Message Of Jefferson Davis

Washington, Nov. 23. The Itielirnond papera of Wednesday i last eöntsin the iipir of President ■ ))avs to thc Congrrss of thó rebol 9ttes. Aftor thc usttal lüongrntalaliohs he saya tlio operations of t lio army soon to be ' part'willy nterfopted by the opprooching winter, have ntforded a protcetion to the j oountrv, and ehed n glorieus lnytre crpon ita urnis, t!irou:h the trying vicissitudes of more than oné arduous campaign, which pntitle our bravo t(. our prai.=c and frnitirr.de. Further on he ' saya : " Af'tor morí than seven montlis of war thc encmy have not only failed to extend their occhj aney of our Boíl, but iicw Statts aml Territories have been eddi'd to our Oor.federaey, whilo instead i of their threatír.ed maroH of unehockcd eonqucft they have been driven at moro thnu ouc poitit to assume thc defense and for n fair comparison between the two belligcrent. rs to nien, military meaos, nd tinanoial condition, tho Confedérate States are rclatively ronch gtronger now than whcn thc Struggle commenced. Ho pcaks in high terras of the people of the Btatc of Missouri, who, he says, conductcd war in the face of alrnost uuparalleled difik-ulties, with a spirit and success alike worthy of thcmselvcs and of the great cause in which they are struggliug." - He continúes : " Fïnding that the Confedérate States ,vcre about to bc invaded hrough Kentucky, and that her people i hfter being deccived into a mistakeu : curity, were unarmed and in danger of bing subjngated by the Federal forcea, ermics wcre inarchcd into that State to : repcl the enemy and prevent thcir j pation of certaïn strategetic points whicb. would have given them great advantage In the contest, a step which was not only jnstified by the necessity of selfdcfense, on the part of the Confedérate. States, but also by a desire to aid the pcoplo of Kentucky. It was never inteuded by tho Confedcrato Govormnent to conquer j or coerce the peoplo of that State, but on thc contrary, it was declared by our Generáis that they would withdraw our troops if the Federal Government would do likewise A proclamation was also made of our desire to respect tbe neutrality of Kentucky, and the iutention to abidc by the wishes of her people as soon as they were free to express their opinión. These declarations were approved by me, and I should regard it as onc of the best effeets of the march of our troops into Kentucky, if it should aid in giving to her peoplo liberty of ehoice, and a freo opportunity to decide their own policy according to their own wil). - Whilo he says the army has been chiefly instrumental in proseeuting tho great oontest, the Navy has also been effective in full proportion to lts means. He ■peaks of thc difficulties attending mail Iransportation, some of which he declares can be overeóme only by timo and the improved condition of tho country, or tho restoration of peace, but others, by legislation. As to the financial sy.stem, il has worked well so .far, and promises good results for the future. To thc extont that Treasury notes may bi used, the Government is enabled to borrow money without interest,. and thus facilítate the conduct of the war. This extent is measured by the proportion of the field of circulation which these notes can bo made to occupy. The proportion of tho field thus oceupied dependa agaïn upon the amouut of the debts for which they are receivable, and when due, not ouly to thc Confedérate and State Governmfents are payablo in tho medium. - A largo portiou of it may be circulated t par. Tliere is every reason to believe thet the Confedérate Treasury note is fast bocoming such a medium. The proposit:ou tliut these notes shall be couvertible in to Coiifcdarate stock, bearing 8 per cent. interest, at tho pleasure of tho holdcrs, insures them agüinst a depreciation belüw the value of that stock, and o considerable fall in their valiu need be fcared so long as thc interest shall be ' punctually paid Th 3 punctual payment of this intorobt has been seeured by tho ■et passod by you aL the last session, imposiiig sufh a rute of taxation as must Srovide sufficient means for that purpose, 'or the succossful prosecution of this var, it is indispensable that tho means of %ransporting troops and military supplies bs furnished, as far as possible, in such a nanner as not to interrupt ths cotnmereial intercourse between our people, nor place a oheck upon their productiro eaecgieg. In anothcr part of bis message he says ■wo havo already two main systems of through transportation from thc North to tbe South, üue from