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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 --NINETEENTH DAY--SATURDAY, August 10, 1861.
OPEN SESSION.
Congress met pursuant to adjournment, and resolved itself into secret session.
SECRET SESSION.
Congress being in secret session,
Mr. Nisbet moved to suspend the consideration of the special order for the call of the States and the committees.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr. Jones of Alabama introduced
A bill to be entitled "An act to authorize the auditing, settlement, and payment of a claim therein named;"
which was read the first and second times and, together with the accompanying documents, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Smith presented the petition of John A. Cuthbert, of Alabama; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, without being read.
Mr. Nisbet offered
A resolution instructing the Committee on Postal Affairs to inquire into the propriety of providing by law for the transmission of newspapers free of postage by the Southern Express Company;
which was read and agreed to.
Mr. Nisbet offered
A resolution authorizing the Committee on Military Affairs to inquire into the propriety of providing by law for the payment of certain fifth sergeants and corporals of the companies of the Third Georgia Regiment;
which was read and agreed to.
Mr. Hill presented the memorial of John Stilwell, of Georgia; which was referred to the Committee on Patents, without being read.
Mr. Davis presented a series of resolutions of a meeting in North Carolina; which were referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, without being read.
Mr. Seddon offered
A resolution instructing the Committee on Claims to inquire into the justice and propriety of providing by law for the continuance to faithful citizens of any of the Confederate States of the pensions heretofore allowed them by the United States as revolutionary or invalid pensions;
which was read and agreed to.
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Mr. Macfarland offered
A resolution instructing the Committee on Military Affairs to inquire if any legislation be necessary to prevent depredations on property by the Confederate Army, with leave to report by bill or otherwise;
which was read and agreed to.
Mr. Bocock offered the following resolutions; which was read and agreed to, to wit:
Resolved, That a committee of one from each State, to be appointed by the Chairman, be instructed to inquire and report to an adjourned meeting of this Congress what additional legislation, if any, is necessary and proper to secure the financial and commercial independence of the Confederate States.
The Chair announced the following as the committee under the foregoing resolution, to wit:
Messrs. Bocock of Virginia, Garland of Arkansas, Walker of Alabama, Ward of Florida, Hill of Georgia, Perkins of Louisiana, Harris of Mississippi, Morehead of North Carolina, Rhett of South Carolina, and Hemphill of Texas.
Mr. Miles, by unanimous consent, moved that Congress request the President to return to the body two resolutions already passed authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish quartermaster stores to certain troops, and to provide transportation to certain troops, for the purpose of recommitting the same to the Committee on Military Affairs.
The motion prevailed.
Mr. Miles, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported
A bill making appropriations for the public defense;
which was read the first and second times, placed on the Calendar, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Miles, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported
A bill making appropriations for the Medical Department;
which was read first and second times, placed on the Calendar, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Johnson of Arkansas offered
A resolution instructing the Committee on Military Affairs to inquire into the expediency of supplying necessary tools, materials, and mechanics for the purpose of altering, repairing, and constructing small arms, for use at the arsenal at Little Rock, in the State of Arkansas;
which was read and agreed to.
Congress then resumed the consideration of the unfinished business of Friday, which was
A bill to provide for the issue of Treasury notes, and to provide a war tax for their redemption.
Mr. Foreman moved to reconsider the vote by which the amendment offered by Mr. Kenner to the fourth section was adopted.
The motion did not prevail.
The Chair presented a communication from the Secretary of War, containing estimates for hospital service; which was read and referred to the special committee of one from each State.
Congress again resumed consideration of the unfinished business of Friday.
Mr. Sparrow moved to amend the fourth section of the bill by striking out the words "principal and."
Mr. Harris demanded the question; which being seconded, Mr. Sparrow,
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at the instance of the State of Louisiana, demanded that the yeas and nays of the whole body be recorded; and the question having been put, the vote resulted as follows, to wit:
Yea: Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia, 3.
Nay: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas, 6.
Divided: Louisiana, 1.
So the amendment was lost.
Mr. Brooke, at the instance of Mr. Campbell, moved to amend the same section by striking out the word "fifty" and inserting the words "twenty-five" and called for the question; which being seconded, Mr. Sparrow, at the instance of the State of Louisiana, demanded that the yeas and nays of the whole body be recorded; which are as follows, to wit:
Yea: North Carolina and Virginia, 2.
Nay: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas, 7.
Divided: Louisiana, 1.
So the amendment was not agreed to.
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Mr. Brooke moved to amend the same section by inserting after the word "interest" the following words, to wit: "or invested by individuals in the purchase of bills, notes, and other securities for money, except the bonds of the Confederate States."
Mr. Boyce moved to amend the amendment by adding after the word "States" the words "and the bonds of the States."
The motion was lost, and the question recurring on the amendment of Mr. Brooke, the same was agreed to.
Mr. Perkins, moved to strike out from the beginning of section 4 down to section 21.
Mr. Rhett moved that the Congress do now adjourn; and the vote having been taken thereon by States, resulted as follows, to wit:
Yea: Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia, 5.
Nay: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina, 5.
So the motion was not agreed to.
Mr. Smith called for the question, which was upon agreeing to the motion of Mr. Perkins to strike out from the beginning of section 4 down to section 21; and the call being seconded, Mr. Thomason, at the instance of the State of Arkansas, demanded that the yeas and nays of the whole body be recorded; which are as follows, to wit:
Yea: Arkansas, North Carolina, and Virginia, 3.
Nay: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas, 6.
Divided: Louisiana, 1.
So the motion was not agreed to.
Mr. Hill moved to amend the fourth section by inserting after the word "cattle" the word "hogs."
Mr. Puryear, at the instance of the State of North Carolina, demanded that the vote thereon be taken by States, and that the yeas and nays of the whole body be recorded.
Pending the vote upon the amendment offered by Mr. Hill,
Congress, on motion of Mr. Hemphill,
Adjourned until 11 o'clock Monday morning.
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EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Congress being in executive session,
Mr. Harris, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the nomination of Edward J. Harden, to be district judge of Georgia, reported the same back and recommended that Congress advise and consent to the said nomination.
The report was agreed to, and Congress advised and consented to the nomination.
Mr. Chilton, from the Committee on Postal Affairs, to whom was referred the communication of the President, transmitting, for the advice and consent of Congress, a list of appointments for postmasters for the post-offices therein designated, viz:
Hugh Black, Eufaula, Ala.; Thomas Welsh, Montgomery, Ala.; James M. Smythe, Augusta, Ga.; Atkinson T. Hardin, Rome, Ga.; John W. Faber, Natchitoches, La.; J. S. Antley, Clinton, Miss.; B. G. Graham, Greensboro, N. C.; William D. McNish, Nashville, Tenn.,
reported the same back, with a recommendation that Congress advise and consent to the same.
The report was agreed to, and Congress advised and consented to the nominations.
Congress resumed legislative session.
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