The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-03-29
The Rebel senaseaud she Rebel PresI
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= The 4 Y. Times republishes the re-
sponse 81 the rebel Senate 10 The mes
age q JET Davis. and eiagasterzss 4
81 the most comprehensive hd telling |
HAST don that the void hss vet had |
81 the inposture which fhs rebel con
spirators have sought to dignify BY the
name Of government"
The Times adds -
The evident purport Of Davis mes
sege Haa 70 throw upon his Congress the
responsibility for the reveFses which
have fallerHo fast and thick of late,
/ on al sides and within the very heart
Of his confederoey. The Senate, it ap-
pears, had this impudent and mendas
ciOus production under consideration
for several days. In secret session And
the result Of these deliberations took
form in report which was allowed to
see the light on Thursday lsskh II
Trenehant as this report Is, viewed
- q mere commentary On Davis sssef
tons, It's Importance lies chiefly in its
development Of the condition of utter
exhaustion, helplesanass and despair to
which the rebellion has been reduced
The Senators tell DAVIS that, not at
their door, bat at the door of the Exe~
cutive, lies the blame of having delayed
the arming of the negroes They re-
mind him that, only as late as Novem-
Der last be spoke of employing 10000
negroes for mere drudeery in the
camps as an simprobable contingency. %
They ask him, with the bitterest sneers
% tell them when be discovered that
this improbable contingency had
arisen They charge him with being
-tardy in bis movements, and allege
that they were compelled from sense
Of impending peril and ruin 70 antici
pate his action. They call to mind
how many Congressional resolutions he
left unanswered and they give the lie
direct to each one Of his allegations re-
specting the employment Of negroes in
the field
Determined to shcR their full esti /.
mate Of their Presidents judgment, the
Senators further confess that after
certain time they formed their conclu
sions manly uader III iaf7siencs Of Gen
Lees oPiniOs and that they passed es-
sential measures-amoug others, that
which transferred the supreme military
command to Lee--withont any hint or
encouragement from the Executive
They charge Davis With an abuse of
power in detailing conscfipts from &C
tual service, while clarnoring for more
rigid CONSUMPTION laws at the hands Of.
his Congress.
But the most significant fact Of this
extraordinary report is that wherein
the SenaiOrs make full confession of
the exhaustion of the 0onfederacy
alike ia men, money and provisions
They tell Davis that they deliberately
refused to pass the general militia law
be asked for, because there was no
more military material left to be EN-
braced By new transcription acts and
with Keen sarcasm they suggest zyheth-
er few abel bodied citizens are not
needed az A5nas to watch desertefs from
his armies. In the same vein, they de-
mand to know whetherfhe Confed-
crate reverses Of the year could have
been avoided BY & suspension Of the
habeas corpus
Davis suggestion to get provisions
] III AAN eAAAg ~ ia 4CtA5AAiCl4t, tAiSy o-1l.
would be resisted BY the people, as they
viii no longer take Confederate prom
ises to pay oH any account since
the reverses Of the rebel troops have
made the Confederate bonds unsuitable.
The tax bill proposed 10 them they re-
fuse 10 pass, because il would have left
the farmei without the means Of sub
sistence And the currency measure
suggested by Davis financial Secretary,
the Senate threw out, with no regret.
On discovering that they had been de-
ceiYed in regard TO the Indebtedness of
the ConfedeTacy to the tune of $40e,-
000000.
Such is the picture Of rebeldom7 pre-
sented By the rebel Senate in the ex-
piring moments Of it's existence, and
just before il rejected -as its final leg
islative act--a bill to pay the rebel sob
diers their over due wagesa 74HGR
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