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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 --FORTY-SEVENTH DAY--SATURDAY, April 12, 1862.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment.
Mr. Singleton offered the following resolution, to wit:
Resolved, That for the remainder of the present session of Congress no member shall be allowed to speak more than fifteen minutes at a time on any proposition before it, and shall only have the privilege of speaking a second time upon said proposition after every other member who desires to do so shall have spoken upon it.
Mr. Singleton moved to suspend the rules for the purpose of considering the resolution.
Upon which motion Mr. Jones called the yeas and nays;
And the call being sustained,
Yeas: Arrington, Atkins, Barksdale, Batson, Bell, Boteler, Eli M. Bruce, Burnett, Chambers, Chambliss, Chilton, Clark, Clopton, Conrow, Crockett, Currin, Curry, Dargan, Dawkins, Dupré, Ewing, Foote, Foster, Gardenhire, Garnett, Gartrell, Hanly, Heiskell, Hilton, Holt, Jenkins, Kenner, Lander, Lewis, Lyon, Machen, McDowell, McLean, Menees, Miles, Pugh, Ralls, Read, Royston, Singleton, Smith of Virginia, Strickland, Swan, Trippe, Vest, Villeré, and Wilcox.
Nays: Ashe, Breckinridge, Horatio W. Bruce, Davidson, Davis, Farrow, Gaither, Garland, Goode, Harris, Herbert, Holcombe, Johnston, Jones, Lyons, Marshall, McQueen, Perkins, Preston, Russell, Sexton, Staples, Welsh, and Mr. Speaker.
So the motion to suspend the rules prevailed.
And, on motion of Mr. Lyons, the House resolved itself into secret session; and having spent some time therein, again resolved itself into open session.
And the resolution of Mr. Singleton being under consideration,
Mr. Foote moved to amend the same by striking out therefrom the word "fifteen" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "twenty-five."
Mr. Singleton demanded the previous question; which was sustained, and the amendment was agreed to.
And the question being upon agreeing to the resolution as amended,
Mr. Lyons demanded the yeas and nays;
And the demand being sustained, the yeas and nays are recorded as follows, to wit:
Yeas: Arrington, Atkins, Barksdale, Batson, Bell, Boteler, Boyce, Eli M. Bruce, Burnett, Chambers, Chambliss, Chilton, Clark, Clopton, Conrad, Conrow, Crockett, Currin, Curry, Dargan, Dawkins, De Jarnette, Dupré, Ewing, Foote, Foster, Gardenhire, Garnett, Gartrell, Goode, Graham, Hanly, Hartridge, Heiskell, Herbert, Hilton, Holcombe, Holt, Jenkins, Kenner, Lander, Lewis, Lyon, Machen, McDowell, McLean, Miles, Pugh, Ralls, Read, Royston, Sexton, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Smith of Virginia, Strickland, Swan, Trippe, Vest, Villeré, and Wilcox.
Nays: Ashe, Breckinridge, Horatio W. Bruce, Cooke, Davidson, Farrow, Gaither, Garland, Harris, Johnston, Jones, Lyons, Marshall, McQueen, Perkins, Preston, Russell, Staples, Welsh, and Mr. Speaker.
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So the resolution as amended was agreed to.
A message was received from the President, by the hands of his Private Secretary, Mr. Harrison; which is as follows, to wit:
Executive Department, April 12, 1862.
To the honorable the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Sir: The President, on yesterday, approved and signed the following bills:
The President has to-day approved and signed an act entitled "An act to provide further means for the support, of the Government."
A message was received from the Senate, by the hands of the Secretary of that body, Mr. Nash; which is as follows, to wit:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills and resolutions of this House of the following titles, viz:
The first three without and the two latter with amendments, in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
The Senate have agreed to the amendment of the House to the bill (H. R. --)to legalize the acts of the district attorney, marshal, and deputy marshals of Tennessee.
The Senate have agreed to the resolution of this House fixing a day for the adjournment of Congress, with an amendment.
In which amendment I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
On motion of Mr. Singleton,
The House resolved itself into secret session.
SECRET SESSION.
The House being in secret session,
Mr. Dargan moved to suspend the reading of the Journal.
The motion prevailed.
On motion of Mr. Singleton, the House resolved itself into open session; and having spent some time therein, again resolved itself into secret session and proceeded to the consideration of
A bill further to provide for the public defense.
