The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-01-15
The Message Of President Davis at
the North.

The Message OF President Davis AT
the North.
The New York World has long editorial com
ment upon the recent message Of the Prss:dsnt.--
Ii says It has the merit Of "esrtatn soF Of pain
full honesty" 1t adds:
But amid all these avowals and upbraidinu no
word escapes Mr.. Davis indicating the possibility
Of submission. He seems to place such complete
reliance on the stubborn constancy of his people
that he dsems II cafe 10 state, without paliatiOn,
the post unw welcome truths. Whoever infers from
this gloomy message that The rebels are about to
give up, draws . conclusion which events will dis
appoint, and which careful reflection the mes
sage itself should suffice to confute. II the rebels
had any thought Of surrender they would not thus
turn their COnfederacy inside out for our inspec-
sion within the range Of possibility. II would be
their cue to conceal their weakOsss, In the hope
Of thereby obtaining more favorable terms. These
bold confessions are among the most painful proofs
OF undaunted and invincible determination which
the rebel chiefs have ever given..
But why IL 1t that they are so stout and resolute
under such accumulated misfortunesf What 10 II
' ri.s superior e 70 c.Iami.yi Why Is it that wave
aftef wave Of t.,sf successive victories dashes
against their s -: Of defiance without impress
sion! There ut one explanation. The Admin
istraion have 'ns.against the occasion mad nui
with a swo'd "a one hand but with u red dag in
the other They infnriste him more BY constantly
brandishing the dag than they saDdue h m by their
fe,ings, the south w6uId be 30 suf and high, if,
throughout the war, the only issue te6dercd them
had been choice between allegiance TO the Con-
stitutOn and resumption Of their old rights under
IL on the one side, and. continuation Of the war
on the other! Our military straight jacket and
heroic treatment will never bring Ihenl to reason
30 long countesact the effect Of our remedies
by lecturing the patient about the topic on which
he went mad. Until the Southern mind ceases to
run solely on slavery, cure IL impossible and yet
Mr.. Lincoln keeps thrusting this subject upon their
attention in such way ~ TO add new exaspera-
ton 70 their most invsterate prejudices.
Which II easier, to create an abolition party in
the South or In the Northl 10 the Nor.h one
would presume but Il was found impossible to
s0use even tia North over head and ears in aboli-
tiOnlsm at once. The Republican party has steadi-
IL tended towards abolitt0nism from the beginning
but to this day 1t burst risk election on
the naked abolition Issue. What, then, can .Mr
Lincoln Be thinking Of In presenting the naked II
sue 10 Tho SOUTH why does he net initiate the
prudent cunning Of hi. party "a the North, and
manage his politics under Iess 0dieas Aas p TIE
South IL not likely to swallow without diluti0D,
dose which nauseates even Northern st0inachs.-
The Republicans carried all the recent elections
the prosecution # the war, purely aud simply cen
scious that tnsy would everywhere be beaten II
they dared to offer an abolition front. Hut Mr..
Lincoln presents the naked hook 70 the South,
without any bait 10 cover III surely no man out Of
an insane hospital can expect II to be swallowed.
He has rendered Unien party IN the Soath impos-
sible by making union the insspaEable yoke fellow
Of abOlldonj he has peyDeuated the absQTdity Of
expecting that elecu0ns can be carried on the abo-
ltiOn issue ut the South when It 10 notorious that
they cannot be carried on that issue In the North.
lie 10 consequence Of sash folltss lhat vielestss
On 0ur aide produce NO snbmission On theirs.