Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-01-21
Prc,,dcnt Davis. Message.

han d. OF {. oar siinris, column, t" scnn'iom''d
.epors Of il, inor,perscd with liberal extracts.
Every thing tha, enan.tes from PrrstnEsT pA- ::
r,s is a. full Of necro and wisdom q. egg IL II
aea., aud eoulrssts, il :hePs respects, nostp pow.
,rfully vita tho rapid aud stupid productions Vi /.
,r. ArHA4AX I.tscoLr. President NJ :ha Yankn"s. :
Il IL indeed with pride ti'at the shol- S"u.hsrr
peopls rux-rd th,ir Chinf a.sstrs,e's strait-io'-
uxri purity Of purpu,u aud manly sratrslunnship.
They have n.taing to blush for in PRESIpEsr
DAVIS. He il tho man ot dostnE, and pnr'ues |
To. eourae Of duty uuin1ucnced by the applause
of his almirsrY or tho structures Of those who ARC
pleased to rsrroseh him. In his messages to
Cungress, he attempts no manner of oslentu'i"n'
but speaks tho simple languages Of truth AMI '"-
bsrness Ne briefly as possible. The niessage no.
fore us ID the longest he hss YET written, bulir on
ly 10 on account of The incressel sahjeet-maI!or
which has cnr.s under his supervision.
l. The PrsIidont Frat congratulatos the country
upon the su.erss or our arms during the past six
months, defeating Brsssrpr in the cast, baitins
the supentlnus efforts made asairss Us in the west
and xehisriug 1t all puiuss new glory and new
roaovn for tho Couisdsrsey. Wenake an extract
from this portion Of the Message which lit will
30 sosnj closes with the agreeable suggestion that
thI will probably be the last year Of The war:
"A review Of our history Of the two years Of
our national existence affords ample cause for
ecngrstuln.iup and demands the most fsrrsnt sI-
preston Of onr thankfulnsss to tho Almighty
Father who has blessed our exuse. We are justi-
aed in asserting, with prido, surely bot unbe-
oominr, that those Confederate States have addod
another to the Lessons taught by hissory for the
instruction OF man; that thoy hhrs afforded an
other example of tho impossibilty Of rHhjusatins
. people determined to be free; ani h1fs donon-
sra,ed that no superiority of Numbers or aYaila-
bls resources can overcome the rssstanee offered oJ
such Tslor in combat, such constaney under sui
fsrine and such cheerful endurance OF PriTaaen
! as have been conspicuously displayed by this
poopls in defence of their rights aud lissrties'
Tho snticipstiups with which W. entered into the
eoat.it have now ripspsd in:O conviction, Which
i, not only shared With us by the common opinion
OF neutral nations bat 10 evidently forcing itseli
upon our enemies thomselyos. II no can bu'
mark tho history Of the present year bJ rosolut'
perseverance, in tho path wp haro hitherto pur'
sued; by vigorous ofurt il the Development Of al
our resources for dsfoncs; and By tho continued
exhibition Of tho samo unfalturing courage in oui
soldiers and ablo conduct in their leaders Ne har!
! dis,iu uguished tho past He hsrc every reason t'
expect tha. this will be tho closing year OF sh'
war"
3. Tks President goes bonenh that into detail IN re
speet to our foreign relations, ard argues 'ha
tho great European PuHOrs (mOro particularly
| England aud Pranes) have acted errUneousy ANT
iuenn.i.ton,ly in delaying TO recognise the South
srn Confsdsraoy. Their course, lac nsiutain'' ha
operated xrsa. injustice and wroEg 20 aar ssu's
I He makes the following sllnsions TO QUE OF sh
k.rd.hips thus ristel upon US:
"At tho inception CT hossililas, tho inhab'tant
OF the Coufsdsracy were alna't exclusively asri
eulturists, those u the United States, to EreA
| extent, nschpnirs snd merchants. Ho hsd NJ
com II .reial marine, whils thor merchant Ysa'e''
euysred the ocean. We wore without navy
while thoy HID powerful tesss. The adTantax
rGasis and hsrbors was thus e0unteiSalsrssd' Y
sons measure oy the exposure Of their eommere
TO attack by private armed vessols. TWAS knuvl
to Europe that within Tsry few years past th
United States had peremptorily refused to sscod'
to proposals for aboli,hing priYatesring, on th'
ground, as alleged BY them, that nations ownina
powerful dssts wosld thereby obtain undue sd
! rantag. over those possessing inferior naval for
css Yst. no sooner rxs war naEraut botSson th:
| Confsder.cy and tho Gnitoi States, than the nlr
time powers Of Huropc Issued ,;iers prohibiting
sithsr party frun bringing prizes into their ports
| This pruhihitiun, directed with apparent iup.r
tiaity xgaiust hyth telligoIsuts. Was in reallt,
,Suctro a.Aiust the Confederate Statos alone, fol
| they alone could and hostile commerce on the
oooan. Nsroly nominal against tho Unitod states
the prohibition operated With intense severity on
the Confsdsr.ey. by dspriying itof the only means
Of maintaining, With lous approach to squslisy,
! its struggle the ocean nsaiast the crushing su
p.riority Of naval force pussenei by i:s enemioe.
The value xad efficiency Of tho weapon which WAS
thri rrsstsd from our grasp by the combined ar-
,i,u Of neutral European powers in favor Of = na-
.iOu which profs1so. openly itl intention Of r.rS
Eiug their eowlasres by priyatssrs in any future
war; 10 s!ritipsly illusratsl by Tia terror inspired
Among tho commercial classes Of tho United
States by = siusls cruiser vf the Confodoraey.
0ns nutioaal stsYmar comm andsd BY officers and
nannsd by crew who sre dsbarrsd, BY the elo-
sure Of neutral ports, from the opportunity Of
epusing captured vsIssls to bs sondsunsd in their
favor Is prises has Husiesd TO double the rates Of
sa.rins inrvrsuso in Northern ports and oossisn
to forced iuaston nunpsrs Of Northern TsSssls. in
addition to the direct damage inflicted BY cap.
lures At ssa. How difficult, then, to ovsr-estinRts
the effects that nss. have bean produced BY tho
huudrsIs Of private armed vessels that ueald
haze swept the seas in pursuit. OF the eonnsrso Of
eur ensny, II ;hs Means Of dispo,ins Of their
pr;ssu had no, bssa withhold BY the action >ef usu-
srh Europa"
!. The President nsIt disrus'ss the question Of
ths blockade At considerable ls,gtA. Hs proeesds
10 1tov that the European Eorsrpnsnta have 'ir-
tu.liy rspudistsd thsir sun declared principles Of
public lsz, AZ enauoiated ky the Consrs's Of Par
is, and 10 especially severe upon the eondaet oi