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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journal of the Confederate Congress --THIRTY-SEVENTH DAY--TUESDAY, January 7, 1862.
OPEN SESSION.
Congress met pursuant to adjournment, Mr. Betook being in the chair.
Congress then resolved itself into secret session.
SECRET SESSION.
Congress being in secret session, proceeded to the consideration of the unfinished business; which was the pending motion of Mr. Orr, to amend the first section of
A bill to amend an act to raise an additional force to serve during the war;
And Mr. Orr having called the question, and the same being sustained,
Mr. Bradford, at the instance of the State of Mississippi, demanded that the yeas and nays of the whole body be recorded thereon; which are as follows, to wit:
Yea: Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina, and Texas, 4.
Nay: Alabama and Kentucky, 2.
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Divided: Arkansas, North Carolina, and Virginia, 3.
Not voting: Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Tennessee, 4.
So the motion to amend was not agreed to.
Mr. Bradford. at the instance of the State of Mississippi, moved to reconsider the vote just taken.
A message was received from the President, by the hands of his Private Secretary, Mr. Josselyn.
On motion of Mr. Bradford,
Congress then adjourned until 12 o'clock m. to-morrow.
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