Semi-weekly news., 1865-04-08
Presidents Message.
i,l.HMoNp, March l3, 1865.

To RI SENATE and House Of Rep.
.tsent0;,res Of the C'o.fc9era,e States
Of An.rrica:
When Informed on Thursday last,
that it ~as the intcn,ion Of Con
gress 20 adjourn unc DIE on the "nsu
ing Saturday, / deemed 1t my duty
40 reQueat u postpon-ment of til. nd
iourn1nent in order tina, might sub
jet for your consideration certain
matters OF public interest which arr
now laid before You.
When that request was made, thu
most important ineasur'. th"' had oc-
curied your attention du.I;, .he sr-s =
inn, h Id not been so far n,.vGnc,.d as
~ b. submitted Ter Executive action,
md the state Of the country had been
So materially Aft-sted by the events
ii th: last fumr months as {" evinc"
,irc l., c-ssit; further and more en-.
erg-,ic leglsla ion than was c"nte,n-
plated in Noyeru Der last. Our coun-
,ryi. now rnvironod with per's which
At is our duty to calmly contemplate.
Thu. alone can the measure n-c">sa-
~ To avert threatened calarn',i,'s tc
wis-ly devised and .tfectualiy enioI-
r-d The present militia y opera
,ioua of the enemy have been success. =
irl in the cap,ur,. of som-. OF our SEA
ports, and IN devastating large dis
'ricts Of our country. lheSr succe- .
- have had the natru'l rt:,.ct "t e..
conraging our foes and di,a!i"cti:lG
:nany Of oar people. The cap tai ct
ch- Confederate States i. now threat
~n-d, and i, is in eren,r, Il .ng,r t..tn
II has been during the war.
Th,- fact j, s,a:rd without Reserve
II c"uceaimrnt ~ nu" TO the people,.
who:s servants w. ARE, and wiitS''
"ouraga and cou,;nnrv We trust, Ao
.!uc 10 YOU, in who's. wisdom ...l,i r-e.
"lutr spirits IN" peCr.e i.avr coanL"t!,
Tor the adoption Of rhr in-asur- r -.
aired 10 guard 'hr,I from thr"7;-i,-
u. pcrijs " lille s,l:iIg I" , on tiat
ar country i. in danger. | ais" de-
sire 10 stat. lny d,i!br.atv conviction
:hat il - within our po".'r i" aver.
th- ca.amii.rs which Ia IL &C.. u>, aud
% aecuye tl." triumph al, ;h.. sacred
caute fnr whicl. 50 mach ~ ra!ic..
la. been mSd", % mach suffering IN
durrd, SO many precious lives been
lost. This result ia to hc alta ma
by fortitude. by 'uras-. by cons ~ :
cy in enduring the -acralic,s snil
A-rded; il word, by ih- r."'ni't
aud rrso;ut- devoIi0u Of the whole
r,-curces ot men AMI mrnry IN ,hr
Contederscy to the achievement OF
our liberties and independence.
The measures now required, t" b,
succr.stul. should o, prompt. L0nE
deliberations aud prrtract,.d det..tc,
over important measures, are not on-
ly natural but laudable. in repr-s..n-
,stive assemblies under ordinary cir.
sumstanc.s< but in moments e. dan
ger, when action brc,ln.., urgent, thl
delay thas used il IN i'st.sf IA new
source of peril. Thus it has untor.
:unst"ly happened that s"rn- OF th,.
measures assed by yo-, IL p';rsHinc,'
of the recommendations ,ntain in
my mess2Su OF NJv-lnbrr last, have
been SO retarded as t lose much of
their value, or hsve for the same re..s-
p - been abaudou ii after being lnatu-
red because no longer applicable to
our altered condition, aud others
have not been brought under con.
siderntion.
In making these remarks, it is far
from my intention TO attribute the
loss OF time to any other cause than
those Inherent in deliberative assern.
blies, but only urgently to recon-
mend prompt action on the measures
now to be submitted.
We need, for carrying on the wal
successfully, men and supplies 70,
the army. We have both within
our country, and sufficient to attair
success. To obtain supplies. it il
necessary TO protect productive dis
tricts, guard our lines of com N'lnica
tion by an increase in the nu'nh-r q
our forces, and hence its results thai
with large augmentations, in til,
number of rnen in the army. the fa
cility of supplying the troops SHOULD
be greater than with our present re
duced strength.
For the purpos of supplies, nov
required, essentially for the armie
in Virginia and North Carolina, tn
Treasury must be provided will
means, and a modification of the i'm
prssstnent Law lie required. 1t ha