And the first section of the same being under consideration; which is as follows, to wit:
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within forty days, on a day to be fixed by the commander of the brigade, to reorganize said companies, battalions, and regiments, by electing all their officers, which they had a right heretofore to elect, who shall be commissioned by the President: Provided further, That furloughs not exceeding sixty days, with transportation home and back, shall be granted to all those retained in the service by the provisions of this act beyond the period of their original enlistment, and who have not heretofore received furloughs under the provisions of an act entitled "An act providing for the granting of bounty and furloughs to privates and noncommissioned officers in the Provisional Army," approved eleventh December, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, said furloughs to be granted at such times and in sueh numbers as the Secretary of War may deem most compatible with the public interest: And provided further, That in lieu of a furlough the commutation value in money of the transportation herein above granted, shall be paid to each private, musician, or noncommissioned officer who may elect to receive it, at such time as the furlough would otherwise be granted: Provided further, That all persons under the age of eighteen years or over the age of thirty-five years, who are now enrolled in the military service of the Confederate States, in the regiments, battalions, and companies hereafter to be reorganized, shall be required to remain in their respective companies, battalions, and regiments for ninety days, unless their places can be sooner supplied by other recruits not now in the service, who are between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five years, and all laws and parts of laws providing for the reenlishment of volunteers and the organization thereof into companies, squadrons, battalions, or regiments, shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed,
Mr. Foote moved to amend the same by inserting after the word "service" the following words, to wit:
Provided, however, That the previous consent of the governor, or the legislature or the convention, if in session, of the State in which soldiers are to be raised shall first be obtained, or the soldiers to be enrolled signify their own voluntary consent, to the same.
Mr. Foote moved further to amend by inserting after the word "ended" the following words, to wit:
or the government of the State to which they respectively belong shall formally disapprove the same.
Also, to insert after the words "reorganized, shall" the words
with the consent of their respective governments, as given either by the governor, legislature, or convention thereof.
Mr. Russell moved to amend by substituting for the bill the following, to wit:
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shall prescribe. The term of service under this section shall be computed as part of the two years to be served by any volunteer reenlisting for two years or the war.
Mr. Barksdale moved that the House do now adjourn.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Curry moved that when the House do adjourn to-day it adjourn to meet at 11 o'clock on Monday; which was agreed to.
Mr. H. W. Bruce moved that the House take a recess until half past 7 o'clock p. m.
Mr. Jones moved that the House do now adjourn.
The motion was lost.
And the question recurring upon the motion of Mr. H. W. Bruce, the same was agreed to, and the House took a recess until half past 7 o'clock p. m.
HALF PAST 7 O'CLOCK P. M.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, and resumed the consideration of the unfinished business.
Mr. Singleton called the question, which was upon agreeing to the first amendment of Mr. Foote to the first section.
Upon which motion Mr. Foote demanded the yeas and nays;
And the demand being sustained, the yeas and nays are recorded as follows, to wit:
Yeas: Bell, Breckinridge, Foote, Foster, Gaither, Hanly, Hilton, Jones, Menees, Miles, Perkins, Smith of Alabama, and Welsh.
Nays: Arrington, Ashe, Ayer, Batson, Boteler, Boyee, Bridgers, Horatio W. Bruce, Eli M. Bruce, Burnett, Chambers, Chambliss, Chilton, Clark, Clopton, Conrad, Conrow, Cooke, Crockett, Currin, Curry, Dawkins, De Jarnette, Dupré, Ewing, Farrow, Gardenhire, Garland, Garnett, Gartrell, Goode, Graham, Gray, Harris, Hartridge, Heiskell, Herbert, Holcombe, Jenkins, Kenner, Lander, Lewis, Lyon, Machen, Marshall, McDowell, McLean, Pugh, Ralls, Read, Royston, Russell, Sexton, Singleton, Smith of Virginia, Tibbs, Vest, Villeré, Wilcox, Wright of Texas, and Mr. Speaker.
So the amendment was lost.
And the question being upon agreeing to the second amendment of Mr. Foote, the same was lost.
And the question recurring upon the first amendment offered by Mr. Foote, the same was lost.
Leave of absence was granted to Mr. Smith of North Carolina.
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Mr. Foote moved to amend by adding at the end of the section the following, to wit:
Provided, That if within ninety days after the passage of this act, the assent of any State shall not be obtained through a regularly elected convention, if in session, or of the legislature, if there be no convention, or of the governor, if there be neither legislature or convention, then this bill shall cease to operate upon the troops of such State, except such as may voluntarily assent thereto.
The amendment was lost.
Mr. Heiskell moved to amend by inserting after the word "President"
and each commander is directed to bring on such reorganization within five days from the time he shall receive a copy of this act if practicable.
The amendment was lost.
Mr. Jones moved that the House do now adjourn.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Chambliss moved to amend by inserting after the word "President" the following, to wit:
Provided further, That companies, battalions, or regiments of twelve months' volunteers who have so enlisted and elected their officers, shall be received under their new organization, and have their officers commissioned according to such election.
The amendment was lost.
Mr. Davis moved to amend by striking out the first section of the bill.
The amendment was lost.
Mr. Chambers moved to amend by striking out the words "by electing all their officers, which they had a right heretofore to elect, who shall be commissioned by the President," and inserting in lieu thereof the following, to wit:
And the company and field officers thereof shall be elected or appointed and be commissioned according to the laws of their respective States.
Pending the consideration of which,
The House, on motion of Mr. Burnett,
Adjourned until 11 o'clock on Monday.
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