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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 --FRIDAY, March 1, 1861.
OPEN SESSION.
Congress met pursuant to adjournment.
The Journal of yesterday was read and approved.
There being no business on the Public Calendar, Congress went into secret session; and after spending some time therein, adjourned till 10 o'clock to-morrow.
SECRET SESSION.
Congress having gone into secret session,
The first business in order was the consideration of
An act in relation to the slave trade and to punish persons offending therein;
which was returned by the President with his objections.
Mr. Clayton moved to postpone for the time its consideration.
Mr. Chesnut submitted the point of order that under the Constitution Congress must proceed to the consideration of the bill.
The Chair so ruled.
Pending discussion on said bill, the hour of 12 o'clock m. having arrived, Congress resolved itself in convention, and after spending some time therein resolved itself in Congress; and
A message was received from the President through his Private Secretary that he had approved and signed
An act supplemental to an act to regulate the rates of postage, and for other purposes.
Mr. Bartow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill to be entitled
An act for the establishment and organization of the Army of the Confederate States of America;
which was read twice, ordered to be placed on the Calendar, and to be printed.
On motion of Mr. Bartow,
Congress adjourned till 10 o'clock to-morrow.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The Congress having gone into executive session, the following communication was received from the President:
Hon. Howell Cobb,
President of the Congress.
Sir: I have the honor herewith to transmit the nomination of Peter G. T. Beauregard, of Louisiana, to be brigadier-general of the Provisional Army, authorized by the act of Congress of February 27, 1861, and to submit the same for the advice and consent of the Congress.
JEFF'N DAVIS.
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And the question being,
Will the Congress advise and consent to the said nomination?
The same was unanimously agreed to.
So the Congress do advise and consent that Peter G. T. Beauregard, of Louisiana, be brigadier-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States.
There being no further executive business, the Congress resumed the consideration of the business on the Calendar.
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