI al her Win sni munitions Of war, and, II ne
css'uY 6glt their say the Atlantic intO Cor
feds-a.s port Congress favored the gAlllat propose
and passed bill cary i, into sfseL The Presdsn
poekstsi it, aud is fAleL
We vii mention o;her fact sn9rgs, many others
going TO ssoE TIE military energy Of the President
new salt. s.eamsr iay A. Wilmington, North Carolina
One bali Of It bsljDgsd to N5rthern c,tz ms. Certain
citizens Of Wilmington d,sred to convert this steamer
into privaeer and in order that good titles might be
got Or this purpo5e they pa;i;iOned Congress to have
Jhe steamer cold and the halt Of the proceeds OF the sale
belonging to me Y,nkses shOgl be paid iu,O the Con
isder,;s Treasury. Congress promptly pissed bill to
accomplish this oe1.. Bat the President pOcke;ed IT,
and the bill failed.
We haze no douo; that the above statement Of faes
viii Be exceedingly 6i.agreesble to Of our readers
bat is useless to attemp. conceal true condition
and resources hOm ourselves. The Oay way
in any sAerPrs Is 20 understand the true character Of
oUr agsreies and resources Deception failure. False
co1Eieres Is tie iavAsiAtls precursor Of defeat
STLs F'HgR "a Aiso Government sassp hG
RAs TIE BloeI.DL-Th. Aug1s.. ooa,as..iouali..