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VOLUME XXXI!,]
MILLEDGEY1LLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12,
[NUMBER 25.
general advertisements.
J. A. & W. \Y TURNER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Eatoiiton, Ga.
October, 18, 1859.
21 lv.
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eption ot
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will favor us with their business. Liberal advances
made on cotton when d-dred.
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Ji.JS’S jC.
acts and resolutions
of the Second Session of the
PROVISIONAL CONGRESS
OF THE
COAFEDERATE STATES.
1861.
(No. 135)
AN ACT to admit the .State of North Carolina into
the Confederacy, on a certain condition.
The State of North Carolina having adopted meas
ures looking to an early withdrawal from the United
[state*, an t to becoming in tin-future a member of this
Confederacy. which iiien-mes may not be consumma
ted before the approaching l ece*aofCongri ss. There-
iore,
The Congress of the Confederate Statesof America
io enact, That the State of North Carolina shall be ad
mitted a member of the Confederate Statesof Ameri
ca, upon an equal finding with the other States, under
the Constitution forthe Provisional Government of the
same, upon the condition that the convention of said
State soon to assemble shall adopt and ratify said Cun-
-t it ill ion f< rthe Provisional Government of the Con
dole rate States, and shall transmit to the President of
the Confederate States, before the re assembling .-(
Congress, through the Governor of said State, or some
other proper organ, nil authentic copv of t he act or nr-
liiinnce of said convention -o adopting and ratifying
mid Provisional Constitution : upon the i.-ceipt where-
•f the. President b\ proclamation, shall announce the
fact; whereupon,anil without any fuither proceeding
,n the part of Congress, the admission of said State
mto this Confederacy, under said Constitution for the
Provisional Government, slinll be considered ns- com
plete, aim the laws of t!;is Coiii’.-dcraey shall thereby
be extended over said State as fully and completely as
over the nth: rStal. now composing the same.
Approved May 17,1861.
(No. 137.)
A RESOLUTION in relation to imports from the
Stales of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and
Arkansas.
Resolved, That nil imports from the Statesof Vir
ginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas, he e.\-
inpted from the payment of duties; and that this ex-
niption extend to imports from the said States now in
warehouse.
Approved May 17, 1861.
(No. 110.)
AN ACT to establish a Mail Route from Vermiiiion-
vil!e,in the State of Louisiana, to Orange, in the
State of Texas, and for other purposes.
S-JCtion 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That the following maiU loute b •
and the same is hereby established, to-wit: From V: r-
miliionville, in the State of Louisiana, to Orange, in
the State of Texas.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Post
master General tie and he is hereby authorized to
make the first contract for carrying the mail over said
route without the necessity of adveitising for bids for
said contract, as required by existing law; and that
this act take effect and be ill'force from and after its
passage.
Approx
•d May 17. 1801.
Sap-
orosxsj t. sowDom,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
eiTOSTOACA.
Eatoiiton. Ga., Feb. 14,1860.
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;-eased. respectfully informs the pnhlic. that lu
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■Ui-.il sett of Fattf *'" r Uniforms
(No. 1 It.)
AN ACT In provide an additional Compni
•icrs and Bombardiers forthe Army.
Section 1. The Congress of tile Confederate Mutes
of America do enact. That there be added to the mili
tary establishment of the Confederate States one com
pany of sappers and bombardiers, to consist of one
captain, two first lieutenants, one second lieutenant,
ten sergeants or master-workmen, ten corporals nr
overseers, two musicians, thirty-nine privates of the first
class, and thirty-nine privates of the second class, who
slinll be instructed in and perform all the duties of sap
pers and bombardiers, and slinll, moreover, under the
orders of the chief engineer, be liable to strve by de
tachments iu overseeing and aiding laborers upyn for
tifications or oth«-r works under the engineer d. pnrt-
ment, and in supervising finished fortifications, ns
tort-keepers, pres enting injury and making repairs.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the colonel
of the engineer corps, subject to the approval of
the Secretary of War. to prescribe the number, quan
tity, form, dimensions, Ac., of the necessary vehicles,
ami's, pontons, tools, implements.andothersupplies for
the service of said company as a body of sappers and
bombardiers.
