Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-02-16
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
JEFF. DAvIs--Hns PROCLAMATION.

We give below the text entire OF JEFF. Dayis'I
proclamation, an abstract of which we pub
lished yesterday. 1t is an amusing document
a Persian monarch or Spanish hidalgo could
hardly talk more soundingly. II JEFF. could
make his subjects believe that the Union cause
is breaking down under debt" "taxation,' p
and oyerstralncd energies" Il would only
prove that they deserved, from their stupidity,
10 DO his abject slaves
JEFT. DAVIS PROCLAMATION TO THE REBEL
Soldiers oThe Arnies ofne Confederate Sot,s,
In the long and bloody war in which your soun.
ny is engaged you have achieved many noble
vastly more numerous hosts. You have cheerfuliy
borne ptiyAtiona and toll to which you were un-
upon your Individual VIA that ne sitiIsn m,1b,
better perform his duty to the state a. a soldier,
TO all these you have lately added anoiher triumph
yourselves. As the time drew near when you who
hrst entered the service might well have been ex.
70 sia re tsiisI t IRON your Arduous aeors
have needed only the call OF your suffering country
again You come to tender your service for the
patriotism as yours could max, IA triumph worthy
Of you and Of the cause to which you are devoted.
the emotions with which reesiysd the tessino.
niAl5 OF confidence and regard which you have re-
eently addressed TO me. To some OF those first re-
hut 1t is now apparent that like generous enthu-
siasm peiEades the whole army, and that the only
exception to such magnAnimoua tender will be OF
those who, having originally entered for the war,
cannot display anew their zeal in the public SER
vice II 4 therefore deemed appropriate, and It il
hoped VIII be equally acceptable, to make gene
TM acknowledgement, Instead OF successive special
rCTponses. Would that 1t were possible to render
our common country, as well as IN IN my T own, %hiIe
PFessing the hand OF each wATworn veteran, to re-
cpgniLo his title TO our love, gratitude and Admira-
tion,
soldiers BY your will-for you and the people
are ebut 0ne-lhayo been placed in position which
debaTb nc from sharing your dangers, your suffer
ings, and your priyations In the field. With prid.
and affection my heart has accompanied you II
every march; with Aolicitude II has sought to min
iSter 70 your every wants with exultation 1t hAl
marked your every heroic achievement, yet never
in the toilsome march, nor In the weary watch
service decEive In results in the last display
ufthe highest qualities OF devotion and selEsacri
nce which can Edorn the character OF the WArriol
patriot Already the pulse Of the whole peopl:
bGats In unison with yours already they compare
your spontaneous and unanimouI offer OF youl
hAitng and reluctant service Of the meTeenAriei
who arc purchased by the enemy at the price o
higher bounties than have hitherto been known IL
animated by this contest, they exhibit cheer
lul confidence and more resolute bearing. Ever
tho murmurs oil the weak and timid, who shrinl
irolI the trials which make stronger and hFmel
your nobleT natures, are shAmed into silence BY
tic-eTy will ring loud and clear through he InnS SI "
the enemy as well as our own, viii silence the
vainglorous boastings Of their corrupt partiAanS
and their penti0ned press, and will do lustice to
thG ealumny BY which they seek TO persuade de-
luded people that you are ready TO purchase dis
honorable safety by degrading submission.
Soldiera: The coming spring campaign will spen
under AuEPiets well calculated 10 sustain youT
hopes. Your resolution needed nothing 10 fortify
1t. with ranks replenished under the Influence oi
Your example and BY the aid Of representative
who give earnest OF their purpose TO add BY legls
lRtion largely TO your strength, you may welcome
the invader with confidence justified by the
memory OF paSt victories. On the other hand
debt, taxation, repetition OF heavy drafts dissen.
tons occAsioned by the strife for power by the
pursuit OF the spols Of oee, by the thirst for the
plunder OF the public treasury, and, above All the
consciousness OF bad cause, must tell with fear
iul iorce upon the overItrAlned energies OF the
enemy. His campaign OF 1854 must from the *.
hausuon Of his resources Of men and money, be
far less formidable than those OF the la1t two
years. when unlmpAiTed means were used with
boundlens prodlgality, and with results which are
suggested BY the mention OF the names OF Shiloh
PeTryyille, MurfreesborO, and the Chick kAhominT,
Manassas, Fredericksburg, and ChAncellorSyilie,
Soldiers; Assured sueces1 awaits uG In our holy
struggle for liberty and Independence and for the
preservation Of all that renders life desirable to
honorable men. When that success shall be
under Divine Proyidence-will 1t 6e due, The
ifulta OF that success will not be reAped by Won
alonej but your children and your childrenis ehii
ITen, IN long generations 10 come, will enjoy the
memory ever living in their hearts. ''N'
Citizen defenders OF the homes, the llbertieH and
AltHThi OF the ConiederAey: That the God whom
we all humbly worship may shield you with HIS
lathery care, and preserve you for safe return 10
the peaceful enjoyment ofyour friends and the as.
sOeiAtions Of thlse you most love, IG The eArnsSt
prayer OF your Commander-in-Chief
JEFFERSON DAyG