The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-02-19


RE ADDREss or CONGRESS TO TIE
PEOPLE oF THE CoNFEDEaAtis STATES.
n Tie House Of Representatives. on Wed
Ie:day list Mr. Curry, Of Alabama, made :.
report from The Joint committee of the two
Houses srpoin.eG under a resolution to
prepase an address to the people Of the Con
kdefa.e States.
The ADDRESS is quite lengthy, aud opens
villa review ofwiiGt has been accomplished
under circumstances the most adverse, and
ia'iits attention to the prospects ahead, a,d
The day # every eiiizen in this efis's.-
Throughout i's tone is hape;al and encnur-
aging aGt It's diffusion a,aoag .ne reople
must exert some i,fiaance to dispei des-
poadereg where 1t exists.
Ibe long sssies Of oppressive and tyren-
n'calsets hch led 10 separation of the
soa'h from the North are foreioiy and truth
iaiiy sci fFiL, and the aims aud objects Of
iaenew Government clearly and inteiligibly
deiati J. alluiing 10 tiic measures which
Sete tEact ID and the steps taken In the tor.
nl'iHn nj 'he Cuif-deaey, the co,Dmlttee
~ that his Government 10 n child OF law
Naead Of sedi'ion, Of right instead Of yio.
AsAe', q tei6eiation instead Of insufreetion.
'S early IiieR a.sen1ed ny no anarchy, no
'eoeIllen, uo suspension Of authority, no
'"A disorders, 90 iawiess disturbances
S''eteisoty vas not for one moment in
''elahce. The uiMost conservatism marked
"''y proceeding ana public act. Tbs object
h'edo what was necessary ard no more.
40 70 d. that with The utmost temperance
Nd pfadcrce.'
'ff'rfs to the sf,rts made for peaceabie
'fsfsloe whenit was determined that we
''Ua 30 lorg,r live with the Northern
r%pi' without degrad .tion, and when 1t
va noped that the obvious Interests Of the
w. See''ons would restrain the wild frenzy
VI ese'smeat and turn into peaceful chan
'''s 'ae thoughts Of those who had but
'''sa'.y :. oeen Invested with power IL the
United States.
aver lengthy but not overdrawn recital
'n' c'aelsies which have been praeticed
'ls enemy during the war, the committee
y 'Oa'' "disregarding the teachioes Of the
,ep''Fee writer's on international law, and
~ practice and claims of his own Govern
L.. 1' Ia III purer days, President Lincoln
a'' sought to convert the South into a st.
su'ogo, by appealing to ths cupidlty,
's' ~' ambition, and ferocity of the slave"
A' eoafition Of those States which have
80 80 III tie complete or partial coptrol Of
,1' eae1g Ia referred to 40 furnishing the
fa.a. ss''iences of susjugaiion, at which the
ns' N.sm o' the North IL arriving. Upon
'.$ 'a'ltcs the com mmiises say:
r,agaisceat empire Of ag,.cr lurai an
saes,re ~ sih. IL 10 day sli0king ruin and thu
| lhe 49,. H'otfesoiIns csUaties and baybar:snsf,
| taopas. ss ~ tyranny Consume her substance
sac,sa ,,a, eiaxtns and destroy her peace. Tiss
bod al -. o' 'f"tiaen are struck d0wn, and the
Is ,nacs eaiioIsg, her matdens, aud hrr old men
iecle - now, out of mere Want0nness snd
ha,g s.sss No whispers Of freedom n cnpun
os,,a,. ''- sssy iEsi.aets OF self pfesefyatsoa
Vi ssan,,'.a, The worship of God and the rites
hhn,its.ahy instances the culfivatioB Of the soil
atsigd aess ~ arr o.a riti1ens. The4e fscts are
tllhs,e =. y many witnesses and Il ~ but . 1usi
Aug t',t. ssa. noble aud eh.valrous people, that
AsIasajs 1es siaiosi uup1raieird, they still
shthIss H'aa ana defiant spirit towards theis
eiscasas s.snd, The Judiciary, made suhservtvnt u
eisda ..s.seiasisa, iutnisBes no sseaaly for In.
Tie Ltsls.as.A snA ~ peFs0nai iSeedem mleakeu 0i
si paees. ~ =. aFe arrested and imptisehed nitl
siey iaa. law 0s asrisameet OF rausr. ard lhe
.'eiIss. 1s .s,sn s,osaf under shs cppssssfa.s u
sapssA sAs,naseky, The ballet kox kas h>en osef.
'psssa sseDsesset. - - Sers.