.Sec. 3. That the monthly pay of the captain of said
company shall be one hundred and folly dollars; of
each first lieutenant, one hundred dollars; of the
second lieutenant, nine-tv dollars; of the sergeant .
thirty four dollars ; of the corporals, twenty dollars ;
nj the musicians, thii teen dollu;s; of the-first conss pii- j
votes, seventeen dollars; and of the second e-lms pri- .
vales thirteen dollars. And the said commissioned |
officers shall lie ent-.th-dto to s - me allowances as nil
other commissioned officers ot the army, and the same
right to draw forage for horses as is aeeoided to.ifii
cerseif like rank in the engineer corps; and the en
listed men shall receive* the same rations and al
lowances as are granted to ail other enlisted men in
the army.
Approved May 17,1861.
(No. 112.)
AN ACT to admit the State of Arkansas into the
Confederacy.
The people of the State of Arkansas, in sovereign
convention, having passed an ordinance dissolving
their political connection with the United States, and
another ordinance adopting and ratifying the Consti
tution forthe I Vo visional Government of the Confede
rate States of America s Therefore,
The Congress of the Confederate States of Ameri
ca do enact, That the S'ate of Arkansas be and i>
hereby admitted into this Confederacy, upon an equal
footing with the other States, under the Constitution
for the I’rovisionnl Government of the same.
Approved May 20, 1861.
(No. 145.)
AN ACT amendatory of an Act to provide for the
organization of the Navy.
Section 1, The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That from and after the passage
of this act, the corps of marines shall consist ot one
colonel, one lieutenant colonel, one major, one quarter
master with the rank of major, one paymaster with
the rnukof major, due adjutant with the rank <d inn !
ior. one sergeant major, one qui rierniaster sergeant, I
(■•a (I'Mlieutenants, twenty second
Imiiuicuan “ u 11
tilers ami two musicians. ,
See. 2. The pay and emoluments of the officers and
enlisted men shall be the suuie as that of the officers
and enlisted men of like grade in the infantry ot the
army, except that the paymaster and the adjutant shall
receive the saint- pay as t lie quartermaster, and tue
adjutant shall be taken from the captains and subalt-
ernsof the corps and separated from the line. Ti;e
rations tif enlisted marines shall be the rations allowed i
bv law to seamen. A 1 acts inconsistent with tae pro
visions of this act are nereby repealed.
Approved May 20,1861.
(No. 146.)
AN ACT to amend an act to provide for the organ
ization of the Navy, approved March sixteenth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States ,
of America do enact, That the President tie and In-1-
hereby authorized to nominate, and by and with the j
advice ami consent of Congress to appoint, al* office!s :
of the navv of theUnited States, who have resigned ;
or may hereafter resign their commissions on account
,,f the secession of any or all of the Confederate |
States, and who may be lit tor active service, to tin* t
same rank and position in the navy of the Confederate |
States which they held in that ot the United States:
provided, however, That no officer shall be so ap
pointed who may at anytime have committed any net
of hostility against the Coufederatc .Mates or any one
thereof. , , , , ,
Sec. 2. That the President lie authorized to assign
officers of the navy to any duty connected with the
defence of the country, and suitable to titeir rank,
which lie may deem proper.
bee. 3. That the President be authorized to appoint
sixassistant paymasters of the navy, each to reeeix e a
salary of one thousand dollars when employed at sea.
and seven hundred dollars when not thus employed;
and all paymasters of the navy shall lie taken tiout
' ie grade of
Approved May 20,1 Ml.
(No. I 17.)
AN ACT to establish a separate Port of Entry at ba
bine Pass, in" thecounty of Jefferson, in the State of
'Texas, and to provide for the appointment of a Cel-
lector therein.
• Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That all that part • -f tin* collec-
I lion district for the District id Texas included mine
,. „ pin f-ir c.x!o ! enuntv of Jefferson in tile Mate of Texas, embracing
lO S(iA Cotton (tin for LSI A* | ah the waters, islands. ba\s, harbors, inlets,shores and
of IV VT.SOVS best 3(1 Saw Cotton Gins. ! rivers in the same, shall be a collection d'stnet,
o W A ‘ j j, e qual ’ called the District of Sal.uie Pass, and bul.ine 1 ass
a tor sale. I tilt* * * i 1)or t 0 f entry lor saiti diMnot.
n use. Sold for no fault the present ow- snail beetle portol^^ ^, r the said district of Sabine
ring no use for it. Any planter wanting* - ^ |, c appointed by the President, with the u<>
n, can have a chance to pet one at » re ' v ; oe nn d enseut of Congress, who shall reside at So
on the regular price. Apply at this office, J,j ue Pass, and hold his office for, the terms am] the
Tift or J H. Watson, at Albany. time prescribed bv law foi the like ofliee m other dig-
,riots! and who shall be entitled to a salary not exceed
ing seventeen hundred and fifty dollars pel annum, in?
ciudiugr iu tlmt suisi the tec s allowed hy : aiul the
amodDl ht eo kut in any one year tor lues*, i_x-
ccediin'the caid sum of seventeen huiidred and filty
doUnie.'shall be accounted for and paid mto the treas-
ui v of the Confederate States of America.
bee 6. That all laws and parts of laws now in force
contravening the provisions of this not, be and the
pauio are hereby repealed, and tuat this act lake effect
from and after its passage.
Approved May 21, 1861.
BOOK-BINDING
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pared to do Book-Find
ing, in all its branches.
Old Books rebound, die.
SIC bound in the best style. Blank Books
lactured to order. Prompt attention will be
to all work entiusttd to me.
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ilcry in Sonlhi-rn i ritornl I nion ttfiirr.
ledpeville, March 19th, 1861. 4-'
AT I NO—SLATING.
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a Railing. Verandah, Balconies, Iron Stairs,
tains, Settees, Chairs, Tables, Tree Boxes,
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ir-dns Cemetery I,oS« will rreeivr- Iiispnr-
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F. E. is Agent for an extensive Marble J
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e Works. . , .
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[No. 222.J
Au Art Amendatory of “An Act to Prescribe the
Tates of Postage iu the Confederate Mates of Ameri
ca," Approved February twenty-third, eighteen hun
dred and sixty one.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
do enact That all mailable matter addressee to officers
of the several States Government, for the payment of
the postage on which the sa.d Governments are re-
sponsible, in the adjustments ot the accounts of the
parties mailing the same, may be transmitted through
tb" mails without the prepayment of postage thereum
Provided, Thattho person mailing the same shall en
dow thereon his official title and the nature of the mat
te?mailed; and the postage thercoashai be collected of
the said Government*
16th of August, 18dl, was not approved by him, no:
returned to the congress within ten days (Sundays ex
cepted) after being presented to him; it, therefore,
became a law on the 29th August, 1861.
J. P. BENJAMIN,
Attorney General
[No. 258.J -
AN ACT to audit the accounts of the respective States
against the Confederacy.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate State,
of America do enact, That it shall be the duty of sue!
Auditor or Auditors of the Treasury Departmei t, a,
may be designed by the Secretary of the treasury, and
t" 11 at end the .-aid Secretary lie authorized to appoint
us many extra clerks tor the time, ns he may deeu
necessary, at the lute of salary now allowed for clerks
oftiie Treasury Depart mu t to aud t (lie accounts
tud claims of tiie respective States of the Confedera
cy against the Confederate Government for/the ad
vances and expenditures made by the t raid States res
peetively for the use and benefit of the Confederacy in
preparation for or in conducting the war now existing
against the United States, and all claims for advances
or expenditures of any kind made by any State prioi
to the passage 11 its Ordinance of Secession, shall be
slmw n to have been made in contemplate n of the Act
of Secession afterwards consummated, and of the war
that might probably ensue, or in the seizure or acqui
sition of forts, arsenals, navy yards, nimamei.te, mu
nitions and other useful instrumentalities cf war, or in
the purchase or manufacture of aims or munitions
w hich have since been transferred to the Confederacy,
nr in some regular mode been brought into the service
for the pro-ecution of the war aforesaid, before euc-1
claims shall be audited ar.d t lie amount ascertained.
