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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 --TWENTY-NINTH DAY--TUESDAY, February 17, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Wise.
On motion of Mr. Burnett, the Committee on Pay and Mileage was authorized to employ a clerk.
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A message was received from the Senate; which is as follows, to wit:
Mr. Speaker: The President of the Confederate States has notified the Senate that he did, on the 14th instant, approve and sign an act entitled
Mr. Gaither, by consent, presented the following resolutions, passed by the legislature of North Carolina, to wit:
Resolutions vindicating the loyalty of the State of North Carolina and its general assembly.
Whereas various slanderous reports have been circulated, both in the State and out of it, reflecting upon the loyalty of the members of this legislature and the people of this State, and ascribing to them hostility to the Confederate Government, and a desire to reconstruct the Union: Therefore,
Be it unanimously resolved, That, as the representatives of the people, and in our own behalf as individual citizens of the State, we protest against and denounce these accusations as utterly false in letter and in spirit, as calculated to misrepresent the sentiments of those who have never faltered in the support of all constitutional measures for the prosecution of the war, and as tending to produce jealousies and heartburnings among a people who have sealed their devotion to the cause of Southern independence with their blood upon the proudest battlefields of the revolution; that the charge of a desire on the part of this legislature, or any portion of it, to conflict with the Confederate Government, or to embarrass the President in the prosecution of the war, is grossly untrue, illiberal, and slanderous; that we hereby pledge ourselves most heartily and emphatically to the most vigorous constitutional war policy, promising, in the name of North Carolina, the most liberal contribution of men and money to the support of it, and protesting against any settlement of the struggle which does not secure the entire independence of the Confederate States of America.
Resolved, That the governor be requested to communicate a copy of these resolutions to the governors of the several States of the Confederacy, and also to our own Senators and Representatives in Congress, to be laid before their respective bodies.
(Read and ratified in general assembly, this 30th day of January, A. D. 1863.)
State of North Carolina,
Office of Secretary of State.
I, John P. H. Russ, secretary of state, in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original on file in this office.
Given under my hand, this 11th day of February, 1863.
JOHN P. H. RUSS,
Secretary of State.
Mr. Gaither moved that the same be laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Currin demanded the question.
The question was ordered, and the motion was agreed to.
Mr. Boyce introduced
A bill to be entitled "An act to establish a port of entry at Columbia, South Carolina;"
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Mr. Miles introduced
A bill to be entitled "An act to regulate the navigation of the Confederate States, and to establish direct trade with foreign nations;"
which was read the first and second times, ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Mr. Foote moved that the House reconsider the vote by which the resolutions of the North Carolina legislature, presented by Mr. Gaither, were ordered to be printed.
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The motion was lost.
Mr. Miles offered the following resolution, viz:
Resolved, That the Government of the Confederate States has witnessed with feelings of no ordinary gratification the loyalty and good faith of the larger portion of its Indian allies west of the State of Arkansas.
Resolved further, That no effort of the Confederate Government shall be spared to protect them fully in all their rights and to assist them in defending their country against the encroachments of all enemies;
which was read and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Mr. Miles also offered the following resolution, viz:
Resolved, That five thousand copies of the Journal of the Convention which framed the Provisional and Permanent Constitutions of the Confederate States, together with the Journal of the Provisional Congress, be published for the use of this House, to be distributed equally among the members: Provided, That each member of the Provisional Congress shall receive two copies of said Journals, and the President of the Confederate States and each of the governors of the several States five copies each;
which was read and referred to the Committee on Printing.
Mr. Atkins offered the following resolution, viz:
Resolved, That the President be requested to direct Adjutant-General Cooper to call upon Lieutenant-General Polk for his report (if it is not already received) of the operations of the corps d'armeé under his command in the battle of Shiloh; and that it, together with the report of Brigadier-General Preston Smith, of the part performed by his command in the engagement at Richmond, Kentucky, be printed; and also the several official reports heretofore made by General B. R. Johnson, of the battles participated in by him, including those at Fort Donelson and Shiloh;
which was read and agreed to.
Mr. Foote offered the following resolution, viz:
Resolved, That the Committee on Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments be instructed to inquire into the case of Quartermaster Wood, as set forth in the letter of H. P. Taylor, herewith presented;
which was read and agreed to, and the accompanying letter was referred to the Committee on the Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments.
On motion of Mr. Kenner,
The House resolved itself into secret session; and having spent some time therein, again resolved itself into open session.
Mr. Lyons, by consent, presented the memorial of sundry members of the bar of the Confederate court at Richmond in relation to an increase of the salary of Judge Halyburton; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, without being read.
On motion of Mr. Read,
The House adjourned until 12 o'clock to-morrow.
SECRET SESSION.
The House being in secret session,
On motion of Mr. Kenner,
The House resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Russell, in the chair, on a bill to fund the currency; and having spent some time therein, the committee rose and reported, through their Chairman, that they had had under consideration the matter referred to them and had come to no conclusion thereon.
And on motion of Mr. Lyons,
The House resolved itself into open session.
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