Article 1 starts by saying "The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the President of the Confederate States is hereby authorized to use the whole land and naval force of the Confederate States to meet the war thus commenced. "
in order to proceed with protection of Southern shipping, it only authorized the issuance of the letters of Marque
Funny sort of protection. Kind of like saying that we're going to protect our bank by commissioning robbers to hit someone else's bank.
Still no vote by the Confederate Congress to declare war.