Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-03-18
EXTR A.
Highly Important.
Extraordinary Message from
81 JEFF. Davis.
"The Last Four Months. 4"
REBEJDoN "ENvIRoNED WITH
..- PERILe." fr.
ne Says Richmond Is In Greater
Danger han Ever.
He Needs Men and Sup
plies" .
HE ADVISES THE SEIZURE OF TWO
MILLIONS or GoLDi .-
"TiiE sUsPENsIOH or THE WRIT
OF HABEAs CORPUS HAS nm.
COME IHDlsPEHsABLE"
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Hs Iloids Congress Rsspess'bls 70,
Ssiiarss ..- -.
10 Says Richmond Is In Greater
Danger han Ever.
He Needs Men and Sup
plies"
HE ADVISES THE SEIZURE OF TWO
MILLIONS OF GoLDi
1.-THE SUSPENSION OF THE wRIT
. OF HABEAS CORPUS HAS Bn.
COME InDlsPEHnABLES
Hs Iloids cosEr.s. R.spesaSl. for
Hailarss.

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When informed on Thursday last that Il
was the intentiou on ConQrsIa ID adIourn
sinf de OF, the epsuInR Saturday. / deemed
A nv tuty 10 reouost A poatoonement IN
the adjournment. In. order that i might
submit for your conaIderatlon certain mat
ters OF public interest, WhIch are nov lsId
before YOU. When that reaueSt was mad
the most important meaeures that had oe-
cnpled YOUR attention during the sss.Io,
had not been 40 far Advanced A 10 he ,nh-
mIt,ed for erocuiIve actIon- ana tha .,sIs
al the country bad bcen AZ maIari.IIv ~.
feoted bv The sventa On tbe last Conr month,
a. 70 eyIpee the nscessIty on 6irtber and
more snsrxstic le0islatIon than wSs con-
temnlated IN Noyember laat.
Onr country IA now enyIroned with n.r.
Ils which n Ia our duty calmly to oonlen-
plate. Thus alone can the measures ne.
ceesary 10 avert threatened calamItiea be
wIseIy y deyIsed and efIicIentlv enforced'
Receut military operatIons on the enemv
have bcen snccess mi In the c,ntpraoS sonas
OF our. seaports. IN interruotipg come of
our limos of commupIeatIop' and in devas-
tatIng large dlstrIots Of our country. These
eyeptl have had the natural effect of en-
couraRipR our foeg and dispirItino mnpv
on our psople The cspItal t,f Inc Son nfad-
crate states IA now threatened. and "A in
greater danger than Il bas beretofore been
during the war. The fact Is stated with
out reserve or eoncealmeut, as due 10 the
people. lwhose seryapts We arc. and In
whose courage and constancy entiye trust
Il reposod, a. due 10 Won In whose wIsdom
and rcsolute spirit the people have confded.
for tire adoptlop Of the measurea rsouIrad
10 guard them from ,hreateped perils,
While statlpR 10 Won that our country IA
In danger. / deslre slso 10 state inv deIib-
orate conylrtlou that n IA within our now ar
10 avert the ealamItI which menace ms.
and 10 securo the triumph OF the aacred
cause for which 60 much saerince has been
made, 80 much suffering endured, 90 many
precious lives been Loaf This rosnlt Ia 10
be obtained by forLItude, by courage, by
constaney In enduring the sacrifice still
needed; In . word, by the prompt and res.
olute devotion Of The whole Teaourcea Of
men and money In The Coniederacy to lhe
achIoyement OF our HbertIeA ana Inde.
pendence. --- -.
The measures now REQUIRED. 10 ba Auc.
cossful, should be prompt. Long dolIber.
ations and protracted debate over import
ant measurus are NOT only natural but
lauda able in repres sentatIyo assemblies under
ordinary circumstahcas; but In momon /
Of danger, when action becomoa urgent,
tho delay thus CAUSED Il itself q new source
of peril. Thus IL has uufortunately hap.
pened that some OF the me1sures passed by
You In pursuance OF the recomm end tloul
Contained la nv message OF Noyember
| last have beeu 90 retarded Rs 10 lose muct
of their value, or have, for The same res.
son, been abandoned after being matured.
because no longer applicable 70 our altered
condition, and Others have not beor
brought under examination, In making
these remarks. II ia far from INV Intention
TO attribute the loss OF time 10 Any other
cause than those Inherent In delIberniIye Al.
semblIes. but only urgently 10 recom m and
prompt action upon tho measures now sub-
nIltod.
We need for carving on the war suc.
cessfully, men and supplIes for the army,
| Wo have both within our country sufII clenI
10 attain success.
To obtain supplies, II 10 necessary 10 pro,
tect the productive Districts, guard oul
lines Of ommunlcations by an increase IL
the number OF our forces; ! and hence Il 70
suits that with large augmentation In th,
number Of men In the army, the facility oi
supplying the troops would be greater
than with our recent reduced strength.
For the purchase OF suppliea nov re.
quired, especially for the armies In Vlr,
gInIa and North Carolina, the treasury
must be- provided with means; and . mod.
ltcGtIon In the lmpressment law isrequIred.
Il has been aScertalned bT eKaminatIon
that We have within our reach a 1utlicieney
OF what Is most needed for the army, and
without having recourse to the ample pro.
vision existing In those parts of the CON
federacy with which our communication
has been partially Interrupted by hostiIe
operations. But In some districts from
which supplies are 70 DO drawn the Inhab.
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