The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-01-04

vain effort TO deprive Ms OF ours. seek 20 be
our masters, and inHict upon Us such CALLING
chains as have 10 parallel in the annals of ty-
ranny. Mis- issippi is tbs Object of their pc
cnliar hatred; upou her ;s to be visited their
refined vengeance. 6ut our cause is Just and
yengeancei belongs to the Lord. We will re-
sst the power Of the enemy. Discard all 9TH
lr Qas bferations bnt the public defense, and
~ willagaih be ours,
'lsrE rEE.ioSs or 1Hr DEMONSTRATIONS.
The President alluded We ~ brieay to tbs
taisehoods which had been circulated relative
to the administration, which he could not dis
prove. because spch disprovaI would give the
enemy . knowledge of things which the good
Of the cause required 10 be concealed from
him. That he had comnsifted some errors he
did not doubt. theugh they were never the re
suit of improper m9fives For a, vindication
Of himself from the asptrsions Of s6ne of mis-
fellow-citizens. he con6deDtly awaited the III me
when the cause would not suffer from such
vindication- de however explained the
great necessity of public confidence in the
officers Of The government, and pointed to
that great AMI good man Gen. Albert Sidney
Johnston, as a shinIng example Of The i'll ef-
iecis OF Withholding that deserved conf
dence which ths public svelfhRe requires.
NIssIssIPrIAxs NtsT SUSTAIN THEIR FAME.
siI- JAWS maze an ei1quent appeal 10 Mis-
sssipPIans to- prove themselves in this hour
OF peril worthy Of the proud fame won by
tile Stale upon the plains Of ChaImette-to
emulats the glory arhieged BY her sons upon
the fields OF Mexico. and IN the still. more
glorious battles OF the Confederacy. By ali
the future aud by all the past. by the memo
ries-of those whose boipes already bleach npon
the battle-plaihs of our country. he invoked
them to stand hFrn against the devastating
columns Of the enemy.
DuRkfI9s or THk WAX
Though the war had somewhat exceeded
his expectations. yet he never doubted ON,
inal success. aud Id considered now az ab-
soiutely certain. The duration of The w-r wsf
a question of time. He Thought. however. il
was not possible tor war waged Upon sucIs=a
tremendous sc&ie to be l9ng prottacted be
i long or short, however, We could not be the
hrst to cry = hold, enough ri
vIrKsBuRG.
The President paid deserved tribute 10
Nicksbnrg. That nrble littl{ city had with
stood the shock Of the cdnbinesl lleets of the
enemy. after the great ri5ies Of New Orleans
and Memphis hail snectmbcd to their sun
posed invinetiility. Tie heroic women of
F;cksbnrE had eficll otitleive the enemy the
soTl Il il cannot be defended but let him have
nothing else. The Gofctnor left his chair and
repairedto the scene o. datSer. and ,ef,ised
% listen 10 any advice except of defiance to
the concentrated power Of the eneny
We are better prepared al yicksOsfg nov
than then Our de'kndes arc greatly improved
and strengthened. Our 4rrnhpieuts are much
improved We have better armies. ami thai
gallant soldier General Jbhnhton. is ponrinc in
reinforcements He comes to Mississippi to
protect and save her Immense applause
EEcocSETIos FoksIcS NATIONS
To the question OF recognition and interven-
ton the PIesideht devoted only a few
words. We had right 70 expect recogni
ton long since. but it had not come. and his
advice was; Put not ypur faith in princes.
nor rest your hopes upon foreign nations. -
It seemed that England still refused to take
any steps towards either recognition or me
dztion. France had made move that look
cd friendly to ps- and when she extended the
hand of friendship, We would be ready to
grasp it.
TEE TRANS AIssIssIsPI DEPARTMENT
On the otheTasids of the river onr pros
long he hoped that he would be enabled to
proclaim Missouri free. Kentucky, too. vas
an o. ject Of s9licitude to him, and he spoke
Of her gallant people in the kin dest and most
commendable terms
our CAUSE Is THt ASCENDANT.
The President laid particular stress upon
the encouraging fact that We had improved IN
every respect since the war began. Our ar
mics were superior lin number and i.nvroved
in quality and appdinruents Our manufac-
tories had made rapid progress-M -Mississip
pi alone bad clothed and subsisted the whole
army upon her soil. Our people had learned
to econonize. They wore bomespun. He
felt like taking Of his hat to 1 woman dressed
in honespun. He had an unfaltering belief
in the justice Of our cause and profound
revsrencs for the DEGREES of Heaven. He no.
tfced with evident satisfaction the superior
morality Of onr armt TO that or the invader
Ia God and the valof Of our troops he trusted.