, 1865-01-08
THE JEFF. DAVIS. EDITORIAL.
Important Rebel Manifesto.
0YERTuRES, FOR FOREIGN RECOGNITION.

4lllpuNaA1~ htu6l. Mhllll6StO.
0FEETURES, FOR FOREIGN RECOGNITION.
WAsu1sorox, JIM 8. 1865.
The following editorial from the Richmond
S<ntinA has been deemed By Secretary Seward
Of such importance, and so truly representing
the condition Of the South and Jeff. Davis
own Intentions, that le has ordered copies Of
1t to be sent to our foreign ministers, to show
that the rebel government Is admitted by
their cwn leaders to be a failure. and that, nj
ready exhausted and worn out, they g. sock
ing for some port Of rcfugg. !; and this bcin-
the case, that they be no longer considered as
"bcllisercnts-" Those most familiar with
Jetr. Davis and his writings, declare this to be
from his pen. The edito1ial is as follows;
Troublesome times arc upon us. Great exi-
gencfes surround us. We need Ill our strength
and our wisdom. Let there be conference
Of n11 our wise men. Let there be q calm in
yestigatfon Of our wants and catalogue of
our Resources Then, by common consent,
let NIL obstacles TO the employment Of these
RESOURCES be removed. So long as we have
man Or dollar, and the man OF dollar be
needed, let the call be hono1ed.
:. - "oAtA ~ AuAlllsf u1agfAce 10 our misery,
It we were oyetcpine without having fret oX-
hausted every resources. of defense. It would
be douhly Infamous 10 ls, because, with con-
trioutions to our defense equal to the spolia-
lions wc should suffer If conquered, our sue
cess would he insured. We should come out
be worth more than alt tile rest, our liberties
and our county. II We had thrown over
bt'ard The cargo We should thereby have saved
the ship.
Let the Government determine what it needs
and what it can use, and il 1t be our hands.
our houses, our ncgrcs, Our horses, our money,
ourselves, 1t must have tlcnl. Strange tllat
we should cling most tenaciously to What Is
| Of least moment! Strauge TINT nc should
| give ourselves ard grudge our property! Our
| patriotism must lay aside euch scllishness.
IT must be generous as we'll as brave Our
| authorities must do more. They must take
care whatever befalls us, and save us from the
| Yankees. II adverse Entts and deyouriup
billoWs should cOnstran our storm-tosscd shin
| into some port, let It be no Yankee port II
m unprop,tioYs Providence should coudemn
| us to q master, let it not b.. 4 Yankee master.
Or all The people On earth, We Should have
most reason to 1oathe aud dread them. ANY
Terms with any other would be preferable to
subsection 10 them.
'rhis il the sentiment of our people. This
is their conviction, and II is wise conviction.
Let our readers remember 1t and heed it, Our
Constitution was made as the development
! Of cur NATIONAL life. It may not provide for
! nl1 the cxigcncies Of war; questions Of State
may arise in our experience, us they have
arisen in the experience Of almost every other
nation, when cur best welfare will require OF
our rulers the exercise Of q bold respon.
sib9iilty:. ;~:.,oa - or,r,,no =, ,e,, -.
| Justified only as q question Of State, soulc-
thing over ard abovethc Constitution. II In
times OF peace statesmen have sometimes
tH*
gcnce or tl.ti- ti-countfy1nen, and seek their ad.
Vantage by irregular methods, such occasions
| NAV well he presumed more likely to arise
during struggle for HE with powerful, rn-
scrupulous, and terocious enemy
s41he clouds that have tl,ickened over US ad.
monish us OF the possibility that the time
| may ecme- wien craftsmanship, II it cannot
deliver us, must ut least secure 10 US the ut.
| most ralliation ot our misery. II it cannot
save lis, 1t must ut least saye us from the
| Yankees.
1--WE lately published from thoughtful cor.
respondent suggestion tlMs, in lAe event oi
being unable to sustain our Independence, VIC
! should surrender ii iato the hands OF those
| from whom wc wrcsted or purchased 1t, into
tic hands Of Britain, Franco md Spain, rather
lhan yield It 10 the Yankees. -.
