Show JEFF DAVIS MESSAGE the mes age of jeff davis davia to ta the confederate congress at the commence commencement of its ita pre pro bont sent 0 aes ses ision sion slon was was 0 so 0 h ar r as a reported 4 guite quite pointer and not lengthy nor ambiguous he referred refer red to the sufferings that had been endured by the conf confederates federates ade ede rates since the commence meni meal of the wart ware war to the valor of their troops andoe their successes in battle and barly to their achievements in repulsing tho the Federal anniea that thai vested invested fi the Cin feder ate capital t I 1 which W aich lie said had been signally defeated atel and aul driven back from their entrench menis Us ila represented that for the tiodos tion of th tilo a south the federal go government vern ment were new armi armies espa an a larger sc scale alethan than egery ever before b fore fure known io to times timas accused the federal army armyon of having committe committed deeds of rabi rapi rapine neAd ad of having havin wantonly destroyed private property and murdered captives said tha ster stern exemplary punishment must be meted oat to murderers and felons who disi gracing the profession of arms seek to make u of public p ubil war the caBlon occasion oc for tor the commission of the tiie crimes crimea denounced the bonfi confiscation cation catlon bill as atrocious and recommended retaliatory measures said the exasperation of failure had bad aroused the worst passions of 0 their enemies and a large portion of the tb northern people even the clergymen were I 1 urging ibe the people to extreme measures ia in the prosecution 4 of the war and to reseat re 8 the row tow e r of their td to vindicate vindi bindi cate their rights and maintain maLn maen tain their exa tenc tecc p the suta og gaa gan u foes toes every energy a d az r C 0 u r c e at t ife pir disposal rhe e becom me mended ders h f further arth er ageg bation to boake make the con n universal j 0 as I 1 is the large linar as beof the federal army taught render i f it necessary to callisto call cal linto into the leid field f all able bodied men be tween the ages agea of eighteen and forty five and should such an exigency aris 6 everything g should be b so arranged that there would be no delay in assembling a sufficient force to i the invaders ip |