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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 --FIFTY-NINTH DAY SATURDAY, February 1, 1862.
OPEN SESSION.
Congress met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Baker.
Congress then resolved itself into secret session.
SECRET SESSION.
Congress being in secret session,
Mr. T. R. R. Cobb moved that
A bill explanatory of the appropriation for removal of the seat of government,
which was reported back unfavorably from the Committee on the Judiciary and laid on the table, be taken up and referred to the Committee on Finance.
The motion was agreed to.
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Mr. Johnson of Kentucky introduced the following resolution; which was read and agreed to, to wit:
Resolved, That five hundred copies of the President's message of theof December, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, recommending the passage of the act admitting the State of Kentucky into the Confederacy, with the accompanying documents, together with the act of Congress, be published for the use of the members and Government of Kentucky.
Mr. Orr introduced
A bill supplemental to an act entitled "An act to establish the date from which the commissions of certain staff officers shall take effect;" which was read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Boteler presented a design for a flag; which was referred to the Committee on Flag and Seal.
Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, by general consent, reported back and recommended the passage of
A bill making appropriations for the payment of certain interest due, severally, to the banks at Memphis, on advances made by them to Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk, for the benefit of the public service;
which was engrossed, read a third time, and the question being on the passage of the same,
Mr. Crawford, at the instance of the State of Georgia, demanded that the yeas and nays of the whole body be recorded; which are as follows, to wit:
Yea: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, 12.
Nay: Georgia, 1.
So the bill was passed.
Also, a bill to authorize certain financial arrangements at the Treasury; which was read first and second times, engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Barnwell introduced
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A bill to make appropriations for the execution of the act providing for the sequestration of the estates of alien enemies;
which was read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Harris of Mississippi, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred
A bill to amend a bill in regard to recruiting stations, etc.,
reported the same back, asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that the bill lie on the table.
On motion of Mr. Macfarland, the bill was placed on the Calendar.
Mr. Harris of Mississippi, from the same committee, reported back and recommended the passage of
A bill supplemental to an act entitled "An act providing for the granting of bounty and furloughs to privates and noncommissioned officers in the Provisional Army;"
which was engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Hale, from the same committee, reported back and recommended the passage of
A bill supplemental to an act entitled "An act to raise an additional force to serve during the war," approved May 8, 1861, and for other purposes.
Mr. Jones of Tennessee moved that the bill be placed on the Calendar and printed.
Mr. Thomason called the question; which was seconded, and the vote being taken, the motion to place on the Calendar and print did not prevail.
The bill was then engrossed, read a third time, and the question being on the passage of the same, Mr. Jones, at the instance of the State of Tennessee, demanded that the yeas and nays of the whole body be recorded thereon; which are as follows, to wit:
Yea: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, 13.
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So the bill was passed.
A message was received from the President, by the hands of his Private Secretary, Mr. Josselyn.
Congress then resolved itself into executive session;a and having spent some time therein, again resolved itself into legislative session.
[Note a: a The Journal of this executive session has not been found.]
Mr. Monroe, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred
A resolution relating to secondary testimony to be taken in cases now pending in courts under the sequestration act,
reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass with an amendment.
And the question being upon the amendment, which is to strike out the whole of the original resolution and to insert in lieu thereof the following, to wit:
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do resolve, That in all cases in any court of the Confederate States, instituted by the authority of the above-mentioned resolution, whenever it shall appear to the court that the documentary evidence or witnesses necessary to establish the facts alleged in the petition, and to authorize the judgment of the court, are situated within the limits occupied by the public enemy, the court may, in its discretion, admit on the hearing the following articles of documentary and testimonial proof:
And the vote being taken, the amendment was agreed to.
And the resolution as amended was engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Monroe moved that the President be requested to return to Congress
A bill to repeal all laws of the United States adopted by the Confederate States which provide for the naturalization of aliens.
The motion did not prevail.
Congress then proceeded to the consideration of the special order of the day; which was the consideration of the pending amendment of Mr. Monroe to an act to amend the sequestration act, etc.
On motion of Mr. Harris of Mississippi, it was agreed that the vote on all pending amendments to the first section of the bill be taken at 2 o'clock p. m. on Monday.
Congress, on motion of Mr. Howell Cobb,
Adjourned until 12 o'clock m. on Monday.
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