Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-10-17
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Various Continents ona Jen. Davis
~ Macon Speech
DAVIS MACON sPEIoH.
From the Richmond Enquirer, Oct. 8.

lltHzrG DAVIS MACON sPbtOH.
From. the Richmond Enauirpr, Oct. 8.
We are pained 70 note the lone in which
Mr.. Davis addresses the psop|e of Georgia.
IL Is so different from the a ~ calm and
weII.weighed languages with which he
greets the public. he seemsto have found
1t necessary to yihdicate hit devotion to
the whole interests of the country. He
justi6es the propriety of his military ap-
pointments, explains the comparative diff
entities of the situation in Virginia and
Georgia, and adjures his auditors TO save
their country from bondsge There are
some declarations wrung from him in this
defence against the anonymous and
unfOunded charges of having abandoned
! Georgia, which we regret 70 zee. The seri-
Gus depletion of our armies will read badly
at the North and in Europe. We are sorry to
see the President SO far lOIe his temper as to
denounce personally the authors of harsh
and unwarrRntable imputatiOns upon
him, and even to talk OF Butler in
the language in which he de-
serves to be talked of by any one else than
the head of a powerful CAnfeaeFacy. The
speech has been probably thought by the
friends of the President essential TO Viudi-
cate him and themselves from censure.-
We take leave to say that i had better been
Instance, IN which man, placed in the
foreground ofRnother revolution, was like
wise tempted to vindicate himself, and yet
stood firm until events brought refutation
to caIumny. When the Conway consPirA-
cy was formed, with the object of superse-
ding Gen. Washington in command of the
American army, he was charged with aH
imbecility amounting almost TO cowaTdice.
To these imputations he lAen made no de-
fence. At a subsequent period he said
that his alleged inaction proceeded from
the want of arms, clothinga and supplies
he could easily have Vinaicated himself,
but his country must have suffered; be
thought il better to sacridse his own mill.
tary reputation than that the cause should
be endangered.
The speech of President Davis has, how
ever, meaning and a moral. II imports
phase of public sentiment uufsvorable
to the cause. Il has been, perhaps, eKtort-
ed by the extravagant and causeless charges
against him,
We utter but the transient words of g
journal, but we cannot forbesr advertipg
again to the apparent controversies in the
Southwest. We lament to perceive, in
many particulars, indications that It exists.
The change in Sherman's tactics; his invi-
tations fora onference-spurned, as we
are pleased to see, by the Governor of
Georgia-his adrOit civilities to indiVid-
uals to counteFact his wholesale exile of
the people of Atlanta; his reward and
temptations to our men to enlist under the
flag of the United States-all these things
show that the enemy is aware of discon-
tent and controversy among us. We have
no word of censure where either the par
ties or the controversy are before us; but
Werhave right to adjure those who par
ticipate in the feeling to which we advert
TO remember the ground upon which they
stand. The antagonists of the President
may be right in their objections 70
his policy, What then2 Is il of profit
to divide and exasperate the country
at this time upon such questions
These questions are of'importance to show
the incompetehcy Of the President or the
defects of the Confederate constitution. In
either case Il is better to postpone their
decision until the country shall be better
prepared to examine into their merits.
The President can only be reached by i'm
peachment in the Senate or by counter
revolution. Are we prepared for a counter
revolution2 In such case we must put
some other men Rt the head of affairs. Is
the country willing to displace the Presi-
dent2 If 80, who are they willing to put
in his placer The inquiry shows the alb
sntditS of supposing that discomfort or VIZ
olence are our remedies. We write with
the knowledge that our army has been
driven back from Chattanooga, and that q
triumphant enemy pretends to dictate
terms In the heart of Georgia-with the
knowledge that the enemy has driven our
forces up the Valley and are ravsging the
fields upon which we rely for substance,
with the sound ofa heavy cannonade in
4 4 a., 81, has
carried an outpost the defences Of Rich
mond; and We assure our readers OF the
southwest that the partizau controversy TO
which we have alluded gives us more con-
Germ than all these mishaps put together. We
have not said a word in defence of the
President, We can put the case hypptheti-
IcaIly, lat those who csnsurs him may be
right in their objections. If those objec.
tions be valid, they will do TO keep to a
day more proper for their consideration. II
there be one Just objection to the man, or
the form Of government under which he acts,
the people who threw OF the yoke Of Abra-
ham Lincoln will not submit to the sway
of any one else. The men who reformed
the abuses of the Federal Constitution will
not tolerate the defects of that which they
have themselves created. We ask for more
| forheRrance, Tor more unity, for a more
earnest and universal determination 70 re-
sist the enemy. These heated by personal
OF party Antsgenisms are not aware how
| our peTsonsl enemies, aud those at heart
not our friends, rejoice over any symptom
of discomfort among rs. They do not re-
feet how the thousands, weary Of the war
derive ell their encouragement to persevers
from the. words and acts of their public
/ men. How much must this last great ele
ment Of defence be weakened by coutro.
yetsies and imputations among. those u
i when they look for counsel aud support
Let us all be friends.
+ d PREsIDERF DAVIS sPREcH.
Prom the Montgomery Man.
We hazard little in saying that tn