The New York herald., 1863-12-25

could bs administered would change the direction n thas
allegiance or Of his duties ~ Citizen the proposed
form Of eonscsnceD Tho ofcei said, You sssn 70 bs
viii reveal 1 nothing that you % have heard or seen within
our nes that would miats against our interest, you
position He lost his horse, however and all bis clothing
except that ON his person. and said TO have reached the
centre Mississippi, On CO., within snorser uMs snsa
Ex-Congressman ears.ell, Of Alabama,
ON the War.
The following s an extract from speech Of Hon. In.
cius Gartrell, delivered n the hall Of the House Of
Representatives At Minedgeville on the 18th ult.:-
You ask me now what Of the futuro2 Allow mo, then
calmly and dspassonately as In tho presence or my
in which WE srs and srasny as
success OF our cause How them should dennoan
selves how should we legisate how should we act, as
pose? will tell you y.candid Judgment is tha. next
TO the heartless extortoners who have robbed, and
sti continue to rob- soldiers families OF that which
s necessary 10 their support, the grumb4er and
croaker docs the next most damage I, our cause
when divisions among ourselves were not attended with
any serious harm, but now It 10 dacrent. Tho Good
stand Shall we fail in ahs great revolution by reason OF
dvsonsp Justice and liberty, the eudorngs Of the
or n sn9 tsarS n % ana 70 ~
holy Cause Let us stand by the noble women and the
heroic soldiers who have never once said, give up the
cause. Do you ask me what would dor will tell you.
In the first place. augment as much possible armies
in the field. Put all able b0ded young mon who now
n our quartermaster and other departments OF tho
ernment into the army and supply their places with tho
disabled soldiers, and with citizens too old to render
Vice in the field After this would proviie, both by
law and by private muniAcOnce, ample for render
ing the families Of all who are DEPENDENT comfortable
and happy Satisfy the gallant soldier that his fam
ily will be cared for while he Is absent, and he
will feel much better satisfied to fight tho battles OF his
country Is not that fair, and just and right? II others
fight to protect property not right that the pro-
rceeds OF my wealth should CO. his Absence to tho sup
port Of his family would as have SAID sustain the
currency by taxation, repeal all exemption and subst
tute laws, as far as consistent with the good faith and
ther rich or poor Ybether In high position or low be-
tween the ages Of eighteen and forty ve to do service in
the army Do this and all will be well We have good
government government de fact0 and dc jure-egal,
CONSTITUTIONAL elective twice endorsed by the people Of
the Confederate States Fortunately for we have at
the head OF that government chief ma trate ripe in
experience and wisdom ged by nature with the highest
order OF intellect, thoroughly imbued with the principles
Of State rights or Christian virtue and integrity
Statesman, just and impartial possessed dgni6ed re-
spected at home and by foreign governmentsa who
comes nearer than any know to the immortal Washing
ington In all the qualities which constitute leader IN
revolution His place could not be supplied. II there be
another Jefferson Davis this whole conederacy have
failed TO find him. He is constitutiOnay elected our
President for Six years He may have committed errors
but II is to be remembered that the wses and best
have erred Consider what he has already accomplished
The government in the beginning without credit,
without money, without a standing army, and yet our
soldiers. greatly inferior in numbers have met and re-
pulsed the enemy in many hard fought battle and TO-
day stronger verythng necessary for Our sue
cess than we're In the beginning of the He has
had his deractors and had Washington. But above
all, President Davis is Christian and as have every
reason 10 believe daily presents his knees the
of country to the God Of truth and justice. free
dom's champion he is calm, serene, unterri6ed He
stands unmOved and uDshaken-
Like some tall Cliff that iitt s.its awful form,
Swels from the vale and midway ceaves the storm;
Though round its breast the rolling clouds SPREAD
Eternal sunshine settles on It's head.