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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 --FIFTY-NINTH DAY--MONDAY, February 15, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Hoge.
Mr. McQueen introduced
A joint resolution of thanks to the Pee Dee Artillery of South Carolina Volunteers;
which was read a first and second time, engrossed, read a third time, and passed unanimously.
The title was read and agreed to.
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Mr. Elliott, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported as correctly enrolled the following, viz:
And the Speaker signed the same.
Mr. Gaither offered the following resolution; which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That General Braxton Bragg be tendered a seat on this floor during his stay in this city, and that the Speaker of the House inform him of the same.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Nash, their Secretary, as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed, without amendment, a bill of this House entitled
The Senate have receded from their amendment to the bill (H. R. 82) to grant a special copyright to W. J. Hardee and S. H. Goetzel for Hardee's Rifle and Infantry Tactics.
The Senate have concurred in the amendment of this House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 112) to authorize the President to establish additional military courts.
The Senate have passed, with amendments, a bill (H. R. 106) to allow commissioned officers of the Army rations and the privilege of purchasing clothing from the Quartermaster's Department.
The Senate have concurred in the amendments of this House to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 90) to make additional appropriations for the support of the Government of the Confederate States of America for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1864, with amendments; in which amendments I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
The Senate have concurred in the amendments of this House to bills of the following titles, viz:
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The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, viz:
In which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
The Senate have passed, without amendment, joint resolutions of this House of the following titles, viz:
Mr. Simpson introduced
A joint resolution of thanks to the officers and men of McGowan's brigade, consisting of Orr's Rifles, the First, Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth regiments of South Carolina Volunteers;
which was read a first and second time, engrossed, read a third time, and passed unanimously.
The title was read and agreed to.
Mr. Chambliss introduced
A joint resolution of thanks to the Surry Light Artillery;
which was read a first and second time, engrossed, read a third time, and passed unanimously.
The title was read and agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Clapp, the special committee to prepare an address to the country was authorized to employ a clerk.
Mr. Hanly moved that the rules be suspended to enable the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads to report, and demanded the yeas and nays thereon;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Arrington, Ashe, Atkins, Bell, Boteler, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambliss, Chilton, Chrisman, Clapp, Clark, Clopton, Collier, Conrow, Curry, Dargan, Ewing, Foote, Foster, Funsten, Gaither, Garland, Gartrell, Goode, Gray, Hanly, Hilton, Holder, Ingram, Kenan of North Carolina, Lander, Lyons, Machen, Martin, McDowell, McLean, McQueen, Miles, Miller, Munnerlyn, Perkins, Preston, Ralls, Russell, Sexton, Simpson, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Strickland, Vest, and Welsh.
Nays: Barksdale, Dupré, Jones, Pugn, and Villeré.
Two-thirds having voted in the affirmative, the rules were suspended.
Mr. Hanly, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, reported
A bill to authorize the Postmaster-General to settle the accounts of mail contractors in cases where they have been prevented from executing their contracts by acts and incursions of the public enemy,
with the recommendation that it do pass.
The bill having been read a first and second time, and the question being on postponing the same and placing it on the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative, and the bill was engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
The title having been read and agreed to,
Mr. Hanly, from the same committee, reported
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A bill to authorize the increase of compensation of route and special agents of the Post-Office Department,
with the recommendation that it do pass.
The bill having been read a first and second time, and the question being on postponing the same and placing it on the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
Mr. Machen moved to amend the bill by adding at the end thereof the following proviso:
Provided, The agent is over forty-five years of age or otherwise not liable to military duty.
Mr. Perkins called the question; which was ordered and the amendment was agreed to.
The bill as amended was then engrossed, read a third time, and passed, and the title was agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Chilton, the managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the Army bill were granted leave to sit during the session of the House.
On motion of Mr. Jones, the same privilege was granted to the managers on the part of the House at the conference on the tax and currency bills.
Mr. Atkins, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom had been referred
A resolution in reference to increasing the compensation of the postmaster and the clerks in the post-office at Mobile,
reported back the same, with the recommendation that the committee be discharged from its further consideration, and that it do lie upon the table; which was agreed to.
Mr. Atkins offered the following resolution; which was adopted:
Resolved, That the funeral expenses of the Honorable John A. Wilcox, late a member of this House from the State of Texas, be audited and paid out of the contingent fund of this House, under the supervision of the Committee on Accounts.
Mr. Farrow, from the Committee on the Medical Department, to whom had been referred a Senate bill (S. 164) to repeal an act regulating the granting of furloughs and discharges in hospitals, approved May 1, 1863, under a suspension of the rules, reported back the same, with the recommendation that it do pass with amendments.
The question being on postponing the bill,
It was decided in the negative.
The amendments of the committee were read and concurred in as follows, viz:
The bill was then read a third time and passed.
Mr. Curry, under a suspension of the rules, introduced
A joint resolution construing an act to increase the compensation of certain civil officers and employees in the President's office and in the executive and legislative departments at Richmond for a limited period, approved January 30, 1864;
which was read a first and second time.
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The rule requiring it to be referred to a committee having been suspended,
The joint resolution was engrossed, read a third time, and passed, and the title was read and agreed to.
