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1561, to January, 1S62, 236; the Government weak and 

 trembling for its existence in January. 1^0'2, Z.Jl; influ- 

 ence of the Union policy of the Federal Government, 

 necessity of war to the Confederate States, 237 ; 

 effects of it partially counteracted by moderate policy 

 of Federal Government, 23S ; other causes to make the 

 Confederate States weak, 238 ; disappointments in Eu- 

 rope, 23$ ; success of the blockade, 238 ; call upon the 

 people for arms, 23S ; attempts to rouse the people, 239 ; 

 action of the State Legislatures, 239 ; of Confederate 

 Congress, 239 ; Union sympathy at Richmond, 239 ; do. 

 in Tennessee, 240 ; address of the Georgia members of 

 Congress, 240 ; military plans, 241 ; inauguration of the 

 permanent Government, 241 ; appeals to the people, 

 241 ; Confederate army, its condition, 242 ; conscrip- 

 tion recommended to Congress, 242 ; furloughs revoked, 

 243 ; effect of the Federal military movements upon the 

 Government and people, 243 ; the conscription act, 243 ; 

 how executed, 243; its constitutionality questioned, 243; 

 opposition at the South, 244 ; correspondence with the 

 Governor of Georgia, 244 ; opinion of the Supreme Court 

 of Georgia, 245 ; opposition in Alabama, 245 ; manner of 

 executing the law, 245-246 ; rewards for the apprehen- 

 sion of deserters, 246: partisan rangers authorized, 

 247: the act, 247; instructions of the Secretary of War, 

 247; second conscription act, 247; its peculiar features, 

 247; calls for shot guns, sulphur, lead, and saltpetre, 

 24S ; order relative to bells of churches, 24S ; contribu- 

 tions of churches and individuals, 243 ; other sources for 

 the supply of arms and munitions of war, 249 ; plans of 

 defensive operations adopted by the Government, 249; 

 preparations of the Confederate Government, 249 ; alarm 

 at the approach of McClellan's army, 249 ; contraction of 

 the line of defence, 250; object of the invasion of Mary- 

 land, 250 ; do. of Kentucky, 250 ; civil organization of 

 the Confederate Government, 250; its finances, 250; 

 loans, &c., 251 ; bonds and debt, 251-252 ; taxes, 253 ; 

 plans to burn cotton, 253; manufactures, 254; postage 

 system, 254; martial law, 254; foreign relations, 254; 

 position at the close of 1S62, 255 ; gradual exhaustion, 

 255 , speech of Vice President Stephens, 255. 

 CongregalionatisU. Numbers, 255; location, 255; enter- 

 prise, 255; numbers in England, 256; do. in British 

 colonies, 256; missionaries, 256; similar churches in 

 France, Italy, Switzerland, 256. 



Congress, Confederate, its meeting and organization under 

 the permanent constitution, 256; members, 256-257; 

 address of the Speaker of the House, 257 ; votes cast for 

 the President, 253 ; resolution offered in the House to 

 abandon the defensive policy in the conduct of the war, 

 : objected to as impeaching the Administration. 255 ; 

 no people in a revolution ever adopted a defensive 

 policy, 258 ; the generals have had the most liberal dis- 

 cretion, and the President not responsible, 259 ; Hannibal 

 and the philosopher, 259; no disrespect intended, 259; 

 more of an aggressive policy should have been adopted, 

 259 ; resolution laid on the table, 259; bill passed direct- 

 ing military commanders to destroy cotton, <kc.. 250; 

 joint resolution relative to the war with the United 

 States, 260 ; compensation of members, 260 ; resolution 

 adopted to entertain no peace propositions excluding any 

 portion of the soil of any Confederate State, 260; sus- 

 pension of Gens. Floyd and Pillow, 260 ; a bill to curtail 

 the cotton crop considered, 260; unconstitutional, 260; 

