Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-11-14
Address OF EEon. " w. CAN'T 10
| the People of ArN&nnsnss


extracts:
.JErFERsoN DAVIS.
This gentleman has proven himself totally
unsuted 20 the emergency With the whole
cotton crop aud wealth of the South ut his
disposal and clie friendship Of many Euro
pean Powers hc has accomplished nothing
abroad His foreign policy has been II
stupiu failure. He has permitted himself to
be ovcrrcachcd and outmanaged in every
thing, His policy at home while proving
him to be strong in some respects, has shown
him to be weak, mean, and malignant in
others. He is cold, selfish, and suprcmcly
ambitious. And, under the cover of out
ward sancuty and patriotism, flows conceal
ed the strongest vein Of hypocrisy and dem
agoguisln.
lie has never been up to the magnitude of
the undertaking. lie refused troops for the
war in May, ~ ID. 1861, because he did not
know that they would be needed His
idea at first seems To have been that hostili-
ties would soon cease and he benz his enCr
gicS for cheap war. His preparations and
outfit were accordingly contracted and par
simonious. Awakened to II sense OF his
error, hi, next aim stems to have been to
conquer his foes and put down every man
that had crossed his pathway in life. The
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are numerous but that of Senator Brown
the peer of Mr. Davis in everything. his
superior in many, and his rival and success
ful competitor for the United States Senate
is pointed. lie joined company in
Davis army, and WAS elected captain. He
had capacity for any position. Yet Mr..
Davis, not looking to the public interest,
but to the qualification of his own private
feelings secs his opportunity to strike an
old rival. and embraces it. He refused him
all promotion. and left him the alternative
of wearing himself out as captain OF com
pany, or seeking a position elsewhere. MIR.
Browns election to the Confederate Senate
terminated the matter.
! lie drove General Gustavus W. Smith
/ from the army. lie was once ready to re-
move Stoncwall jackson, and only the sue
cess of the latter backed by powerful and
/ excited party, prevented it. He ovcrSlaugh-
cd and oppressed Beaupgsrd, because he
! let the people know that hc desired to move
on Washington at once after the first Ma.
nasssas fight and was prevented by Davis
He drove General Walker Of Georgia out
Of the service He retained iindman il
/ Arkansas with positive knowledge of hi,
outrnges. He removed him but to endorse
his acts. He retains Holmes here to CRAFTY
the JohnsOns at the ruin OF our people. lie
has pursued and oppressed General Price
because, suppose, the latter was made {
brigadier in Mexico and Davis was not. He
retained PembertOn i'll command against thu
wishes of the army and the country and, t
add insult TO it all, sends him to Mobile t
take command, where he is eXccratcd b.
every man, woman and child BY tricl
and a swindle he got General }. Z. Johnston
away from command in Virginia, and CAV
him no other definite position until ther
was pressing emergency, and chance tt
damage him, thereby showing both his con
fidence in him and his uaigrity toward
him. He drove General Pike out of tn
army to crafty liinGman and the JohnsonS
and thereby lost 10 US the whole Indial
country, and if the war continues, will plac
the tomahawk and scaping- knife at tn
throats of our women and children. II
retains weak and inefficient cabinet, anC
never calls them in council, that he ma
reign as sole dcspot over our people Ii
has had at his disposal physical force enough
to carry out acts the most arbitrary and Op
, prcssiyc. He has shown his selfshness ant
disregard for the interests Of the people b.
his appointment Of Heath, Van Dorm, Die
Taylor, Davis, and Mansfield Lowell, all rela
tiycs Of his, and all alike incompetent. ii
has alicnated the people of Georgia 5
much so, that were the ConicdcraCy acknow
, edged to-day Georgia would not remain tw
years under him. | heard Contcderat
general OF great prominence, who under
stands the feelings in that State, so declare
; And as significant of this, Governor Brow
, of Georgia gave to General Gustavus "
Smith, meanly and spitctully driven out {
the army by Davis, the presidency Of tn
Etowah Iron Works with a salary larg,
than bhat Of his salary as Licutcnant-Genera
He falsiticd all his promises to Kcntuck,
and took General Humphrey Marshall
; command away from him, turning il over t
his old political rival, General Preston, I
e crafty the partisan requirements of Kel
; tuCky citizens, who had suddenly risen frol
I the obscure position of pork packers,
p that of Senators and Representatives in IL
Confederate Congress, and iugglers in thi
i political Sodom. In a word, he has enricl
ed and honorcd his friends, ruined and in
pOycrished his enemies Has given Oyt
f the people, those Of Arkansas especially,
/ plundcr and oppression by his taYorite
) and in no instance punished the oifendC
t admit that in some things hc looms L
! above other men, but he has so many defec
h and weaknesses beneath others, that it red
{ ces him 70 Il very poor second-ratc charactc
And You can never change him. His Ii
G has been warped by political intrigue. II
q, prcjudlccs have been narrowed and his hat
- emblttercd by years of partisan strife. An
c you had as well take the oak, which ha
i been bent while twig, and beat upon
. the storms OF centuries, when its bougl
are falling of, and its trunk dccaying, ar
= attempt to straightcn it up toward Heavc
rs to attempt the Strengthening Of chara
ter SO warped and bent by years Of polite
5 storm and intrigue
, WHAT SHALL WE DO
This question naturally comes up after {
that las preceded, If Mr.. Davis, when
Z held the lives and fortunes of many millio
II in his hands, So blundcrcd as to lose h
), opportunity, what can We hope from hin
! now that Il scene Of blackncss, of angui,
c and desolation reigns, where wealth, hapr
5, ness, and plenty smiled. If he would n
u protect Arkansas when he could, but instel
!, gave 1t over TO plundcr and oppression
II his pests, what have we to hope, now tn
g he tremblcs in Richmond for his own safct
Sc and wakes up at last TO the terrible rcal
d of his weakness, folly, and indiscretion
&c We were not protected when we could ha
81 peen, and II we cannot now be protectc
. what must We doi Some say continue Il
u struggle; let the last man die, &c, &c,
10 think differently We ought to end Il
Is struggle ana submit But you say it
u Illuminating No more than 10 surrcnd
. A.