Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-11-10
EIX | IR:A
JEFF. DAYTS'S MESSAGE.
lie Gives a Gloomy Picture of The
Rebel. Finances. and Demands
q Better!sCurrenCy Of His
congress.
THERICHMOND PAPERS COMMENT
SEVERELY UPON THE MESSAGE.

lie reviews the campaigns OF the Federal
Generals, and deduces this notable consolation
from his own statement OF the facts-thot tie
piti he por,r PIT f,rih dni he sacriHc,, IN.
crrCd.
In regard to rebel successes he is extremely
reticent. 1t ia plain, however, from the atten-
tion he gives TO the subject of armlng soldiers,
that tho recruitment OF the rebel army s an
extremely urgent matter.
Mr.. Davis opposes In general the arming of
the negro slayo'. lie says he cannot sec the
proprlety or necessity OF arming slaves while
there arc so many white men out of the ranks.
lie would only drill and arm such negroes as
are already employed in the quartermaster's q
and commlssary departments, etc., and lll the
places OF such by drafI OF negroes from the
planters. lie would only give the reward Of
manumlssion 10 such slaves as shal, have
served efficiently with arms In the field
Here he makes an admission which calls
down upon his head pro.slavery anathcmas, as
will be seen from extracts of Richmond papeis
copied below.
ln regard TO the rebel finances, Jer.'s mes.
sage is Uus.6idcb in color. He says It has be.
come so deprecated that Congress n,tr provide
some remedy.
The question Of foreign recognition or aid is
discussed, and Jen. informs his Congress that
there is absolutely no hope Of any help from
abroad. He gives foreign natlsns a loud and
lofty scolding for their lack of sympathy with
the struggling confederncy, and comforts them
with the assurance that the rebellion must rely
solely upon its own resources.
We copy below some significant comments
from Richmond journals upon the message:
| From the Richmond Whg, November 81
The Presidents Message.
Two propositions are plainly deducible from
the Presidents message which VIC cannot for
moment believe he would deliberately give his
sanction 10. The first is that he condition Of
freedom is so mfch batter for he Sldpe than TIA, Of
ssrVf'm:l, hat il may be Gcstotsed upon him as a
rr''drd and Joou. The second is that the Con.
| federate Government has the right to acquire
possession Of slaves by purchase, or impress-
| ment with compensation, and then emancIpate
them, without the consent of the States, or, in
tue case OF impressment, even without the con-
| sent OF the masters.
The first proposition Is a population OF the
opinion held by the whole South and by large
portion OF mankind In other countries that SER
| ritI'H, lea di"i'cly appointed condition for n,
| highcsi gDo3 Gr he R.w', Is that condition In
which the negro race especially may attain the
| highest moral and intellectual advancement of
which they arc capable, and may enjoy most
largely Of such comforts and blessings of life
as are suited to them. OF this we have no
doubt, and We hold 1t to be an act Of cruelty to
deprive the slave of the care and guardianship
OF master. \ ths S.dVe must hght, hf thoihd
| fgh jar Mc blessings he enjots as Slape, and
not for the mlseries that would attend him if
| freed.
Thesccond proposition Is still more startling
1t Is concession that the Confederate oyern-
ment has the power nDd the right TO cxtermI-
nate slavery, by the simple process of Impress
ing or purchasing all the slaves, and then
emanclpating them. Lincoln has never gone
| so far as this, for In his plan for "compensat
emancipation" lie expressly referred the Ques-
lion TO the Stats, acknowledging that they
only could determine It.
1t is unnecessary TO dwell on this subject.
| We are perfectly sure that the President could
never have designed TO give his assent to So
monstrous proposition as this. The multi
plicltyand magnitude of the subjects that claim
his attention will suggest a sufficient excuse
for the inadyerLence Of expressions and imma-
turity ol views from which theories so out of
place in communication from the President
tTi"m ne Richmond Whig, sth Instant, siterro n
oditiOn.I
| spIIit OF tho Morning PIsn
The message Is partially reviewed by the
Sentinel, who thinks Its views are so clearly
and happily presented as to need no elucida.
tlOn. II considers the review of the military
| operations as very encouraging, and II hopes
that the views Of the President on the course
pursued towards us by European Powers will
n ng.1p a..
OF the said powers.
lhc HntiHcI slurs over the question OF reor-
ganlzing the army and Increasing the efficiency
of the same, by repeating all exemptions, &c.,
in the following general terms;
I'm the Department Of War several recon-
mcndations are made for increasing the strength
aud efficiency OF the army, and the report of
the Secretary OF War Is iavorably referred TO
for particulars"
Touching the employment OF slaves In the
pnOllc aefencc, the Sentinel merely presents the
views OF the President without commenting
upon them, only in so far as Il gives It's adher-
ence TO these views in expressing the opinion
that the Executive view of the subject places II
where the Se"iN"l has always thought Il should
rest.
The Sentinel demands of the Government
wise policy aud a skilhl administration for
the management and maintenance of our rail-
road system. It points out the advantages of
the building Of the railroad from Danyllle to
Greensboro, and urges the construction of
another from Danville to Lynchburg, as II
would give us another and an Interior line be.
tween the South and Virginia, which would
greatly facilitate military combination. Whilst
on this subject, We wish TO ask, In the absence
OF better knowledge, what reasons prevail
against the construction of railroad direct
| from Richmond TO l.ynchburg, forming dag.
onal between the sides of the paralielogram
! formed 10y the Richmond and Danyile railroad,
the Central and Orange, and the Virginia and
Tennessee railroads. This road might DO used
exclusively ior military purposes, and would
shorten the actual route by at least one third.
Again, with the construction OF the road pro-
| posed by the Sentinel, shUuld the DanVllle and
Richmond road and the Central road be cut
above or below either of their termini, we
should still have communication with the Sonth
| by this interior line. We merely throw this
out as a suggestion, as we have not yet fully
considered the subject.
| The DiLpHich iOrbears for want of room, 10
comment on the message, yet 1t proceeds to
give a sucClnct review of the position assumed
by the Executive upon the question OF the en- !
| ployment of the slaves In the public defence, |
and concludes that the President Ia opposed to
making soldiers ol our BlaVes.
The EH9uirO contents Itself with brief
synOpsls Of the contents OF the Presidents