Kichmoud to the ieaboard, and the other through Western Virginia to Xew Orleans. A third might he seeured by completing a link of about forty miles betweeu Dauville in Virginia nd Greensborough, Ni C. The cónitruction of this comparatively short line would give us a thorough route from Jiorth to South in the interior of the Confedérate States, and give us access to a population aud to military resources from which wo are now in a great measse debarrcd. If, ho says further on, wo huaband our mca'.is and muke a judicious vse of our resources it would be diÖicult to lix a limit to the period during which we eould conduct a war against the ad reisaiy who.ra we uow eucounter. Tho rery efiforts which he makes to desolate aud diride us tuuch exhaust his menos whilsfc tJey iarve to complete the circle ond diversify tlie product ons of our iatostinal ystem. The reconstruction which he seeks to effect by anns becomes dily more and more palpably impossible ïiot only do the causes which induced us %o separate still last in full force, but they have been Btrengtkened. and whatever doubt may have lingered in the ininds of auy must have been completely diapollod by subsequeiit events. if, initcad of being a dissolutiou of a league, U were indeed a rebellion in which we wro engaged, wo might find ampie vinHication for the course wo have adopted in the scones which are uosv bcing enactpá in the United States. Our people now look with contemptuous astonishinout on those with whom they have been eo recently assoeiated. They shrink with aversión from the base idea of renewing such a conpection, etc. With íucb a peoplo we may be content to hve at peacu, but our separation from them is final, and for tho indepeadeuee we have nsserted we will accept no alternative. President Davis characterizes tho natore of tho hostilities on the part of the United States as barbarous wherever it u uoderstood. He adds, if they convert tiiAil ïoldiers into incendiarles and robbers, and involvc us in a species of war ■which claims noncombatants, wouicn And childrn, as its victima, thoy must expect to be treaied ag outlaws and enemics of mankind, Thcre are certain rights of Uumaaity which are cntitlcd to reepect eveu in war, and he who refuses to yegard them forfcits bi claim, if captured, to be considered a prisoner of war, And must expect to be dealt with as an 4ffendcr against all law, human and divine. But not content wilh violating our riglits under the law of nations at home, tlwj' have extended these injuries to us VJAlin othcr juriëdictious. The distingainhed gentlemen whom, with your approval, at the Ja-st bjbsíod, wero sioiietl to present the Confederaoy at eer tain foreign Courts, havo been recently soized by a Captain of a United States vcssel-of-vvar, while on board a Brit]?!) Diail steamer, wliile on a vayage froni tbc neutral Spanish port oí Havana to Uuglüiid. The United States have thus claimed a general jurisdicíion over the high seas, and er tering a British s!np Balling onder its country's ilag, violating the rights of embassy fur tbu most port held saered even among baibarians, by Bciziiiff our Ministers whilst under thu prjteetiou and within the dominion of a neutral uation. Tlies? gentlemen were j as nuu:h under tho jurisdictiou of the [ Britisli GoTcrnmcut upon that ship, and. bennath its ilag, as if they had been on its soil, and a claim on the part of the ! tcd States to seize thtm in the streeU of London, would liavo been as well fouudud as that to apprehend them where tliey wero takeu. Had thcy been malet'aetoiv, and citizens even of the United States, they could not have been arrested on ' board of a British sliip, or on British bou, unless under tbe expresa provisions of treaty, and according to tbe forma therein provided for the extraditiou of crimináis. He conoludes as follows : Whilc tbe war whieh is wagcd to tako from us the right of self-goveruineut eau never attain j that end, it roniaius to be seen bow f ar ' it raay work a revolution, iu the 'industrial system of the world, wh'ich niay car ry suflering to other lauds, as well as to our owu. Id the mcantime we shall contiuue this struggle iu humblc depeudence upou l'rovidecce, from whose scarching scrutiuy wc eau not couceal the secrets of our hcart8, and to whose rule we confidently submit our destiny. For the rest we shall depend upon ourselves. - Liberty is always wou where thcro exists the uncouquerable willto be fi-ce, and W8 have reasou to know tho strength that is given by a couseious seuse notonly ot'the magnitude, but of the righteousuess of our cause.