Year: 1862

Having dene this It remains for me only to say fur.
ther that the purpose Of the American government ana
people 10 maintain and preserve the Union and their
Constitution remains unch2nged that the in which
they have been engaged though has been opposed by
agencies and influences abroad which have fore
has been crowned with successes which salts
fstory to camer and judgment that tempo
rary pOntment Of our eXpe Citations with grief
over losses Of valuable ltveE unavoidable among hu
name adeetionate Christian people, has already cu
minated, and it is declining that armies re-
naming the field with their appointments excel BY
far, all the forces which the insurgents have now with
any augmentation they can make that in addition to
the preent forces the orders issued the machinery


is in motion, for the immediate addition Of three hun
dred thousand men, all Of whom will come into camps
with an Saerty equs to that which has heretofore been
exhibited by tina people, that Inactivity already Civ
ing place and effective exertiOns which viii be
sufficient for the termination OF the war that below
these new ranks OF volunteers there still remains mass
vet aedantary and which ia daily increased by mmgra-
ton which ii equal to all that has been called forth
which will be prepared reserve, and if necessary
will be brought mp 20 decide the contest Neither the
the country has experienced exhaustion
financial pressure but in the midst Of wars and
campaigns the fiscal condition Of both Is satisfactory
and superior that Of any other and peo
pie We nation chiefly Of cotton growers but
Of farmers manufacturers and miners


SO far as fail al up the de fcieney promptly by
sending bread and gold We invite foreign products such
as need prices which we afford to pay and we
Invite premature return Of all bonds and stocks
and will promptly pay and redeem in gold, with which
cotton may be bought wherever freemen with gold
be induced to raise it. Let the world judge whether
more san be required Of If BY seri-
obstacles raised by foreign powers shall speedily
Opena the channels of commerce, and free them from
military enbarrassments and cotton, much desired
by all nations will ow forth freely as heretofore
We have asceTtained that there three and a half
millions Of bales yet remaining in the region where it
produced although large quantities Of it vet
ginned and otherwise unpTepared for the market. We
have instructed the military authorities to favor far
they can consistently with the public safety pre-
paratOn for and dispatch IT, the markets where It is
much wanted; and now, Notwithstanding be obstrue-
tOns which necessarily attended the rsestabshment Of


the Federal authority in that region against watehful
preston of the cotton trade by fire and force lever
with which they expect to raise up allies throughout
Europe that trade has already begun to revive and we
assured by civil and military agents that il may
be expected increase fast enough relieve the pain
fu anKiees expressed to by friendly nations The
President has given respectful consideration 10 the
desire informally expressed by the governments
Of Great Britain and France for further relaxation
Of the blockade in favor Of that trade They are
rejected, but yet held under consideration with
view to ascertain satisfactorily whether they
really necessary and whether they be adopted with
out such serious derimsnt 10 military operations
weuld render them injurious rather than beneficial the
| interest Of all concerned.


An answer will be ssaSonably given which viii leave
foreign powers in uncertainty about intercourse
/ Suchstre the expectations of government They


involve continued reliance upon the practice Of justice


and respect Of our sovereignty by foreign powers II is
not necessary for to say that IL this reliance fails,
this civil will, without fault become Of


Continents Of the world and whatever else may


revive the cotton trade built upon slave labor in this
| country will be irredesmaby wrecked in the abrupt