Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-01-21
Message Of president paVis.

RICHMOND, January / ghss Message
of President Davis was delivered to-day.
iItopens with q view Of the military posi-
ton Of affairs, which is described So very
satisfactory. The fourth great army Of ins
vasion has been defeated in Virginia. and
Gen. Burnside has experienced the fate Of
his predecessors NJ eDoweH MoC Clelland
and Pope. In the West, the fortunes of
war have been various. Battles have been
fought with fearful carnage on both sides,
but the hopes of the enemy Of any decis.
i've results have been bafHed. Onthe At
lantic coast the enemy are still confined to
the protecting cover of their fleets. a re-.
view Of our history shows that the war has
entered its third and last stage The first
effort was to restore the Union and has
been abandoned; the second waste conquer
the South and govern itas a dependency
but this, too, has proved impossible, and
has been abandoned; the third design is to
destroy and plumber what they could not
subject If we continue the same efforts,
Lin the first, this design will likewise be
defeated, and we confidently expect chat
this is the closing year Of the war: The
enemy will possess neither spirit nor res
sources for continuing it into the next year
;ona so extensive a scale. We desire peace,
but will continue war at any sacrifice, until
our rightsof self.goyernment, and the SOW
:ereignty and independence Of the States are
vindicated and established.
: Foreign relations are then reviewed.
Our right to recognition is shown by refer.
;ence to the pastshistory of our States, some
Of whichwere recognized asindependentby
Great Britain in the treaty yof. peace Of 1888,
and had beens previously allies IN war with
France. When our Commissioners de-
.manded recognition, they were told that
foreign Governments could not decide be-,
tween conflicting statepsats made BY our
.Goyernmentand that of The United States,
in respect to our1nutual relations, and that
Europe would simply +reeegnize ne as-- bal-
and preserve q strict neutrality.
This apparent refusal to decide was in re-.
alitya decision. against us, because We were:
thus unjustly deprived Of diplomatic iEters
course on the same footing as our enemies.
( Thequestion Of the blockade is discussed
atlength. It's invaIidityis shown, astest-
eddy the principles of the Congress Of
Paris, in 1856, and the whole conduct Of
the neutrality of nations is summed up, so
as to show that they have. enforced all neu-
trail rights that affected 4us ipjuriously,
aud refrained from asserting those that
would injure the United States,
The correspondence between the Courts
Of. France, Great Britain and Russia is ad-
verted to. The language Of the French
despatch is construed as a formal admission
of our ability to maintain ourindependence,
and justifes the hope Of an early reeogni.
tion, -.
The barbarities committed by Northern
troops are referred to, and the action taken
in relation to the atrocities committed by
Generals Mcneil, Butler and Milroy ez-
planned, and ssthe opinion is expressed that
the infamy of their conduct must be shared.
by their superiors, who have in no one in,
stance punished the perpetration Of these
crimes. (, ~.
In regard to Lincoln's proclamation, he
says our zdetestation is tempered by pro.
found contempt for his. impotent rage
The action of the Government will be con-
fined to delivering up all commissioned Of
fcers hereafter captured IA the ten States
named in the proclamation, to be tried by
the States unders>laws which punish those
that excite serTile insurreetion. The proc,
lamationcis treated as possessing great sig
ni6cance in political point Of view. IL
proves what were the designs Of the Repub-
lican party from the beginning, notwiths,
standing their efforts to conceal them by.
false declarations. -
The proclamation is nezt considered as.
a guarantee against the possibility of recon-
straction. It's also treated as confession
of inability to subjugate the South, which
Europe'will be bound to consider as justi-
fyingour immediate recognition, and as an
iatimation to the people of the North that
they must submit to a iaal separation of
the States. p. -.
Adequate taxation is recommended; al
SO, the issue of bonds, to be guaranteed2by
the States. : :. (, p y.
The message, which is the longest yet
issued by the President, embraces COM
prehensive review Of the whole internal aud;
external relations Of the country 1t is
confident, even triumphant, in tone and
closes with tribute to our women, without