 Congress cannot create a crime, 261 ; allowing cotton to 

 fell into the hands of the enemy was giving him com- 

 fort, 261: cultivation of cotton should not be abandoned, 

 261 : Congress no power to interfere with the internal 

 affairs of the States, 261 ; the idea that cotton is king 

 long since abandoned, 261 ; England will never interfere, 



261 ; bill lost, 262 ; report on the surrender of Boanok* 

 Island, 262; moneys traoafcrred to the- Confederate 

 States Government by the several States, M2 ; . 

 priations for the Navy Department, 262; resolution* 

 relative to the battle of Shiloh, 262 ; Treasury note* 

 lees than $5 authorized, 262; increase of clerks In 

 the departments, 263; adjournment to August 

 second session convened, 263 ; bills introduced, 268 ; 

 remarks on the conscription act, 268; resolution to 

 transact business with open doors rejected, 264; reso- 

 lutions favoring an aggressive war, 264; also lav. - 

 proclamation to the people of the Northwestern States, 

 264 ; vote of thanks to the commander at Drury's Bluff, 

 264; message from President Davis with despatches 

 from Gen. Lee, 264; vote of thanks to Gen. Lee on 

 crossing the Potomac, 265 ; amendment proposed, 265 ; 

 Congress not prepared to invite the Government to in- 

 vade the enemy's country, 265 ; after we have crossed 

 the border we are told we ought to hesitate, 265 ; could 

 not take the responsibility of advising an advance into 

 Pennsylvania, 265 ; what the people wanted was an ag- 

 gressive war. 265; could the army safely go into the 

 heart of the North 265 ; it b not a war of conquest, but 

 of independence, 265: amendment lost, 265; further 

 debate on the resolutions, 266; passed, 266; an a<! 

 al resolution proposed as not intended to indicate a policy 

 for the President, 266 ; reports of the committee on the 

 opening of Southern markets to the North w- 

 States, 267 ; majority report in favor, minority opposed, 

 267 ; bill to provide further for the public defence 

 passed, 267 ; motion to reconsider. 267 ; remarks on the 

 difficulties between the Government and the States 

 relative to conscription, 26S; retaliatory measures con- 

 sidered, 26S; report of a committee with a bi! 

 minority report, 269 ; remarks on President Lincoln's 

 proclamation, 269; another bill proposed, 269; whole 

 matter disposed of, by a resolution to sustain the ". 

 dent, 270; sequestration bill considered. 270; is the bill 

 constitutional? 270; this is no civil war, but a war of 

 some sovereign States against others, 270 ; no such thing 

 as a citizen of the Confederate States, 270 ; people a 

 rieht to choose their own government, 270 ; you cannot 

 hang a man as a traitor to a government that has been 

 made without his consent, 270; further debate, 27 

 273; bill laid on the table, 273; appropriations, 274; 

 issue of copper coin authorized, 274. 

 Congress of the United State*, second session of T 



seventh, convened, 275; members, 275; views of the 

 majority, 275; vote of thanks to Commander Wilkes 

 passed in the House, 276; anti-slavery resolutions 

 offered, 276; resolutions proposing a conference with, 

 the Southern States offered. 276; further resolutions 

 relating to slavery, 277; confiscation bill introduced, 

 277; its features, 277 ; grants of power in the Co: - 

 tion, 27S ; armies in the field, 273 ; necessity for some 

 regulation to govern the commanders, 27S ; other reasons 

 for the measure, 27S ; further resolutions offered, 279. 



Resolution relative to the order of Gen. Halleck, 279: 

 considered, 279 : system of excluding slaves inaugurated 

 in "Western Virginia, 279 ; a disgrace to the profession 

 of arms, 279 ; no authority from the President to issue 

 these orders, 230 ; explanation of Gen. H.illeck. 250 : this 

 order regarded most wise and salutary by the officers 

 and soldiers, 230 ; policy of the administration to deliver 

 up the slaves to their masters. 250; the contrary in- 

 ferred from the President's message, 281 : the adminis- 

 tration has had no hand directly or indirectly in the 

 order of Gen. Halleck, 231 ; letter from Gen. Halleck, 

 2S1. 

 Resolutions relative to the conduct of the war con- 



