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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 --THURSDAY, January 22, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 7) to place hospitals under military control, reported it with an amendment.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the bill and amendment be printed.
On motion by Mr. Hill, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
Ordered, That the report of the Attorney-General be printed for the use of the Senate.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Yancey,
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
Mr. Phelan (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 10) in relation to substitutes;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Richmond, Va., January 21, 1863.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I herewith return my message sent to you on the 14th instant, calling your attention to the twelfth line on the seventh page, where I have substituted the word "sovereign" for "seven," as it previously stood, incorrectly written.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The message was read.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 9) to authorize a foreign loan.
On motion by Mr. Yancey, to amend the bill by inserting after the word "bonds," section 1, line 14, the words
at places in the Confederate States of America where it may be held by the Government of the Confederate States of America at the time of the demand made for cotton by said bondholders, and at the current value of the same at said time and place,
On motion by Mr. Yancey,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Mr. Yancey voted in the affirmative.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Baker, Barnwell, Clay, Davis, Dortch, Haynes, Henry, Hill, Hunter, Johnson of Georgia, Maxwell, Mitchel, Orr, Phelan, Semmes, Sparrow, and Wigfall.
On motion by Mr. Yancey, to amend the bill by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting:
That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to negotiate, in some foreign country, the bonds of the Confederate States, not exceeding fifty millions of dollars,
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bearing interest at the rate of seven per cent, and redeemable in gold or cotton, on such terms as may seem to him most consistent with the interests of the country,
On motion by Mr. Yancey,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Baker, Clay, Henry, Maxwell, Mitchel, and Yancey.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Davis, Dortch, Haynes, Hill, Hunter, Johnson of Georgia, Orr, Phelan, Semmes, Sparrow, and Wigfall.
No further amendment being proposed, the bill was reported to the Senate.
Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.
The said bill was read the third time.
Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.
On motion by Mr. Yancey,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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