M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-12-08
Message Of President
DayiS.

| To The Senate and Mgse qf Repre-
ssatitiUes cfhs C,mfei fut5 S!ats,
of Ame'jea.
II il with satisfaction tl& ! well
come your preaence at an earlier Gay
than hat usual'ior 'your SESSION, and
with confidence that invoke thu nj
of yJur couRsals at time OF such pab.
lie exigency The csmpaicn which
was commenced mo simultaneous.
| ly with,your session early ia May last,
and which WAS still in pro2reaa at
Your adjournment in the middieiioi
June, has not yet reached is close
IL has been prosecuted on scale and
with an energy heretofore nn, qrAlod.
When we revert & The candItion Of
Our country vt the inception ut .he up
rrations Of the present ycsr, to the
magnitude OF the pr'para'OnS m add
by the enemy, tho nH'nb:r ofh for
ces, the accumulation Jl his warlike
supplies and this pI"Ii1Gitp with
which HE vsst resources have bsen
lnvshed IN tho att-mpt tn ruu Ter suc
GEES assured when We cnntra5t the
numbers aid means q, orr disposal
iur resi,lanco, aud when va c,ntrm.
plate n. results NJ 4 S,ru gIe applr-
anty 40 unequal, we cannot fail, willie
rendering tho ful need OF deserved
praisn to opr Gencrais and soldiers, to
perceive that a Power higher than
inen has wiled onr delvercuce, and
gratefully 10 rec gnizI the protection
Of kind Providence IN enabling Us
slcres,tIIy u Withstand rhe utmost ei.
;urs OF the Jncmy 'Ur our su'Jl5u-
tion
At the beginning Of the year the
State Of r,xIo Wa putiaIIy in pos
session Of the. cnemr. and large p,r,
tious oi Louisiana aud Arkansas lay
aprarentIy delrn4tlcsS. Oi .ho FciurIl
enhl,ers who invaded rrxas, none arc
known u remain accept rs pris lncrs
OF war In Northwestern Louisiana
large ani w,II appointed army, AID
ed 10y u powerful hccl, was repeated
lv deteS,,d, ami deemed rsnt iortu.
nate in finally escaping with loss vl
ono third Of its nnno oera, i large pOr-
ton OF its military trains, anI many
Transports and gunboata' Fac enc
my's ucrupation oftha, State is raiG".
cd tn the narrow district c,muln lei
by the guns of his feet. Arkansas
has Lecn recovered. with the except.
ion Of lew fortified posts, whrIe our
forces have ponrtratrd into central
Missouri, al prIing TO our oppressed
brethren in that State an opportunity,
Of which many havo ava,lol thom-
selves, Of striking for lIblration from
the tyranny to which they have been
subjected.
On the east eide ofthe Mjs'issippi,
in spite Of sone reyersos, W. have
much cause t"r gfat,tiattiun
The enemy hoped to efct, jurrrg the
present year, by concentrating NJ for
ces, the conquest which ho had pre-.
viously Jailed to accomplish by m'rc
extending operations. Compel d,
therefore. to Withdraw or seriously t.
weaken the strength Jf !hv "armies OF
oc,Npation at dItF1rent points, ho ha,
affjr,le MS the opportunity ot recover.
;nr possession Of extensive districts Of
onr territory. Nearly the whole Of
Northern AMI Wcst1fn Mis- is'ippl, OF
Northern Alabama ml OF Western
Tennessee ar51 51again incur possession;
and all attelnps on these States have
been bafled. On the entire ocean
and Cult coast of the Coriederacy the
whole success Of tho enemy, with the
enormous naval resources Ot his CON.
mand, has been limited to the captur.
Of the outer dcitn5es OF Mobile
Bay.
if we now tarn to the results accom-
plisked 10y the two great armies, 81
confidently relied on by the invaders
as sniff .ent to secure the suJversiop
O, our Government and The subj ection
OF onr people to foreign domoation,
wo have still greater cause Tor devont
gratitude to Divine power. In South
western Virginia, successive armies
which threatened the capture OF Lynch
burg and Saltville have been routed
and driven ont Of the country, and q
norton of Eastern Tennessee recon
auerel by our troops. In Northern
Virginia extensivs districts, iormgly
occupied BY the enemy, are from their
nresence. In the lower Valley, their
general, rendered desperate by his in
ability to maintain hostile occupa
ton. has resorted to the infamons ex
pedient of converting fruitful lani in
to a desert by burning its mills, gra-
nariesland homesteads, and destroy
inp the food, standing crops, live