, 1863-01-13
LATE SOUTHERN News.
JEFF. DAVIS ON THE SITUATION.
Looks to the. Northwest for Help.
MUST HOLD VicKSBURG At ALL
HAZARDS.
Two Objects of the Federa:s.

ADDRESS BI PRESIDENT DAVIS IN MISSISSIPPI.
President Davis addressed the Mississippi
Legislature, at Jackson. On the 25th ult. The
gnllerie5 werc. filled With ladies', and when tne
applause. The address was quite q lengthy
one. We give the chief points:
:" The President spoke Of bis love for. the old
Union. He alluded to it, however, as mat
ter Of regret, that the best affections OF his
heart should have been bestowed upon an OBJ
iect so unworthy-that he should have loved
SO long government which was rotten to its
lie Ind predicted from the beginning fierce
war, though 1t had assumed more gigantic
proportions than he Ind calculated upon. He
had predicted Tar, not because our right to
defined In the spirit Of that declaration which;
rests the right to govern upon the consent Of
the goycrped, but the wickedness Of the North
would entail war upon the country.
The present wal, ,waged against tho rights Of .
free people, mas unjust, and the fruit of the evil
passions Of the North. In the progress of the
out and developed; and SO far from rouniting
with such people, people whose descend.
ants Cromwell had gathered from tho hogs Of
ireland and Scotland people whose intoler-
ance produced discord and trouble wherever
they went-who prosecuted Catholics, ,Eplsco-
palians, and every sect that did not subscribe
to thcir bigoted and contracted notions, who
hung witches, and did athousanl other things
calculated to make them forever infamous.
The President was emphatic in his declaration
that under no circumstances would he con-
sent to reunion.
He drew glowing picture Of the horrors
Of war. and tic rurages Of tho enemy; and
willie his tears flowed for those who suffered,
vet nll these would be endured, cheerfully.
before our manhood and our liberties would
be surrendered.
TIE WAR urox NORTHERN SOL.
He alluded briefly to his desire to transfer
the war upon Northern soft, bnt the fai1ure to
do this proceeded not from want Of lnslina-
tabtelcd nation, with armies and nayies at
our command. These had to be lmprovIsed
from the scanty materials to be found within
the limits Of our Own Confederacy. We were
blockadcd and cut off from other nations,
aud everybody knows that we had been an
agricultural people, and that our facilities for
manufacturing materials Of war were extreme
| II limited Notwithstanding this fact, patent
| to the most casual observer, VIC had now an
/ army larger than ever 6eforc-onr arms and
and improved in quality, and nc are in better
condition to-day than we were tWclYo months
ago.
| he alluded to the conscription and exemp
ton laws Of Congress, explaining the neccs
sity Of the one and the intention Of the other
Was sorry to perceive that there had been .
false construction put upon tile first Of these
laws: There was no dishonor in being con
scriptcd, The government lad rs muct
right to make laws requiring the services o
Its citizens in the army as to compel them t
work public roads or to pay taxes. The Oh
which exempted the owner, agent or oyer
seer Of twenty negroes, was not intended tt
draw any distinction whatever between
classes. No benefit was intended to the ricl
from 1t. It was simply to provide polio
to facilitate the agricultural productions Q
the country to supply the wants Of both th
poor people and the army.
f. TIE REAL DANGER.
The President remarked that when he az
| rived here he thought the enemy were po1rin|
down upon us from the northern borders q
Il our State, but when he went to Grenada b
them hut their backs. They were going back
perhaps with the intention Of reinforcing th
heavy column that was now to be throw
down the Mississippi river. The real point
Of attack were at V1cksburg and Fort Hudsor
and to all who desired to lend helping han
to the country In her present exigency b
would say, '.Go to Port Hudson and VlchE
burg without delay"'
NECESSITY OF HARNoSr-pERXAEEsT NIL
TARY STATES.
He spoke of the .salutary effects Of harule
nfous action between the several States an
the government at Rchmond, sil ! ,an{sa ana anzgs
upon legislators both state ana ComeaeraIt ~
itary eystem; for, even after the present VI
was ended, ne might expect trouble from on
| enemies, unless our military establishmel
- was of such q character as to give them
wholesome fear Of precipitating . war :upo
us:: The true theory was to adopt a mi1ita1
| xvr]11A hA 11nrTuNnaftf and
f tire in times Of pence.
TIE QUESTION AT ISSUE.
!, The issne involved In this war was no ord
: nary one. The question Is, will you be fre
D or Will You be the slaves Of the most depraTt
9 and intolerant and tJzannical and hated Pc
: pie upon earth! This waa the real questie
! The balance. A people Who hare dcmonstrat!
y their utter incapacity for self lfgoyernment, ri
n have destroyed their own ubertIes In the "a
Q effort so deprive us Of ours, seek to bn q
. masters, and inl1ct upon ua such galli'
q tyranny. Mississippi is the object Of the
n peculiar hatred; upon her fsto be visited the
!. | refined vengeance But our cause is just 81
d vengeance belongs to the Lord. We will !
:, eist the power Of the enemy. Discard
It other considerations but the public defen:
$. and victory will again be ours.
~ AsPEas1oSs or THE ADMINISTRATION.
It Tho President alluded very briefly to :.
tc falsehoods which had been circulated re1ati
N to tho Administration, which he could q
a. disproyc, because that. disprorai would e.
IL the country knowledge Of things which {
good Of. the cause required to 10 conceal
I'd from them. That he had committed soma
be er the result Of improper motives Fol
ar yindication Of himself from the aspersions
some of his fellow citizens, be confident
awaited the time when the cause would +
suffer from such Tiudicatlon- he, howcy
n. explained the great necessity OF public cor
u. dence In the officers Of the government, q
OF pointed 10 that great and good man, Gen:
bert Sidney Johnston,as as shining example
H. the Ill effects Of Withholding that deser'
re- confidence which the public welfare 1equir
at 49,, DURATION or TIE WAR.
lse Though the WAT Ind somcwhat cxccci
,ct Ills expectations, get he had never doub
en- our final success, and he considered 1t nov
u. was a question OF time. He thought, hi
I'm ever, it was not possible for a war wal
ear upon such tremendous scale to be protr:
;he cd. Be 1t long or short, however, ne CO
nc not be the first to cry "hold, enough"
-, ~ acknowledgements NATIONS.
cr- To the question Of recognition and In
do ycntion, tic President devoted only .
use words: We had right TO expect recegnlt
[er. vice was, APut not your faith IN princes,
is: rest your hopes upon foreign nations"
I'd. seemed that England still refused to take
'on- steps toward either recognition or mediat
tho Frnnce had made move that looked: frier
~ - friendship We would be ready to grasp It,
lent no INSTRUMENTATION. =
Ion The President took brief rctrospec
~. sno view Of the movements Of our armies s
ish. the fall Of New 0rlcans-an event as u,
the | pected, to him as 1t was TO us-and. sho