Year: 1862

The President of " all the South" has sent his


message to the Rebel Congress at Richmond.
Davis is a fine scholar and elegant writer, but
this message smacks through all its rounded and
finished periods, of bombast and exaggerated
statement Alas, in a bad cause even genius
stands forth in its array of sophisries and false
theorems, but glittering tinsel, binding none
but fools and prcjudiced dupes. Davis begins
by stating:


'The few weeks which have elapse7 since
your adjournment have brought us so Iear the
close of the year that we are now able to sum up
its general results. The retrospeN is snch as
should fill the hearts of our people witn grat'-
tude to Providence for His kinS lnterposltlon IN
their behalf Abundant yieus have awarded
the labor of the agriculturst, Whilst the manu-
featuring industry of the confederate states was
never so prosperous as now. Inc necessities OF
the times have called INTO existence new branches
of manufactures, ehd given iresh impulse 10 the
activity of thosr heretofore in operation. The
means of the Confederate States for manufactur-
ino the neeessares and comforts of life within
themselves Increase as the conflict continues. and
we are gradually becoming independent OF the
rest Of the world for the supply of such military
stores and munitions as are indispensable for
war"


This announcement must fill the whole Davis
dominion with gladstone rejoicing. Lots to eat.
plenty to wear, and will soon be +" independent
of the rest of the world" What liars those New
Orleans, Mobile and Charleston newspapers must
be Davis is an " honorable man. and wouldn't
exaggerate, on any account, in this death strug
gle Oh no!


He says the financial system adopted "promi-
ses good results" We guess that's about the fro
zen truth, and that is all it ever can dot will
never pay.


ETERNAL SEPARATIoN-If, instead of being a dis
solution of league, it were indeed a rebellion
in which we are engaged, we might find ample
vindication for the course we have adopted in
the scenes which are now being enacted in The
United States Our people now look with con
temptuous astOnishment on those with whom
they have been so recently ASSOCIATED They
shrink with aversion from the bare idea OF renew
ing such a connection.


When they see President making war with
out the assent of Congress-when they behold
Judges threatened because they maintain the
writ of habeas corpus, so sacred TO ireemen-
when they see justice snd law tramped under
the armed heel OF military authority, and upright |
men and innocent women dragged to distant dun
geons-when they fud all this tolerated and
applauded by a people who had been in the iull
enjoyment Of freedom but a few months ago.
they believe that there must be some radical III
compatibility between such people and them
selves. With such people we may be content
10 live at peace, but the separation as final, and
for the independence we have asserted we will
accept no aiternatice.


"Still harping on my daughter; still Offering
rs an apology for bis treason the sophism that
the American Constitution was league"-
Drowning men cling to straws


"Separaton is fnal !" awe will accept no al
Tentative Let no man hereafter say that jeff.
Davis is in favor of compromising troubles
upon a constitutional, or any other basis lie
knows his life is forfeit to the civil liberties of
the world, and for him there is no compromise
Coward like, he would carry FIVE millions of free
men to fraticidal and dishonored graves, or con-
sign them to life of reproach and disgrace, that
be might have goodly company to his end of in
fanny.


Davis whnes over the manner in which the war
is conducted by the Federal Government-the
cruel barbarity of our soldiers, &c. Now we
submit that the history of this war doesn't leave
us a large balance on this count on our side (; we
have been simple enough to believe till Presi
dent Davis Informed us to the contrary, that the
Chiys. had considerably the greatest number of
cold -blooded butcheries to boast. Long before
this war commenced many poor devil, for sim
ply saying be preferred a Free State govern
ment, or though the system of slavery injurious
to State prosperity, was made TO adorn tree
or post, without Judge or jury, by these very SEN
sitive people. War is horror sufficient and we
have no name for the miscreant who would deep
en- its horrors by atrocious acts, but the South
can have nothing to complain Of on this score


Davis don't like the sending of naval feet
to retake the Southern forts and reopen the bar-
bors. Nobody expected be would.


He closes by quite an argument to prove that
International Law, and particularly Great Brit
ain, have been terribly outraged by the seizure
of Mason and Slidel This is done with an ev-
ident desire TO assist in bringing about war be-
tween our Government and England We think
his logic will be lost on that beef eating people
II there is any way to satisfy England's capa-
cious nav for cotton, no Mason and Slidell seiz-
nres will ever create rupture between the two
Governments.


We remarked ouce that @. b. Smith. Wells.