, 1863-08-20

Icf. Davis and liquidation Again
Inc article IN the August number Of til
Continental, In which ex-senator Walker ey
posed the dishonesty Of JEFF. Davis, receive
some additions In the September number jus
ont, made to 1t in England By Mr. Wake,
| We quote from these additions;
M1hslsslppf Was the first repudiatino STATE
| a. e: McNutt, the first repudiatipp G oyernnr
! md Jefferson Davis the first repudiatine Sen
ator. As smother evidence Of the incredibl.
e4LenI 70 Which the public sentiment Of tha1
aay vas debased, I. quote the following pas
sage flom Governor McNutt's message oF18I0
proposing to repeal the bank charters and tc
!egai,ze the forgery Of their notes: The Issu.
ny OF paper money, in contrayention oftht
repe 9llrg act, could be edectually checked b.
fas abreEatton! Of al laws making It penal t.
ll5 nothing but the fell spirit Of slaYeFy could
have dictated such a sentiment. Jefferson
!'aVis, notwithstanding bis Drofssged desira
TO aubnlt this question to the final decree of
me courts Of the State, persisted, as we hive
seen, IN ls4e, IN repudiating these bonds at 4
period more than teyen years after this decf-
sion OF ls42, md still perseyered after fho
second Similar adjudication Of 1858.
On the question Of the recognition of tae
conieceraeT, he makes the following point:
What is i England is. asked to reea9nlzc
Is It a confederacy, claiming to be ieagae Of
sovereign md Independent States. use ina
oid American Confederacy of1f7B, a6andoned
wren We formed q nation In 1857. When
Epgland, IN 1's3, recognized the old Confed.
elacy, tne recognition WAS Of each Of tha
sn seserai States BY name, as sovereign aud IN.
Now, applying those principles On the pres-
ent occasion. to the several seeded States by
6ame, IS Virginia Independent WHY. ai1
ntr coasts ano seAForts ire held By us, 50 is
N6[iolk, her commercial capital more than
=. haii her area and white population, and near
new State of the Union, and, by the almost
slavery! -@@. '1't@ooeo
Are North and South Carolina, Georgia
florida, Alabama, and Texas independent
H. y ~, tneir Thole coast md large portions Of
n me interior are held BY our army and navy.
la IennesEee independent: Two~thIrig 81
her territory, as well al her political an, com
1nefclal capitals, Nashville and Memphis. arc
1eId IdnS RS ~ TIE sane thing Is true, to great
as 10 A5kaasaa asa1 As to Msaissipp-
Wnh the exception Of single point, are held |
by US, and more than half her territnry
Ae 70 Louisiana, we hold three toarths of |
cer Territory, all her eea coast. al her riyer
lsont on both banks Of the mississippi. ax-
eept enc point, and her great city, New Or. |
!sans, the commercial capital Of The state and
sou1h; with four times the population Of auy
;ther Southern city, and with nearir haifthc
zee population Of the State. More than three-
Ioart1s Of the population as well as area of
Lou.slaha IS held By us, with her political and
mms1e capital ard yet it Is proposed to
'elSn and Independent States-
az" can int so'called Conftdcracy, claim
Pc 70 oo q league OF sovereign and indepen-
~ leul 5tates, be recognized as independent,
' s1en the states composing that league arc not
d b IN English conyoy-or is the i1ncEsde ]
Q {, be broken: That Is ware How as to
TIE 531 600 slayes of Louisiana, the three
Lilllons Of slaTes In the seeded States. are
;n,aIcltated " the proclamation of the Pccai.
lied as constitutional By the Supreme t; Csust
t The United States, ~0"A'
Il these are States Of our Union, or are re-
aimed BY us, slavery has ceased, mud tha
nee millions OF slaves ore free. But, It you |
!: sesnoIlcdge the Confederate Independence,
pc these three millions Of sIayes. 40 faras
.ntgiand .t} u concerned, are slaves still. and
~ remain SO forever. To refuse recoenition
70 ADMIT the freedom of these sIaYes-to
scogn1zs, e y Is to remand then bondage, SO
~ . " = tpg.and tg M ean accomplish that purpose.
lmost bonndless territory claimed by the {
outh- It is impossible, then, to esca1e the :
oaclqsion, that In recognizing this Confed- {
racy England ranges hsrself On the siia NJ {
avery, and does all she can to mafnta{n and r
efpetuate it in America. N'.0 :
Nor Is this al. She violated rreat mora, !
nc, and well settled principle Of interim t
ona1 Jaw. to maintain and pefpetuato slave G
IN 14e south. By the law Of nations. the =
cogrftfon Ct national independence Is the .
kIoWledgnent Of the fact Of Independence q
" We have seen that the States composing b
ls so-caned lcagne, are not independent, but t
Aeta, 70 vast extent, by cur army and | 7
~, including tNo thirds Of their area. b
Eyer was independence acknowledged under r,
cn circumstances, except as IN act Of war. s.
lc acknowledgement, then, Of tho Confeacr- r
independence, in the present posture OF o
a,re, is. In fact, declaration ct war by Eng il
aa ngafnst the United States Without cause 7
Jusu1caton. It would be SO universally O.
saIoed IN the United States, and would IN a,
sn1iy close al dtssentions In the North, II al
suppose that England, without any lust le
~; snopid thus strike Us with iron gaunt- N
ed hand, and that VIC II Ill not resist, let the i
iof[ OF the past answer the question. eI
As q 10 onr recognition Of the Independence n
56aAas, i was long after the decisive battle &C
san Jacinto-Then the Mexican army wns "
:troyed or captured, together With The Prrs. r.
M, Then ne acknowledged their indepeu- ca
ace, the Mexican government, bv accenfjno ri
advantages stipulated by hin, ia fact and n
Law, ratified the recognition. It wns af1cr r.
this, Nhen the contest was over. not a co
xican vessel on the coast Of Texas, not a vi
ztean soldier upon her soil, that Ma recop. n
ed the Independence Of Texas. The case. 10
tefore, Is widely different from the pres. an