Sec. 2. Aud iu auditing the claims of the States of Vir
ginia, North Carolina and Tennessee, reference shall
be had to the special compacts and engagements had
with those States respectively by the Confederate Gov
ernment in view oftfieir proposed adhesion to the Pro
visional Constitution, or of the support of their arma
ments and the prosecution of the war afterwards, and
all claims coming fairly within the purview of such
compacts, being property verified !>v vouches, shall,
in favor of said States, to audited and ascertained.
See. 3. That proof shall be made in ull casts by
proper vouchers to the satisfaction of the Auditor that
the amount claimed was actually advanced or expen
ded, that the expenditure was proper, and no greater
amount for pay and services shall be audited than is
by the regulations of the Confederate Government for
pay and services in the like cases, aud the Auditor shall
make a special report of his action under tide law to the
Congress at its next session.
Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause
notice to be forwarded tothe exet utive of each of the
States of this Confederacy, immediately after the pas
sage of this Act, calling on such executive to forward
the claims which may he held by his State, subject to
be audited under the provisions of this Act.
Approved, August 3(1.1861.
[No7"259.]
AN ACT to establish certain pott routes therein na
med.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America no enact, That there be established the fol
lowing post routes, viz: From Loving Creek Post
Office, to Wude'n Post Office, in Bodiord County.
Yiiginia. Also from Charleston, in the County of
Tallehntchie, to Friar’s Point in the County of C’oaha
11m, Mississippi. Also from Culloden to ilarncKville,
lithe tateof Georgia. Also, that a route beestablisli-
lished from Calhoun, on the Alabama and Florida
Railroad, iu the County of Lowndes, in the State of
A! lliama, to Benton, in said County, through Mount
Willing.and Gordonaville Also, n Post Route from
Clarkesville, iu Mecklenburg County. Virginia, to
Brownsville, in the State of North Carolina. From
M nilciis to Lime Kiln, via Campbell Home in Alabama
Also, from Morgantown, in Burke County, North
Carolina, to Johnson's Depot Tennessee. Also, a Post
Route from Louisville, in the County of Winston, to
Valden, in the County of Carrol, in the State of Mis
sissippi. Also, from Wilmington, North Carolina, to
Wiulesboro’ via Wilmington, Charlotte and Ruther
ford Railroad. Also, from Jefferson, Ashe County,
North Carolina, to Marion, Smyth County, Virginia.
Also, from Clarksville to Spadra Bluff’, in Johnson
County, Arkansas.
Approved August 30,1861.
[No. 260.]
AN ACT authorizing the President to inflict retaliation
upon the persons of Prisoners.
Whereas, The Government of the United Stales lias
placed in irons and lodged in dungeons,'citizens of the
Confederate States acting under the autliorityofLet-
ters of Marque, issued in accordance with the laws of
the Confederate States, by the President thereof, and
have otherwise maltreated the same, and have seized
and confined sundry other citizens of the said Confed
erate States, in violation of al! principles of humane
and civilized warfare: Thcrefoie—
Be it enacted bv the Congress of the Confederate
Statesof America, That the President be, and ho is
hereby, authorized to seleet such prisoners taken from
the United States, and in such numbers as hemaydeetn
exped-c-nt, upon the personsof whom he may inflict
such retahiiition, in such manner and kind, ns may [
seem to him just and proper.
Approved August 30, 1861
[No. 261.]
AN ACT to provide for the defence of the Mississippi
river.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That the President be, and he is
hereby, authorized to cause such floating defences, as
he may deem beet adapted to the protection of the Mis-
sissippi River, against a descent of iron plated steam
gun-boats, to be constructed or prepared with the least
possible delay.
Approved August 30,1861.
[No. 262.]
AN ACT to amend A11 Act entitled ‘An Act to estab
lish n patent office and to provide for the granting
ami issue of patents for new and useful discoveries,
indentions, improvements and designs,” approv
ed May 21, *1861.
