The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-02-04

per Mode OF relief to those Of our citizens
whose property has been destroyed bv or
der ot the Government in pursuance of a
policy adoptei as means of national de
fence, L is frne that full indemnity can
mot now be made, but some measure Of re
licf is due 10 those patriotic citizens vho
have borne private los. for the public good
whose property in effect has been taken for
pnbbc use. though not directly appropriat-
ed.
Our Government, born Of the spirit oI
frsrfom and Of the equaity and indepen-
drn;e Of the States, could not have survived
a selfish or ieaioas disposition making each
only careful Of its own interest or safety.
The fite Of the Cnnfederacy under the
blessing Of Divine Providence depends up
on the harmony, energy .nd unity Of the
) pss. II especially devoIyes on you,
the,r representatives, as far as practicable,
I. reform abuses, to correct errors, to cul-
tivate lrs,eralty, and to sustain in the peo-
plea Just confidence in the Government If
their rhoice. To that confidence and to
The unity and self lf.saerificins patriotism
hitherto Displaced, is due the success which
n" marked the unequal csntest. and has
brought our country in'o condition at the
present tine such a. the most sangaine
would not have ventured in predict at fhe
commencement cf eur struggle. Oar ar
MES are larger, better disciplined and
more thoroughly armed and equipped than
81 anT previous period Of the war. Tho
energies If ! while aston, devoted TO the
single ehject ef success in this war, have
accomplished maryels. AMI manv Of aur.
trials have. bv bsn-fcen, Proyideace.
been converted into blessings. The mag
aV1le Of the periis which We encountered
haze developed the trne qualities and illus
trsied the heroic character of orr people,
thn. gsiRng fr The Confederscs from IL.
birth n iast appreciation from the other
nstiass of the earth. The injuries result
in. frpn the interruption Of foreign CON
merce hsse received compensation bv the
development Of our internal resources.
Cannon crown our fortresses that were cast
from the products Of mines opened an!
furnaces built during the war. Dor noun
sln caves WELD mach Of the nitre for the
m,nsfacture 81 powder, and promise in
crease Of nroduct. From our own arnories
and workshops We derive. in great mea-
s.re. the watlike material, the ordnance u
ordnance stores which are expended nr,.
fasely 10 he nansrou and despers' !. ,nvsse.
meats that rapidly succeed eaco 4 o,her Co,.
:,n and woalen hbric.. = -. All h,rn...
wagons md gun carriss - are prodac.d n
dii'y increasing qaa .tiiies bv the factories
sPing'ng into e.,stence. Our fields, nn
lo'ser wh'tn.S by cstton that cannot be
rIpcrfsd. - devoted 10 the production of
cste.'. .fi lhs grsSih 81 sock formerly
Furef.fstd vii, the proceed, ol cotton. In
we. .non.s nf our n,bie aud devoted women,
-ithnpi vhase ssblins sacri6ces our sue
60" weald have been Impossible. The nois.
n the lsam and IL thr spnnng wheel mas
behearil hfalgiolt - land With hearts
swelling Nth ErstiHiv. III Is, then. JON
% returning thank, 10 CD AND ia be,eech.
ing iae eaalinanc. Of his protecting care
over oaf eaase sad tie restoration Of psace
~';h - maliisld blessings t. or baasea
caanir,. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Iicamend Itnpiy l2ta. 1858