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

'.Ihe President alluded very briefly to the false
hoods which had been circulated relative to the
Administration, which he could not dsproye be-
such disproval would give the enemy
knowl, dye Of things wLich.the good of the cause
required to be concealed from him. That he COM
mitted some errors he did not doubt though they
were never the result of improper motives.''
We copy the above from report of the speech
OF President Davis to the Mississippi Legislature
at Jackson, published in this paper few days
ago. 1t seems to us that this reply of the Presi-
dent ought to be satisfactory to the country.
Every reasonable must see that the public
interests might he dangerously compromised if tn.
Government should undertake to set forth the
reasons Of its action in every where the pub
lie does not know, and from its want of knowledge
does not approve the course of the authorities
How was it possible, for example, for that peer
less soldier and gentleman, Gen. Albert Sidney
johnson, to be defended against the storm of OBJ
iquity which raised supon his head without
exposing our own weakness at moment when the
exposure would have been ruin
Faith is necessary in all human affairs, and in
none more than that Of weak and struggling
country. The agents TO whom it has itself con
tided the conduct of its Government deserve
generous confidence. We cannot expect to I'M
dcrsand the ground Of their action always, for
have not the information by which their con-
duct is directed. That they may sometimes is
simply to acknowledge that they are human and
not infallible But that error is the rule in the
Southern Administration instead OF the exception
and that it crrs from design improper motives
no one will pretend. For ourselves, we arc no
parII2an of any Government or any party, but we
believe that President Davis is as we'll qualified
for his responsible position any man in the
Southern Confedcracy, and that he has as much
interest any other in exertinS his best abilities
and Judgment in the performance of his public
duties The failure of this struggle would not
only involve him i'll the common ruin of indcpen-
dence and property, but bring down upon his
head doom which the great mass of the South
ern people have no reason to expect. How alb.
surd, then, to imag inc that he is not doing the
best thing he can for the cause. The same conf
dence may be justly extended to our Generals and
soldiers in the field. We must not expect i'm
possibilities Of them. We are outnumbered by
our enemies four to one, and without the men OF
the means to meet them at many of the points al
which We are assailed. All we can expect is shat
they should do the best they can with the limited
means at their disposal. And surely the ANIMAL.
Of history furnish no example of achievement.
like those of the Southern soldiers against the
ODDS they have had to encounter For the sake
of our common cause let not add to our weak
ness by dissensions among ourselves. Let us post
pone till the end of this great quarrel every note
of internal bickerins and know no enemies bu
the enemies of our country.-Richmond DIS.