The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-01-22
Jesf. Davis HKcs,age.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE PoToaAc. /
,Januarv *

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| Richmond papers Of this morning have
come TO hand, the most important feature OF
| the news is JEFF Davis Annual Message
After briefly referring to the campaign since
his last Annual Message he says: The an.
/ ticipa'ion which catered with tn, contest
/ here now ripeas into conviction, which is
not OILY shared with us by the common
opinion Of neutral nations. but is evidently
forcing itself upon our enemies themselves
The advent Of peace will be hailed with joy,
Our desire for it has never been concealed
but earnest as has been our wish for peace
and as great as have been our sacrifices du.
ring the war, the determination of this PEG
pie has, with each succeeding month, moro
unaiterahly fixed to indure any suffering
and continue to sacrifice, however prolong.
ed, until their ris ht of self-g vernmsnt and
the sovereignty OF the State shall have beer
triumphantly vindcated and established.
| He then refers back to the history and the
day that four of the States, now forming a
"A portion of the Oonfederacy, were recogniz
ed as independent sovereignties by the two
great maritime powers of Europe, in treaty
Of peace conclndslin 1893. .s. .r~....,
He reviews the prosperity of.thc Coafed-
GRAFTON aud the ultimate reunion of, The
States, and asserts the States of the Unor
With the right as indspsnl,n. s,vereignties,
to sece'le, when in their Judgment their safe
! ty and honor require such step.
lie spoke Of the early determination o
Engian ,iFrsnee, AMI oth,r European p,w.
ers, to coniae themselves to rsccgniz;n :
the event ofths fact of tn, existence Of
strict Neutrality daring tn, pro;res; of The
war-but draws from this conclusion tn vt
their course of n:tioa was bit an actull de.
cision against the South in favor of the I'm
ion, aud at the same time tending to pro
! long hosilities f@rsit8 faa +F"A 2"
H. complains Of the injustica ofthe Ear
opeans. In other matters, citing t. the con
clusion Of 4 treaty with the United States for
the abolishnent of privateering, Thus pre-.
venting the Cohfederatss from disposing of,
in foreign ports, the prizes that their pliya-
teers have captured.
This he thinks directly aimed at the sue
cess Of the Contederaey; Notwithstanding
the repeated remonstrances Of the Confeder-
acy by the neutrals and their own admission
as to the ine.ticiency of the Federal block ade
neutral Europe has received these remon.
strances in almost unbroken silence, while
we submit to the wrong reflected on US by
the United States
He says in relation to Lincoln's emancip.
alton proclamation, he may well leave it to
the instincts of that common humanity
which a beneticent Creator has implanted in
the breasts of our fellow men of all coun.
tries to pass judgment OF measure, of
which several millions Of contented laborers
in their sphere are do,msd to extsrmln alton
while at the same time they are encouraged
the general extcrmination Of their masters
by the Ingenious recoiLtn .ndation to abstain
from violence unless in necessary self de.
ence. fHa .aE.t
SELF DEFENCE E-sG3sk
Our own destination OF those who have at
Iern pt,d the MO i execrable massacre record