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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 --FOURTH DAY--THURSDAY, August 21, 1862.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Granberry.
The Chair laid before the House a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, giving the names, salaries, etc., of clerks in that Department; which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Sexton offered the following resolution; which was read and agreed to, to wit:
Resolved, That the President be requested, if not incompatible with the public interest, to furnish to this House the report of General Beauregard on his retreat from Corinth, and all the papers connected therewith.
Mr. Chambliss moved a suspension of the rules in order to enlarge the Committee on Commerce by the addition of one member, to be appointed by the Chair; which was agreed to; and
The Chair appointed Mr. Collier of Virginia.
Mr. Goode offered
A joint resolution of thanks to Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and the officers and soldiers under his command;
which was read the first and second times and, under a suspension of the rules, was ordered to be engrossed.
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Mr. Foote moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the engrossment of the resolution was ordered.
Upon which Mr. Arrington asked for the yeas and nays;
Which being ordered,
Yeas: Arrington, Boyce, Bridgers, Chilton, Clark, Clopton, Cooke, Curry, Farrow, Foote, Foster, Gartrell. Heiskell, Hilton, Holcombe, Johnston, Kenan of Georgia, Lander, Machen, McDowell, Menees, Ralls, Smith of North Carolina, Welsh, Wright of Georgia, Wright of Texas, and Mr. Speaker.
Nays: Ashe, Ayer, Batson, Bell, Bonham, Boteler, Breckinridge, Eli M. Bruce, Chambliss, Chrisman, Collier, Conrad, Conrow, Crockett, Dargan, Davidson, De Jarnette, Dupré, Ewing, Gaither, Garnett, Goode, Graham, Gray, Hanly, Harris, Hartridge, Herbert, Holt, Jones, Lewis, Lyon, Lyons, McLean, Miles, Munnerlyn, Pugh, Read, Sexton, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Strickland, Tibbs, Trippe, Vest, and Villeré.
So the motion was lost.
Mr. Foote called for the question, which was on the passage of the resolution; and the call being seconded, the resolution was read a third time and passed.
Mr. Lyons offered
A joint resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to Gen. Robert E. Lee and the officers and men under his command for the victories on the Chickahominy;
which was read the first and second times, and the rules being suspended,
Mr. Foote moved to amend the same by adding thereto the following words:
except General Huger, reports in regard to whose conduct place him in a position so painfully equivocal that Congress is not prepared at this time, in the absence of justification or satisfactory explanation, either to comdemn or to approve him, leaving this for future examination by the proper authorities,
and called the question thereon; which being ordered, he asked that the vote be taken by yeas and nays.
The demand being sustained,
Yeas: Arrington, Bridgers, Chilton, Clark, Clopton, Curry, Davidson, Elliott, Foote, Foster, Gartrell, Heiskell, Johnston, Lander, Machen, McDowell, McLean, Read, Smith of North Carolina, Swan, Welsh, Wright of Georgia, and Wright of Texas.
Nays: Ashe, Batson, Bonham, Boteler, Breckinridge, Eli M. Bruce, Chambliss, Collier, Conrad, Conrow, Crockett, Dargan, De Jarnette, Dupré, Ewing, Farrow, Garnett, Goode, Graham, Gray, Hanly, Hartridge, Herbert, Hilton, Holcombe, Holt, Jones, Lewis, Lyon, Lyons, Marshall, Miles, Munnerlyn, Pugh, Ralls, Russell, Sexton, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Strickland, Tibbs, Trippe, Villeré, and Mr. Speaker.
So the amendment was lost.
The resolution was then engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Lyons moved a suspension of the rules to enable the Speaker to appoint an additional member to the Committee on Pay and Mileage.
The motion prevailed; and
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The Chair appointed Mr. Welsh of Mississippi.
Mr. Goode introduced
A bill to amend the act entitled "An act to exempt certain persons from enrollment for service in the armies of the Confederate States;" which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Boteler offered
A joint resolution of thanks to Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson and the officers and men under his command;
which was read the first and second times and, the rules being suspended, was engrossed, read a third time, and passed unanimously.
Mr. Chambliss offered the following resolution; which was read and agreed to, to wit:
Resolved, That the Military Committee inquire into the expediency of directing all soldiers now in the service of the Confederate States under the age of eighteen years to be discharged at once, and forbidding the future enlistment of persons under that age.
Mr. Collier offered
A resolution instructing the Committee on Military Affairs to inquire into the expediency of so amending existing laws as to require the commutation value of clothing for the Army to be fixed at its actual cost value;
which was read and agreed to.
Mr. Lyons offered
A joint resolution in relation to providing for the families of soldiers; which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Russell introduced
A bill to be entitled "An act relating to Kansas;"
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Public Lands and Territories.
Mr. Garnett gave notice that he would move to change the rules; which was laid over for two days under the rules.
The Chair announced as the Committee to Examine Hospitals:
Messrs. Wright of Georgia, Farrow of South Carolina, Goode of Virginia, Smith of North Carolina, and Bell of Missouri.
And as the Committee on the War Tax:
Messrs. Ayer of South Carolina, Lyon of Alabama, Heiskell of Tennessee Collier of Virginia, Chrisman of Kentucky, Lander of North Carolina, Sexton of Texas, Welsh of Mississippi, Clark of Georgia, Conrow of Missouri, Hilton of Florida, and Hanly of Arkansas.
On motion of Mr. Elliott,
The House adjourned until 12 o'clock to-morrow.
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