The President's message is not regarded with much favor by
the croakers. The long complaint against foreign powers for not recognizing us
is thought in bad taste, since all the points nearly had been made in a
previous message. They say it is like abusing a society for not admitting one
within its circle as well as another. The President specifies no plan to cure
the redundancy of the currency. He is opposed to increasing the pay of the
soldiers, and absolutely reproaches the soldiers of the left wing of Bragg's
army with not performing their whole duty in the late battle.
Mr. Foote denounced the President to-day. He said he had
striven to keep silent, but could not restrain himself while his State was
bleeding—our disasters being all attributable by him to the President, who
retained incompetent or unworthy men in command, etc.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 2, p.
112-3
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