Posted on 03/23/2025 7:09:50 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
THE REBEL CONGRESS ON JEFF DAVIS.
From the Richmond Sentinel, March 20.
The following is the report of the Senate Committee on the recent message of President DAVIS. It was read and adopted in secret session, and the seal of secrecy removed on the 16th instant:
The Select Committee to whom was referred so much of the President's message of the 13th instant, as relates to the action of Congress during the present session, having duly considered the same, respectfully submit the following report:
THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF JEFF. DAVIS.
The attention of Congress is called by the President to the fact that, for carrying on the war successfully, there is urgent need of men and supplies for the army.
The measures passed by Congress during the present session for recruiting the army, are considered by the President inefficient; and it is said that the results of the law authorizing the employment of slaves as soldiers will be less than anticipated, in consequence of the dilatory action of Congress in adopting the measure. That a law so radical in its character, so repugnant to the prejudices of our people, and so intimately affecting the organism of society, should encounter opposition and receive a tardy sanction, ought not to excite our surprise; but if the policy and necessity of the measure had been seriously urged on Congress by an Executive message, legislative action might have been quickened.
The President, in his official communication to Congress, has recommended the passage of a law putting slaves into the army as soldiers, and the message under consideration is the first official information that such a law would meet his approval. The Executive message transmitted to Congress on the 7th of November last, suggests the propriety of enlarging the sphere of employment of the negro
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The South: Jeff. Davis and His Government – 2-5
North Carolina: Progress of Sherman’s Campaign – 6
The War in Florida: An Expedition to Release Union Prisoners – 6
Operations of the Navy – 6-7
From City Point: The Gallant Old Fifth United States Cavalry – 7
From Fayetteville; Capture of Fayetteville – 7
Sheridan’s Raid: Appearances of the Country – 7-8
News from Washington – 8-9
Editorial: The Army of the Potomac – 9
Editorial: The Rebel Senate and the Rebel President – 9
The Address of the Rebel Congress – 9-10
Editorial: No New Proclamation – No New Terms – 10
The New Federal Courts in Brooklyn – 10
From Havana: Dearth of General News – 10
Conflagration at Orange, N.J.-Narrow Escape of Twenty-Nine Persons – 10
City Treasurer’s Report – 10
Fire in Platte-Street – 10
The Confederacy needs more men and supplies to continue the war.
Well, the Confederate Congress and Jeff Davis will be relevant for only about three more weeks. and there are no more men or supplies available.
The Honorable Jefferson Davis of Woodville, Mississippi was the CONFEDERATE President, not the “ Rebel “ President.
The New York Times, inflaming bloody, unnecessary, horrible wars for 175 years.
Your rebellion against the US is almost over
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