Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1863-01-22
LATEST NEWS!
The ,war.
SOUTHERN NEWS.

WhAth 40 eNNNii'NN '' W.
isf.ctory. The fovrth great army Of
invasion has been defeated in Virgin
ia, ard General Burnside has expert,
epced The fate Of his three predeces.
sors--McDowcI, Mcclellan and Pope.
III the West, the fortunes of war
have been various. Battles have
been fought with fearful carnage on
both sides. but The hopes of the enc
my, Of any d, cisiye results, lave
been bafilsd. 80 1; n
On the Atlantic coast, The enemy
are still confined to The protecting
cover Of their Il lets A review Of
our history shows that tie var has
entered Its third and last stage
The first effort was TO restore the
Union, which WIS abandoned; the
second was to conquer the South aud
govern it as Gependeney--this too,
has proven impossible, and has been
abandoned, the :hisd design is to de-
s'roy and plunder What they could
not sutjugsie. If We continue The
same utiorts as in the past, this de.
| sign will likewise be defeated; and
we may confidently expo ct this is
the closing year Of the war, The
enemy viii possess neither the spirit,
nor resources for continuing it 10 the
18th year, on so exhaustive a scale.
I'VE desire peace, hut will continue
the was al any sacrifice, until our
right 10 seii-goverumcnt, and soyer-
eighty, and independence of the
States are yluGicated and established.
Foreign relations are then reviewed
IOur right 10 recognition is shown BY
reference to past history Of our Safes
some of which were recognized rs
independent by Great Britain in
zee treaty Of peace in 1888, aud b {
been previously allies in war with
Trance. When our commissioners
demahded coguition, they were
itoid that foreign govern ments could
4 not decide between conflicting state.
ments made by our Government and
lhat of the United States, in respect
70 our mutual relations, and that
Europe would recogn'ze Us as bellig
ierents. and preserve a strict neutral
lily. This apparent refusal to dt cidt
was III reality a decision az. inst us
because we were urjns'ly d,plived
iof diplomatic intercourse, on same
footing IS our enemies. '
The question Of the blockade il
discussed at length. Its invaiility
lis shown, as tested by the principle
Iof The Congress Of Paris in | S 5 6
| The whole conduct of neutral nations
lis summed up SOFAS TO Show that the,
4 have enforced I'll neutral rights tina
have eff cied US injuriously, and re-
fralnetl from Inserting those tia,
would injnre the Uuited States
The correspondence between h,
Courts Of France and Great Britain
and Russia, is adver'ed to. ! be
Language of The French dispatch is
CONSTRUCTED as q formal admission of
our ability TO maintain cur Iudepend.
'euce, aud justifies the hopes of al
early recognition.
TIE bafbarities committed by Norll
ern troops is referred to, and the ac
\ ton in relation to the airocitie;
committed by Gen. Mcneil, Butltl
and Milroy explained. The opinion
is expressed that the infsmy OF theil
conduct must be shared by their Sd
peiiors, who have ia no one instance
punished the perpetrators of these
crimes.
Ill In regard TO Lincoln procl- mi
ton. the President says: "Our de
termination is tempered by profound
CONTEMPT for his impotent rage
The action of the Government viii
be confined to delivering up ali com,
missioned officers hereafter captured
, in the ten States named in the proc.
lnmation, 10 be tried by the States
under the laws which punish those
that excite servile Instruction. -
/, The reclamation is treated as pos
sessing great significance, in a politi
cal view. 1t proves what were The
: designs Of the Republican part,
: from the beginning, Notwithstanding
their efforts 10 conceal them by falst
$ declarations. The proclamation !.
next considered SIS guarantee a
: gainst the possibility of reooustruc
Lion; it is also treated asa confession
of their inability to subjugata th'
! South, whicbEurope sill be bound t
consider as .jusiifyibg our immediate