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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 --SIXTY-FOURTH DAY--TUESDAY, January 24, 1865.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. Burrows.
The House proceeded to the consideration of the unfinished business, viz:
The joint resolution "in regard to the Cotton Bureau in the Trans-Mississippi Department."
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Mr. Branch submitted the following amendment:
After the word "authorized" insert the words "by and with the advice and consent of the Senate;"
which was agreed to.
Mr. Branch submitted the following amendment:
After the word "commissioners" insert the words "not liable to military duty;"
which was agreed to.
Mr. Gray submitted the following amendment:
After the word "officers" insert the words "and the military authorities in connection with that subject;"
which was not agreed to.
Mr. Orr called the question; which was ordered.
Mr. McMullin submitted the following amendment:
Strike out the word "forty" and insert the word "twenty-five."
Mr. Orr called the question; which was ordered, and the amendment of Mr. McMullin was rejected.
The joint resolution was engrossed, read a third time, and passed, and the title was read and agreed to.
Under a suspension of the rules, Mr. Darden introduced
A bill "providing for the discharge and transfer of persons of certain ages who belong to the Army;"
which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Nash, their Secretary; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed, with an amendment, a bill of this House of the following title, viz:
In which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
The Senate have concurred in the amendments of this House to the bill of the Senate (S. 100) to amend the act to provide an invalid corps, approved February 17, 1864.
The Senate have appointed Mr. Graham, Mr. Walker, and Mr. Semmes as the committee on their part under the resolution providing for the appointment of a joint committee of the two Houses to prepare an address to the people of the Confederate States.
The President of the Confederate States has notified the Senate that he did, on the 16th instant, approve and sign the following bill, viz:
On the 19th instant the following bills, viz:
And on the 20th instant bills of the following titles, viz:
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for the sequestration of the estates, property, and effects of alien enemies, and for indemnity of citizens of the Confederate States and persons aiding the same in the existing war with the United States,' approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one;"
Mr. Clark, from the Committee on Elections, submitted the following report:
The committee to whom was referred the resolution in reference to the conduct of the Hon. Henry S. Foote, a member of this House from the State of Tennessee, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report and recommend the adoption of the following preamble and resolution:
That some weeks since the said Henry S. Foote absented himself from this House without leave; that shortly thereafter he attempted to pass into the enemy's lines and to the capital of the United States, without permission, which was in violation of law and in disregard of his duty as a member of this body; that when in the act of leaving our lines to enter those of the enemy, he resigned his seat upon this floor, so far as he then could, by writing his resignation and depositing it for transmission to the Speaker of this House, but which he, being afterwards arrested, and his purpose defeated, intercepted and withdrew.
Resolved, That Henry S. Foote, in thus attempting to leave the Confederacy under the circumstances and in the manner above stated, whatever may have been his motives, has been guilty of conduct incompatible with his duty and station as a member of the Congress of the Confederate States, and that he be, therefore, and is hereby, expelled from this House as a member thereof.
Mr. H. W. Bruce submitted the following amendment to the resolution:
Strike out all after the word "and," in the last line but two, and insert the words "having declared his intention not again to occupy his seat as a member of this House, his said seat as such is therefore hereby declared vacant."
Mr. Barksdale called the question; which was ordered, and the amendment of Mr. H. W. Bruce was rejected.
Mr. Anderson called the question; which was ordered.
Mr. Sexton moved a call of the House; which was ordered.
Upon the call of the roll the following members answered to their names:
Messrs. Akin, Anderson, Atkins, Baldwin, Barksdale, Batson, Baylor, Bell, Blandford, Boyce, Bradley, Branch, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Burnett, Carroll, Chambers, Chilton, Chrisman, Clark, Clopton, Cluskey, Colyar, Conrow, De Jarnette, Dupré, Echols, Elliott, Ewing, Farrow, Foster, Fuller, Gaither, Garland, Gholson, Gilmer, Geede, Gray, Hanly, Herbert, Hilton, Holder, Johnston, Keeble, Lamkin, J. M. Leach, J. T. Leach, Lester, Logan, Lyon, Machen, Marshall, McMullin, Menees, Miles, Miller, Murray, Norton, Perkins, Pugh, Ramsay, Road, Russell, Sexton, Shewmake, Simpson, J. M. Smith, W. E. Smith, Smith of North Carolina, Snead, Staples, Triplett, Turner, Villeré, Wickham, Wilkes, Witherspoon, and Mr. Speaker.
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On motion of Mr. Perkins, leave of absence was granted his colleague, Mr. Conrad (detained from his seat by indisposition).
On motion of Mr. Gholson, leave of absence was granted his colleague, Mr. Montague (detained from his seat by indisposition).
On motion of Mr. Bell, further proceedings under the call were dispensed with.
The question recurring on the adoption of the report of the committee,
Mr. McMullin demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Akin, Anderson, Barksdale, Batson, Baylor, Blandford, Bradley, Branch, Burnett, Carroll, Chambers, Chilton, Chrisman, Clark, Clopton, Cluskey, Conrow, De Jarnette, Dupré, Echols, Elliott, Ewing, Farrow, Gaither, Gholson, Goode, Gray, Hanly, Herbert, Holder, Johnston, Keeble, Lyon, Machen, Miles, Miller, Norton, Perkins, Pugh, Read, Russell, Sexton, Shewmake, Simpson, J. M. Smith, W. E. Smith, Snead, Staples, Triplett, Villeré, and Wilkes.
