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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 --SATURDAY, May 28, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Sparrow (by leave) introduced
A bill (8. 49) to authorize the manufacture of spirituous liquors for the use of the Army and hospitals;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Caperton submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Foreign Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of requesting the President of the Confederate States to make an exposition, through cur commissioners abroad, to the various European powers to which they may be accredited, of the violations of the rules of civilized warfare and of the atrocities committed by the Government and the armies of the United States in the prosecution of hostilities against the Confederate States of America.
On motion by Mr. Maxwell,
Ordered, That the Committee on Commerce be discharged from the further consideration of the bill (S. 46) to create a department of foreign and interior supplies, and to regulate the collection of import and export duties.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 4) to provide means of transit across the Mississippi River for members of Congress residing west of said river in going to and returning from the Confederate States Congress, reported them without amendment.
The Senate proceeded to consider the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 4) last mentioned; and
Resolved, That they concur therein.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
Mr. Hill, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported
A bill (S. 50) to regulate the selection of juries in the district courts of the Confederate States in certain cases;
which was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being proposed, it 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.
Mr. Hill, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 38) for the payment of commissioners appointed under the act entitled "An act to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in certain cases," and to confer certain powers upon said commissioners, reported it with amendments.
Ordered, That the bill and amendments be printed.
Mr. Haynes, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 52) to amend an act of this Congress entitled "An act to provide for holding elections of Representatives in the Congress of the Confederate States in the State of Tennessee," reported it with an amendment.
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The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said bill; and the reported amendment having been agreed to, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment was concurred in.
Ordered, That the amendment be engrossed and the bill read a third time.
The said bill as amended was read the third time.
Resolved, That it pass with an amendment.
On motion by Mr. Haynes, the title was amended to read: "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to provide for holding elections of Representatives in the Congress of the Confederate States in the State of Tennessee,' approved May first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three."
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendment.
Mr. Graham, from the Joint Committee on Impressments, reported the following bills; which were severally read the first and second times and ordered to be placed upon the Calendar and printed:
Mr. Caperton (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 53) to amend the several acts in relation to a volunteer navy;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Mr. Baker submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of amending the act to provide for the public defense, approved March sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, by authorizing the appointment of assistant quartermasters for battalions.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Johnson of Missouri on the 26th instant, to rescind the resolution passed by the two Houses fixing Tuesday, the 31st instant, as the day for the adjournment of the present session of Congress; and
On motion by Mr. Johnson of Missouri,
Ordered, That the further consideration of the resolution be postponed until Monday next.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 48) to amend the act to provide an invalid corps, approved February 17, 1864.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow, to amend the bill by inserting after "seamen," line 7, the words
ordinary seamen, landsmen, and boys of the Navy, and the noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates of the Marine Corps,
It was determined in the affirmative.
The bill having been further amended on the motion of Mr. Sparrow, it was reported to the Senate and the amendments were concurred in.
Ordered, That the bill 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.
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Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.
On motion by Mr. Orr,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
The doors having been opened,
On Motion by Mr. Graham,
The Senate Adjourned.
SECRET SESSION
The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of an appropriation required for redemption of the public debt; which was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Finance.
On motion by Mr. Graham,
The Senate resolved into open legislative sessio
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the nominations of E. P. Alexander, to be brigadier-general; Thomas H. Carter, Hilary P. Jones, and Melancthon Smith, to be colonels; James Dearing, Frank Huger, C. M. Braxton, W. J. Pegram, D. G. McIntosh, W. T. Poague, R. A. Hardaway, charles Richardson, L. Hoxton and S. C. Williams, to be lieutenant-colonels; W. E. Cutshaw, T. C. Jordan, M. B. Miller, Rob. M. Stribling, R. C. M. Page, David Watson, Joseph McGraw, M. Johnson, George Ward, V. Maurin, M. N. Moorman, R. P. Chew, W. H. Caskie, J. H. Pratt, and R. Cobb, to be majors; Stephen Elliott, to be brigadier-general; Edward J. Black and W. P. A. Murray, to be aids-de-camp, with the rank of first lieutenants, reported, with the recommendation that all of said nominations be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was.
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to their appointment, agreeably to the nominations of the President.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the nomination of B. L. Braselman, to be second lieutenant of artillery in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States; and
Mr. Graham submitted the following resolution for consideration:
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate inform the President that the nomination of B. L. Braselman made to the Senate at the last session of the last Congress for the office of second lieutenant of artillery, not having been confirmed or rejected at the last session of the last Congress, the Senate now decline to act upon said nomination, and that in the case of this and all other nominations similarly situated, the Senate is ready to receive new nominations to fill the same.
The Senate proceeded to consider the said resolution: and
On motion by Mr. Walker, to amend the same by substituting therefor the following:
Whereas in the judgement of the Senate, the most judicious and proper practice in reference to nominations made by the President during the session is that all nominations which are not confirmed or rejected during the session at which they are made shall not be acted on at any succeeding session without being again made by the President; and
Whereas, such practice may well be adopted without thereby disaffirming the
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constitutional power of the Senate by order entered on its Journal to postpone nominations made during the session for further consideration to the ensuing session, and at such ensuing session to confirm or reject the same: Therefore,
Resolved, That the Committee on Rules be instructed to report a rule providing that nominations not confirmed or rejected at the session at which they are made, shall not be acted on at any succeeding session without being again made by the President.
Resolved, That all nominations made at the last or any preceding session and postponed by order of the Senate to this session, be laid on the table and the President informed that the Senate having adopted the rule mentioned in the preceding resolution, decline acting upon them.
On motion by Mr. Jemison, to amend the amendment proposed by Mr. Walker by striking out the preamble thereto,
It was determined in the negative.
On the question to agree to the amendment proposed by Mr. Walker to the resolution,
On motion by Mr. Orr,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Haynes, Henry, Hill, Jemison, Johnson of Georgia, Orr, Semmes, Sparrow, Walker, and Watson.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Caperton, Graham, Hunter, Johnson of Arkansas, Johnson of Missouri, Mitchel, and Oldham.
On the question to agree to the resolution as amended,
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Caperton, Graham, Hill, Hunter, Jemison, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Missouri, and Walker.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Henry, Johnson of Arkansas, Mitchel, Oldham, Orr, Semmes, Sparrow, and Watson.
On motion by Mr. Henry, to reconsider the vote last mentioned,
It was determined in the negative.
So the resolution as amended was agreed to.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the motion submitted by Mr. Graham on the 25th instant, to lay on the table the resolutions submitted by Mr. Hill, from the Committee on the Judiciary, in relation to nominations continued or postponed for further consideration from one session of the Senate to another; and
Ordered, That the resolutions be laid on the table.
On motion by Mr. Orr,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
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