Mr. Singleton introduced
A joint resolution of thanks to the officers and men of Poague's Artillery Battalion for reenlisting during the war;
which was read a first and second time, engrossed, read a third time, and passed unanimously.
The title was read and agreed to.
Mr. Miles, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom had been referred
A joint resolution in reference to the treatment of colored troops, reported back the same, with the recommendation that it do pass.
On motion of Mr. Russell, the joint resolution was postponed until to-morrow and ordered to be printed, and, on motion of Mr. Miles, made the special order for 1 o'clock.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Nash, their Secretary, as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have receded from their amendment, disagreed to by this House, to the bill (H. R. No. 109) entitled "An act to increase the compensation of certain officers of the Treasury."
The Senate have passed, without amendment, the following joint resolution of this House, viz:
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, reported
A bill to authorize the promotion of officers, noncommissioned officers, and privates for distinguished skill or valor;
which was read a first and second time.
The question being on postponing the bill and placing it on the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative, and the bill was engrossed, read a third time, and passed, and the title was read and agreed to.
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, reported
A bill to authorize the organization of auxiliary bureaus of the War Department west of the Mississippi River;
which was read a first and second time.
The question being on postponing the bill and placing it on the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative, and the bill was engrossed, read a third time, and passed, and the title was read and agreed to.
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, to whom had been referred
A bill to repeal an act to organize bands of partisan rangers, approved April 21, 1862, and for other purposes,
reported back the same, with the recommendation that it do pass.
The question being on postponing the bill and placing it on the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
Mr. Machen moved to amend the bill by adding at the end the following proviso:
Provided, That organizations of partisan rangers acting as regular cavalry at the passage of this act shall be continued in their present organizations, provided that they shall hereafter be considered as regular cavalry and not as partisan rangers.
Mr. Barksdale called the question; which was ordered and the amendment of Mr. Machen was agreed to.
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Mr. Perkins moved to amend the bill by striking out the first section; which reads as follows, viz:
Mr. Hilton moved the previous question; which was ordered, and the amendment of Mr. Perkins was lost.
The bill as amended was engrossed, read a third time, and passed, and the title was read and agreed to.
Mr. H. W. Bruce, from the Special Committee on the Manufacture of Salt, submitted a report; which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
The following messages were received from the Senate, by Mr. Nash, their Secretary, as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have agreed to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of H. R. 75, entitled "An act to amend an act to regulate impressments, approved March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and to repeal an act amendatory thereof, approved April twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three."
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill and joint resolution of the following titles, viz:
In which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
Mr. Hartridge, from the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill (H. R. No. 75) to amend an act to regulate impressments, approved March 26, 1863, and to repeal an act amendatory thereof, approved April 27, 1863, submitted the following report:
The managers on the part of the Senate and House of Representatives on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses to House bill No. 75, entitled "An act to amend an act to regulate impressments, approved March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and to repeal an act amendatory thereof, approved April twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three," having met, and fully and freely conferred in relation to the said disagreeing votes, have agreed to recommend, and do hereby recommend, to their respective Houses as follows, to wit:
"Strike out the first section of the bill."
"In line 4, section 4, strike out all after the word 'impressment' down to and including the word 'away,' in line 6."
"Strike out section 8."
Managers on the part of the Senate.
Managers on the part of the House of Representatives.
Mr. Clark called the question; which was ordered.
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The question being on concurring in the report of the committee of conference,
Mr. Foster demanded the yeas and nays; which were not ordered, and the report of the committee was concurred in.
Mr. Villeré, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported
A bill to organize a corps of scouts and signal guards to facilitate communication with the Trans-Mississippi Department;
which was read a first and second time.
The question being on postponing the bill and placing it on the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative, and the bill was engrossed, read a third time, and passed, and the title was read and agreed to.
Mr. Chambliss, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported
A bill to authorize the appointment of two additional clerks for the Navy Department;
which was read a first and second time.
The question being on postponing the bill and placing it on the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
The bill was then engrossed, read a third time, and passed, and the title was agreed to.
Mr. Gartrell, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom had been referred a resolution of inquiry on the subject, reported the following resolution:
Resolved, That, in the opinion of this House, the term of service of the present Congress will expire at the end of two years from the eighteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
Mr. Gaither moved to amend the resolution by striking out the words "at the end of two years from the eighteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," and inserting in lieu thereof "at twelve o'clock at night on the seventeenth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four."
Mr. Foster called the question; which was ordered.
Upon which Mr. Gaither demanded the yeas and nays; which were not ordered, and the amendment of Mr. Gaither was lost.
Mr. Jones moved to amend the resolution by striking out all after the word "expire" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "at twelve o'clock meridian on the eighteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four."
Mr. Russell moved to amend the amendment by striking out the whole thereof and inserting the words
at the end of the legislative session of the seventeenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, not extending beyond twelve o'clock meridian on the eighteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Mr. Foster called the question; which was ordered, and the amendment of Mr. Russell was agreed to.
