The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-01-20

PRESIDENT DAVIS MsssAGE.-We regret that
unable to procure a copy of the Message
iE time to lay ii before readers this week. 1t
vas not read in Congress until Wednesday. We
e,gIt to have received it by mail Friday morn
ing, but unfortunately the train from Raleigh on
that day brought mail from either Richmond or
Raleigh; aud on Saturday received it too late to
Ct it in type with present limited force. We
will publish it in full next week.
We publish, to-day, synopsis of the Message,
from which it will be inferred that it is able in
;crcstng and important document. We are glad to
that the President exposes tho injustice and
fairness of the course pursued by foreign powers
towards the Confederate States in not recognizing
them an independent nation When indie
Pendence is established las it certainly will be at
some day shall not owe many thanks to Eng
land France, any other nation.
And also gratied to see that the Presi-
dent intends deliver the State authorities
all abolition officers hereafter captured, to be tried
and punished by State laws for attempting TO ncito
insurrectnns. This is to be done as long &. Lin
coins late proclamation remains unrevoked
The Richmond Dirpntch, speaking of the Mes
snEe. says:
TOO much praise can hardly be given to the mes
sage President Davis, especially to that portion
81 II in which he reviews relations with the
Governments of Europe. His logic is too cogrnt to
be d. and his language is in every respect
worthy of his logic. We find but one fault with
him. and that i. fault of omission. He should, in
opinion. have cludcd his mastery review of
position with n recommendation to withdraw
diplomatic funCti"nares from all the Courts of
Europe. The resolutions of Mr. Foote cover that
ground entirely, and they also another w:lich
il a consequence of it. They propose to ignore
tho foreign Consuls who residing here with ere
quatorS signed by the Yankee Secretary Of State.
In oar opinion ought to have taken both these
steps long ago and if MIR Foote will push the mat
Ter to its contamination, we shall hail him as pub
lie brncfactor
The picture which the President draws of the
bore c"mPlaiSance which Lord Russell has mani
Tested towards the deSpOtism of the Yankees is as
true aN II must be humiliating to every Englshman
who has the proper feeling for his country. Eng
land herself was the power that called the Conven-
ZION OF Pans misrepresentation the first to
propose Il plan for the abolition of paper bockades
Ohe "t these paper blOckadrs had actually, in
former tunes. produced between her and
those very United States who are now adnr,inp the
very policy Tor the prosecution of which She ma do
war on England. With all the solemnity which IT
s possible (" mpart ia public law the Convention
of Paris agreed that ''bockades, in order to he
binding, must be effective; that is to saw MAIN
tanned by force sufficient to prevent access 70 III.
coast OF the enemy There is no instance in
history OF public law adopted with SD much
s"lemnity. II was aSsented to by the United States
Let England has allowed cnast of three thousand
miles I" undergo paper blockade while the navy
"l the world could not blockade it in fact. Her
'iP-"wAer> are told that if they enter any of our
ports IT must be at their risk, at the very time
'hel there was not vessel before some of them
IN history"