Nays: Atkins, Baldwin, Bell, Boyce, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Colyar, Foster, Fuller, Garland, Gilmer, Lamkin, J. M. Leach, J. T. Leach, Lester, Logan, Marshall, McMullin, Menees, Murray, Ramsay, Smith of North Carolina, Turner, Wickham, and Witherspoon.
Two-thirds of all the members not voting in the affirmative, the report of the committee was rejected.
Mr. Gilmer, from the Committee on Elections, submitted the following minority report:
The undersigned, being a minority of the Committee on Elections, admit that the conduct of Hon. Henry S. Foote in abandoning his seat in this House without leave and attempting to pass to the enemy on any business involving the interest of the Confederacy, without instructions, is highly reprehensible, and, however honest his motives were, deserves the censure of this House, and they report the following resolutions and recommend their passage:
"Resolved, That the said Henry S. Foote was properly arrested by the military authorities.
"Resolved, That the said Henry S. Foote for his conduct aforesaid deserves the censure of this House."
Mr. Akin called for a division of the question.
Mr. Gilmer called the question; which was ordered.
The question being on the adoption of the first resolution,
Mr. Akin demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Akin, Anderson, Atkins, Baldwin, Barksdale, Batson, Baylor Bell Blandford, Boyce, Bradley, Branch, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Carroll, Chambers, Chilton, Chrisman, Clark, Clopton, Cluskey, Colyar, Conrow, De Jarnette, Dupré, Echols, Elliott, Ewing, Farrow, Foster, Fuller, Gaither, Garland, Gholson, Gilmer, Goode, Gray, Hanly, Herbert, Hilton, Holder, Johnston, Keeble, Lamkin,
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J. M. Leach, J. T. Leach, Lester, Logan, Lyon, Machen, Marshall, Menees, Miles, Miller, Murray, Norton, Perkins, Pugh, Read, Russell, Sexton, Shewmake, Simpson, J. M. Smith, W. E. Smith, Smith of North Carolina, Snead, Staples, Triplett, Turner, Villeré, Wickham, Wilkes, and Witherspoon.
Nays: None.
So the first resolution was adopted.
The question recurring on the adoption of the second resolution,
Mr. Akin demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Akin, Anderson, Atkins, Baldwin, Barksdale, Batson, Baylor, Bell, Boyce, Bradley, Branch, Horatio W. Bruce, Carroll, Chambers, Chilton, Clark, Clopton, Cluskey, Conrow, Darden, De Jarnette, Echols, Elliott, Ewing, Farrow, Foster, Fuller, Gaither, Garland, Gholson, Gilmer, Goode, Manly, Herbert, Hilton, Holder, Johnston, Lamkin, J. M. Leach, Lester, Logan, Lyon, Machen, Marshall, McMullin, Menees, Miles, Miller, Norton, Perkins, Pugh, Read, Russell, Sexton, Shewmake, Simpson, W. E. Smith, Smith of North Carolina, Snead, Staples, Villeré, Wickham, Wilkes, and Witherspoon.
Nays: Blandford, Chrisman, Dupré, Gray, Keeble, and J. T. Leach. So the second resolution was adopted.
Mr. Hilton moved to reconsider the vote just taken, and moved to lay that motion on the table; which latter motion prevailed.
Mr. H. W. Bruce moved to reconsider the vote by which the majority report was rejected.
The motion was lost.
The Chair laid before the House a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, requesting the appropriation of a million of dollars for the exchange or redemption of mutilated Treasury notes of the new issue: which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
On motion of Mr. Lyon, the House resolved itself into secret session; and having spent some time therein, resolved itself into open session.
On motion of Mr. J. T. Leach,
The House adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow.
SECRET SESSION.
The House being in secret session, resumed the consideration of the special order, viz:
The bill "to levy additional taxes for the year eighteen hundred and Sixty-five for the support of the Government."
Mr. J. M. Leach called the question; which was ordered.
The question being on the motion of Mr. J. M. Leach to consider the bill in open session,
Mr. J. M. Leach demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
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Yeas: Anderson, Barksdale, Baylor, Bell, Boyce, Chambers, Clopton, Darden, Dupré, Fuller, Garland, Gilmer, Hilton, Lamkin, J. M. Leach, J. T. Leach, Logan, Miles, Orr, Perkins, Ramsay, Sexton, Shewmake, J. M. Smith, W. E. Smith, Smith of North Carolina, Turner, Wickham, Witherspoon, and Mr. Speaker.
Nays: Atkins, Baldwin, Batson, Blandford, Bradley, Branch, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W, Bruce, Burnett, Carroll, Chilton, Clark, Colyar, Conrow, De Jarnette, Ewing, Farrow, Foster, Gaither, Gholson, Goode, Gray, Hanly, Herbert, Johnston, Keeble, Lyon, Marshall, Menees, Norton, Russell, Simpson, Snead, Triplett, Villeré, and Wilkes.
So the motion was lost.
The House then resolved itself into Committee of the Whole to consider the bill, Mr. Sexton in the chair; and having spent some time therein, the committee rose and reported, through their Chairman, that the committee had had the subject referred to them under consideration and had come to no conclusion thereon.
On motion of Mr. J. T. Leach,
The House resolved itself into open session.
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