Washington telegraph., 1864-01-20

iN1">iDhNi hLSSAGE--Nt have at length
received copy Of the Presidents Message in
full. 1t is contained in l copy of the - South
western. Gull sheet size.) which has been kind
y FURNISHED us by a friend. 1t is very lengthy
document, occupied, as it must necessarily be,
with so many topics essential TO be considered in
the present crisis. We could not publish it in
iuii, except IN detached weekly portions. We
VIII seid. aV or 10 give full IL synopsis as our
space VIII permit, i'll which all the important in
formation and Recommendations will be con-
dcnsed.
Tie alludes 10, and acknowledges. the reverses
OF our army since the last meeting of Congress
tie loss OF Nicksburg. Polt Hudson, AID Jack
son the unsuccessful attack upon Helena. and
the invasion of Arkansas With cur retreat from
Little Rock
lie commends the csclute spirit Of lie people
under their reverses, compliments the gallant
de1ense made 10y our armies III Louisiana. on the
Texas coast. aud alludts to the determined and
successful defense of Charleston. In this con-
nection be remarks, that the navigation of the
Mississippi river is practically destroyed.
Alter brief recapitulatiUn of tie events of
Lees advance into Pennsylvania. which, not
wlthstanding the Gil cumstaBces which made his
withdrawal necessary, he takes to have been
successful check to the advance of the invaders
in that quarter, he refers to the surprise which
fell upon the country aGCut this period by the
surrender Of Cumberland Gap. He SAYS that ii
IL
without firing shot, upon the summons of "a
force sill believed TO have been inadequate to
Its reduction, and when reiuforcements were
within supporting distance, and had Eccn or
dert Il to his aid. y
This disaster (Which on account Of the i'm
prlsuEnieIt OF thc commander and men, the
President Is unable TO eXpiain,) laid open East
ern tennessee and Western Virginia TO the op-
eratlons of the enemy aud compelled the cyacu-
alton of Chattanooga. Next followed the battle
ci Ch.ckamauSa, GId afterwards the battle of
Chattanooga. Concerning tits lie speaks dis
raraglnAiy u that portion of the troops which
gave way and says that, if they had fought
vita the waller displayed by thein OH other &C.
I casIons and by other troops upon the field, -Our
country ~ uld have escaped the misfortune aud
our army the modification Of the fir-t defeat
t;si has resulted from misconduct by tn troops
With regard TO o;;r military operations aud
status the President sans UP follows:
While. therefore. cur suCcCzs in driving the
enemy from soil has lot equaled the expec-
tations confidently enttrtaiE.d st tie ccmme nee
mcnt of ihC c..fnpaign, hS further progress has
been checked. Ii we ar forced to r,.-rc. lsses
il. cnicstce AMI Arkansas, We are Eot without
ground fer cOngratuiatioI in Louisiana aud
Texas. On the scacoast lie is exhausted by vain
efforts to capture our ports, while o. the north
frontier he has IN turn ivlt the pressure and
breads the rcn wal of inyusiol. The indon nta-
bic courage and pcrsef rsllicc OF TIE people in
the defense of their home, have been GObly at
test Il by the unauimlty viih which tire |, gisla-
tu,ys of Virginia, North Carolina ard G,or-i,
have recently given expression to the popular
sCntm-nt Eiid Ike fnaiif stations RAY be anti
cipatcd from AL the S.ales. Whatever oustiaa-
cy T.y he display ed By the e.lclHy in his desper
ate sacrifices Of money, III: and liberty in tie
hop Of ens.a,ins Us, tie experience Of mankind
h.. too CgHciua.Veiy Y shown the suptiior enGur-
alcc II thoSe y no light fur home, liberty aud
do
! suit;
I A large portion Of the Message is then taken
u with cur foreign relations. lie reviews the
/ conduct uf England from the inception of our
! struggle, and shows cohciusIycly, that whilst
/ protesting neutrality, She has been actuatcd
! 10y fear or favor Of the United States, and
has acted in such manner to conciiate
that goNernntn Mt and initiate against curse Ives
! and that she has ignored her own repeate4
declarations of belngeIaut rights, IN order to
suLsrrve the designs and wishes OF the Federal
! Government. lie. says that by convention be-
/ tween England and France, ii has been agreed
/ that neither shall interfere in our affairs with
cut the concurrence of the other, and that
/ ali the other nations of Europe have tacidly
agreed to leave the initiative of interference
! IL those great nlarttime powers-thus put
| tiHg~it III tie power of England to prohibit,
/ by her delay, any recognition of the Conteder
Il
/ cauti US, leaving it to lie implied that France
/ has good intentions toward u.s. but is trameled
by her engagements til the British govern
ment. He discusses several remedies of re-
ts'iation which mi ght be applied against Eng
| land, but recommends none of them as ex-
pedient, advising that it is better to leave our
cause TO the moral sense of the world and
a returning sense of justice on the part of
the English government
| In this connection he says that our ccHi-
missioners abroad have not been received,
and as foreign governments have refused to
| extend to the stipuatons (assented to
| by the Confederate goverhmeDt) Of the treat
! les heretofore ms de with the United States
and themselves, the said commissioners, have
| been withdrawn, and sour relations with Eu-
ropean nations are, therefore, now controlled
exclusively by the general ones of the laws of
| nations"
| He next proceeds to a full review of the f.
| nancial opeI a,ians of the Provisional aud per-
manent governments up TO the present time,
exhibiting the views and expectations upon
which they are framed, the failure of their
expectations, On account of the prolongation
of the war, and the result that there now ex-
ists mere than $500, ,O0O. 600 of treasury notes
outstanding, ''or more than three fold the
amount required by the business Of the coun-
try"
After adver.ing to the evil condition of the
state of things-especially of the demoraliz