The question recurring on the amendment of Mr. Jones, as amended,
Mr. Foster demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Atkins, Bell, Boteler, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambers, Chambliss, Chrisman, Clapp, Clark, Clopton, Collier, Conrow, Curry, De Jarnette, Dupré, Ewing, Funsten, Goode, Hartridge,
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Ingram, Johnston, Lander, Lyons, Machen, Martin, McDowell, McLean, McQueen, McRae, Miles, Munnerlyn, Perkins, Preston, Pugh, Ralls, Russell, Sexton, Simpson, Staples, Swan, Trippe, Vest, Villeré, and Welsh.
Nays: Arrington, Ashe, Bridgers, Dargan, Farrow, Foster, Gaither, Garland, Gartrell, Hanly, Hilton, Holder, Jones, Kenan of North Carolina, Miller, Smith of Alabama, and Smith of North Carolina.
So the amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Gartrell called the question; which was ordered, and the resolution as amended was adopted.
Mr. Preston, from the Committee on Commissary and Quartermaster's Departments, under suspension of the rules, reported
A bill to repeal certain portions of the act of May 21, 1861, relative to prisoners of war;
which was read a first and second time.
The question being on postponing the bill,
It was decided in the negative, and the bill was engrossed, read a third time, and passed, and the title was read and agreed to.
Mr. Preston, by unanimous consent, introduced
A bill to provide for the more perfect discipline and subordination of the cavalry service;
which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Russell, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported
A bill to fix the day for the commencement of the official terms of Senators and Representatives;
which was read a first and second time.
The question being on postponing the bill,
It was decided in the negative.
The question recurring on ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time,
It was decided in the negative.
Mr. Miles, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom had been referred a Senate bill (S. 203) to amend the sixty-fifth article of war, reported back the same, with the recommendation that it do pass.
The question being on postponing the bill,
It was decided in the negative.
The bill was read a third time and passed, and the title was read and agreed to.
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, to whom had been referred a Senate bill (S. 199) to amend an act entitled "An act to organize military courts to attend the Army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said courts," approved October 9, 1862, reported back the same, with the recommendation that it do pass.
The question being on postponing the bill,
It was decided in the negative, and the bill was read a third time and passed.
The title was read and agreed to.
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, to whom had been referred a Senate bill (S. 200) to confer additional powers upon courts-martial and military courts, reported back the same, with the recommendation that it do pass.
The question being on postponing the bill,
It was decided in the negative.
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The bill was read a third time and passed.
The title was read and agreed to.
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, to whom had been referred a Senate bill (S. 218) to amend the act entitled "An act to provide and organize engineer troops to serve during the war," approved March 20, 1863, reported back the same, with the recommendation that it do pass.
The question being on postponing the bill,
It was decided in the negative.
The bill was read a third time and passed, and the title was read and agreed to.
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, to whom had been referred a Senate bill (S. 226) to provide for retiring officers of the Army, reported back the same, with the recommendation that it do pass.
The question being on postponing the bill and placing it upon the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
On motion of Mr. Machen, the bill was recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Nash, their Secretary, as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, viz:
In which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
The Chair laid before the House a communication from the President; which was read as follows, viz:
Richmond, Va., February 15, 1864.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I herewith transmit for your information communications from the Secretary of War, covering copies of several additional reports of military operations.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The communication and accompanying documents were laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
The motion to print the usual number of copies was referred to the Committee on Printing.
The Chair also laid before the House another communication from the President; which was read as follows:
Richmond, Va., February 15, 1864.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I herewith submit for your consideration a communication from the Secretary of War, covering an estimate for an additional appropriation required by the War Department.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The communication and accompanying documents were referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
The Chair laid before the House a bill of the Senate (S. 192) to regulate the allowance of traveling expenses of officers of the Navy and others traveling under orders; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
The Chair laid before the House a bill of the Senate (S. 212) to amend
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the acts of April 1, 1862, and September 23, 1862; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
The Chair laid before the House a bill of the Senate (S. 187) declaring persons owing military service to the Confederate States, and who seek to avoid such service by removing beyond the control and jurisdiction of said States, alien enemies, and subjecting their property to confiscation; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The Chair laid before the House a bill of the Senate (S. 93) to provide tobacco for the Army; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
The Chair also laid before the House a bill of the Senate (S. 195) creating the office of ensign in the Army of the Confederate States; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Also, a bill of the Senate (S. 213) to amend an act entitled "An act to provide and organize engineer troops to serve during the war," approved March 20, 1863; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Also, a joint resolution of the Senate (S. 33) of thanks to Lieut. Gen. E. Kirby Smith, for the battle of Richmond, Ky., and to his lieutenants so specially commended by him, and to all the officers and soldiers of his command in that battle; which was read a first and second time, read a third time, and passed unanimously.
The title was read and agreed to.
Mr. Barksdale moved to suspend the rules, to take up for consideration the bill supplementary to the several acts in relation to the public printing.
Pending which,
Mr. Barksdale moved that the House adjourn.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Curry moved that when the House adjourn to-day it adjourn to meet at 10 o'clock to-morrow.
Upon which Mr. Perkins demanded the yeas and nays; which were not ordered, and
The House,
On motion of Mr. Chambers,
Adjourned till 11 o'clock to-morrow.
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