*'Fionl the favor with which this suggestion
lAs been received, VIC afs sire That in The
dread event which It, contc.np!nte*- our neg.
l
EUROPEAN nations On ftrns IT'S Jar,1a5e as
They could desire. in preference to the 10.
snin;on af The 1aakx.s. We will not dwell
upon the suggestion now: WesIcak nf thc,:
not out Of gloomy f;,rcl,otlinSs, but simply rs
d MGn nt health speaks OF hla will.
!" What We nsk now, iu the nurlc OF tho poo
rlc, ie, thnt tue Government strnin cyery
energy md develop every resource fur tho
| PUBLIC defense. Remember Tint to hold hack
my thing Is not TO Save It. The only qncs.
| tfoM H. Shall VIC hayc tic use Of 1t, OF shnll
| our urcncn,ics. Sucl. q question leaves no room
yotion Heaven will sl,re--y send lis blessing,
BIT II misfortune should still pursue us, and
onr hopes all full, let us have tlic election ol
throwing ourselves into tho lmntls Of those
who are cold nnd indifferent, rather tl,nn 10
: full uuder The yoko Of malignant enemies
| 7:sising',le VOLTS howl tar our Ul.od.
ave could not lnvc avoided tho struggle
into ,ylicl, the North llus forced r,s. Linn,
ago Lncoln declared that the Republic could
not exist huff slave aud half !rcc. III various
| lulms thu people or ,he North pressed the
Issue upon lis. Our enemies hcdgcl IFS round
and finally drove us 10 the wall, The worst
| that cnn happen to us III prosecuting our de-
irnsc, IL the best that they designed hr in the
brginning, and farh hettar than they will accord
US i1ih.y triumph In their aims. Providence
las markcd out our path, and botli lid and
urged our ktc1,a. 1t lNs been to us lslc i1leyi-
table patti nE lntv.
..li, iii pursun. it, we 1nil, this were to fall
Us nations never failed beinvc. Providence
will not suffer lis 10 g'' down It We show Il
proper devotion, proper wisdom, and =
proper courage. Let our wise men plan, lc,
our brave mtn light, and let oslr good ner
pray. Gua will open up y way Of escape fo
u and will aisarloint onr ei.cmics Let ou
filth moi full"
The Richmond Eaqarfr, in column Of caI
torial review Of the above article. -conc1udc
as follows; ~ decent resrcct ior the opinion
when about to dissolve the political band
causes Which compelled them to thc scpar:,
tion. That high, noble precedent. was no
followed by those States when in the coltrs
oi human events it became necessary Tor u
to separate from the United States,
s'Thc absence Of such q declaration has en-
abled ollr enemies to mistcprcscnt our cause
and to place lis before the world as natlul
seeking, not selfgoyernment but the pcrpety'
alion and extension offlayery., Why sait
Mr. Golden, in his recent speech at Rochdalc
lis there MI sucl, declaration, because the,
hare but the grievance that they want to con
solflate, pcipctuatc and extend slavery
"fhus the occasion Of the warhas been mis-
understood aud misreprcsented, for its cause
and tho righteous, noble object Of selEgos
Of view, and slavery perprtually pagndcd BE-
fore the world as the cornerstone OF the. Con
fudcratc States.
"Can VIC, any more than our forcflthcrs, #
feet to Disregard The opinion Of mankind:
The opinion OF mankind, as entertained it
France and England and throughout Europe
is that cf antislayery and was It to be tx
rectcd that that opinion would revolutiouizt
itself merely to divide and discover the United
States!
"The right of selrgorcrumcnt WAS as much
Mt stak. III tic denial Of our e9ual rights iI
the Territories as that Of our furc!atlers va:
In The tax Of tea. But the enliehteael opin
ion Of the world docs not SO understand oul
cause. The violent antl-s1avcry discussion
tllat has for thirty years preceded the disso
hnion Of the Union, md which has Otter
predicted civil war, very naturally led tlls
world 10 understand our war ::s solely under
TAX. for tAc perpetuutiou and extension o.
slavery.
"Perlars the time has passed for any such
declaration Of grievances to be either proper
or profitable, lut il manifesto If objccts-and