Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-12-14

Mr.. Jefferson Davis welcomes the cnnyrcss
of rebels at Richmond with story of diplo-
matte failure and military defeat. The con-
and men; it has been driven from most inl-
portant positions; its territory has been d.
vided and sub-dvided; its finances are hope
lessy disordcred; its advances toward re-
cognihon by the governments of Europe have
met with decisive rebItfs. Looking over the
whole field of the contest, Mr.. Davis sees
no "hope OF peace but in vigor of resistance,
and he sadly calls on his fellow conspirators
for counsel and assistance. GAS we are quite
confidential here, Mr.. Copperfeld, said Mrs
Micawber, 81 should much like to have your
opinion on Mr.. Micawber's prospects. For
corn" said Mrs. Micawber, argumentatively,
''may be gentlemanly but it is not remunera-
tive. Are Goals to be relied upon? Not at
all. We have turned our attention to that
experiment, on the suggestion OF my family,
and we find it flllacious''
With great ability and ingenuity, Mr.. Davis
labors to frame for his confederacy such
claims as he can to the respect of the world
With natural pride he points to the unanimi
ty and devotion, the energy and valor, of the
southern people. He seeks to withdraw al
tenton from his loathsome cause. by invent.
ing pictures Of negro suferings within the
Union lines. In order to veil the perjury and
crime in which the civil war had its origin. he
dwellS upon the allegation that it is urged by
the Union, in violation of institutions and
laws. Prisoners in his hands are declared to
be fed with precisely the same rations which
are distributed to his soldiers in the field;
while, ''by an indulgence perhaps unprece-
dented," he allows them ''to be supplied by
their friends at home with comforts not en-.
Joyed by the men who captured them in bat
tie"
81 attribute Mr.. Micawber's failure" said
Mrs. Micawber, ''to his own dsinterestedness
and greatness Of soul"
The southern heart, filled by this flattering
picture of its own humanity, is not fired by a
tale of barbarities inflicted upon rebels con-
fined in the forts of the Union. Especially
ptiable does he consider the condition of ssna
tives of southern and seni-tropical climates
"beyond the reach of comforts, and often
even of news from home and family, exposed
to the piercing cold of northern lakes"
To us, perhaps, the most amusing para
graphs OF his message are those which con-
tain the recital of the wrongs which the con-
federacy has suffered at tine hands of Great
Britain. According to this authority, the
governments Of Europe have constituted the
western powers committee, as it were, on
American affairs. These are under an en-
gagement to act always in concert; hence
either ls able to prevent any European move
ment in favor of rebel recognition. The re-
fusal OF Great Britain to receive Mr.. Mason
and the seizure of the rebel rams. are onIy
two, though the most important articles in :,
long list Of charges, which afford Mr.. Davis
opportunity for the display OF elaborate though
querulous eloquenee. His ingratitude is like
that of the bsbitual beggar, who comes at
last to consider charity as his right and to
complain Of good garments, because they are
old, and Of copper, because it is not silver.
The rebels have been SO much pelted in Eng