Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-01-16
R}lt(]n'onb ri Enquirfr
FRIDAY MORNING JANUARY IA. 1855.
THE MESSAGE.

-- G-Ts message Oh tho SEe6loent, Teau Cstsf- :
.ga3e+sss; is lsiaaby us before the
c.uc:rS, end attention called to its impcC-
t.nt STATE ilents. THIS message is decidedly
tie .blesr public document yet published by
,h- Confederate authorities; it will rank in
dipnitv and craftsmanship with the mcst
la.p2as State pspers Of the brightest periods
al! tas history IL the United States. That it
viii produce marked alteration in the con-
due. OF European Governments, we have not
the .,ightest doyb.h. The facts it contains,
fal ,ic arguments By which they arc elnci-
l,:x,i. ,anI:nt lai! to make a decided impress
son 81 ina present time upon ile policy Of
r.ui;ai nations.
The .i2 portsut point urged BY the laesaage
tins; for. oT the Sistes of the uonfederscy
have hsen already, many years ago, sc-
knowl-icai ss Independent, sovereigntiss,
and accepted as silies oy England and
t.sn-1 w,= aTst 3rGush sht 10 public 40
,cs ~ al elaborate and &hi@ Letter
% ,r Enquirer" by the venerable Hugh
H:sir G-'g,by in ceply t1 ;sHsstoricWs: of tbs
i.cti,, Times" The President has con-
tt,i;,slsl ;he argument aud appied i IL tie
En&s: ?c~crful nauner to our present rcia-
:2a; win fc-egn natious. Tie Message ex-
p;s:ns that :he Confederate States appear De-
fo:e n" screce:gns of Europe not as suppl
eris ror Independence, but as sovereigns
WISE rStioEality ha0 once been recog-
nized, ard who, Sv no subsequent act of
'ac:- an oc their euemy's, have lost their
ors:ma! st@;uS among the nations Of the
wo7,,i Competent to wTest thar ackncw-
.r..sM."t 1rou our eneinies, the Oonfedorste
,l.trs, in the interest of humanity, ask tho
.-2.p:,on ii their ministers by foreign ns-
ons SO ;;,gtrumepts 10 mske commercial
treaties and not as evidence of their nation
auty. ruis nsti1nality wss obtaincd by our
:orctstrets il. l!S3, and has not been lost OF
snr7eaIersi ry thciz descendants.
Tbs discussion by tho Message Of the
Dloctsde IS equally abba and intezessing.-
Presenting the lsw Of astions, as lsid down
ry the ueaty u Paris in 1856, in the most
solshn sna imposing manner, tho Message
proceeds to explain how the provisions OF
tha. treaty. accepted By the Confederate
Stsi-- To tGs same extent as they have been
rcceiV:l by The United States, have been
shamsiully disressIdsl and rendered void by
Ike iaexpiicsLle dr-sd felt by England for
he ;,ar:t5ut threats cf Mr.. Seward. The
hes .ee shows how the law Of blockade has
hse', changed by England to suit the necessi-
ties c: The Uaited States, snd the wrong and
inju:y ;r=rehy inflicted upon the Confederate
Stgt"s.
Tie proclamation of Lincoln is also ham
died with that frmness Of purpose and calm
MSS OF expression 80 characteristic of the
President. Having determined what was bis
duty he announces his determination, unless
differently ordered by Congress, tc hand over
sli caplu:. i commissioned officers to the state
sutho1;ies. to ho dealt With s5 iacsndisries
seeking 20 incits servile i1surrection- We
La%e 10 spr.ehenaions tnst Congress will in
terfefe in pohaif Of ths iacendiares.
Tie financial affairs OF the OonfederscJ
81, feaseu hJ the message in precisely the
a.son=- commented By tbs enquirer. y
Tie ioicsd funding of all notes issued prior
&c some given dsy: taxation to raise the rev.
eGtrr nceded, and the sals Of bonds guaraa-
iast y; ,nc States.
L<g:y p.5:,on will read the message and
Pa-.l.. rs .sie suggestions The people will
f",.rr~ renewed encouragement from the
t:,s.. prossta:, calm and encouraging tone OF
inr ElrssaYe.,