Section l. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact. That the Commissioner of Pn-
tcnts.with theapprovalof the Attorney General, shall
have power to appoint, in addition to the examiners of
patents, provided by the second section of the above
recited Act, such assistant examiners, at a salary of fif
teen hundred dollars per annum, as may be required to
transact the current business of the Patent Office with
dispatch.
Sec. 2. Aud be it further enacted, That the Commis
sioner, with like approval, may appoint a —- -
for said office, at a salary of t | ’r"e !
dollars per annum.
St-c. 3 And »a Commis-
st • , a„. _ed to require np-
eiue, and iillother persons with whom
joligeu to correspond, or to whom drawings and
other papers have to Dereturned for alteration or cor
rection, to deposit a sufficient sum of money to pay tin-
postage : Provided, That in no single case shall the de
posit so required exceed two dollars.
Approved August 3(1, 1861.
Sec. 4. Tlie President of tlie Confed
erate States sltall be inaugurated on the
.iventy-second day cf Febuary, eighteen
hundred and sixty-two.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted. That in
case the State of Virginia shall adopt and
ratify the Constitution for the permanent
government of the Confederate Statesof
America before the elections in this act
provided for, she sltail be entitled to elect
sixteen members to the House of Repre
sentatives; and the State of North Caro
lina, in like case, ten members; the 8tnte
of Tennessee, in like case, eleven; and the
State of Arkansas, in like case, four mem
bers; the same being upon the basis of one
member for every ninety thousand repre
sentative population, and one additional
member for a fiaction over one-half of the
ratio aforesaid, in each of said states, tin
ner the census of the United States taken
in eighteen hundred and sixty, and being
tlie same basis of representation fixed for
the seven original states in said Constitu
tion for permanent government.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted. That the
same rules ami principles shall be observed
as to the number of Presidential Electors
in the states aforesaid as in the other
seven original States.
Approved May 21, 1861. 21
ent an the
No. 148.
AN ACT
To jrut in operation the goreminent under
the Permanent Constitution of the Con
federate States tf America.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confed
erate States of America do enact, That
an election shall be held in the several
States of this Confederacy, on the first
Wednesday in November, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-one, for members of the
House of Representatives in the Congress
of the Confederate States under the per
manent constitution, which election shall
be conducted in all respects according to
said Constitution and the laws of the sev
eral States in force for that purpose; and
in States which may not have provided
bv law for such election, according to the
laws heretofore existing in such States for
the election of members of the Houso of
Representatives in the Congress of the
United States. And on the same day the
several States shall elect or appoint Elec
tors for President and \ ice President of
the Confederate States of America, accor
ding to said Constitution, and in the man
lier prescribed by the laws of the several
States made for that purpose; and in States
where no such laws may exist, according
to the laws heretofore in force in such
States for the election or appointment of
Electors for President and Vice President
of the United States.
Sec. 2. The Electors for President and
Vice President shall meet in their respec
tive States on the first Wednesday iu
December, eighteen hundred and sixty-
one, and proceed to vote for President and
Vice President, and make out lists, certi
fy the same to the President of the Sen
ate; all as directed by the said Constitu
tion in that behalf.
Sec. 3. T he members of tlie House of
Representatives so elected, and the Sen
ators who may be elected by the several
States according to the provisions of said
Constitution, shall assemble at the seat of
government of the Confederate States, on
the eighteenth day of Febuary, eighteen
hundred and sixty-two; and the said mem
bers of the House of .Representatives
shall proceed to organize by the election
of a Speaker, and the Senators by the
election of a President of the Senate for
the time being; and the President of the
Senate shall, on the nineteenth day of
Febuary, eighteen hundred and sixty- two
open all the certificates; and the votes for
President and Vice President shall then
be counted, as directed by said Constitu
tion. ■
[No. 275.]
AN ACT to authorize the appointment from civil life
of persons, to the staffs of Generals.
The Congress of 1 he Confederate States of America
do enact that the President lnavin his discretion upon
the application and recommendation of u Gt acral of
the Confederate States Army, appoint from civil life,
persons to the staff authorized by law of such officer,
who elialJ have the same rank and pay a* if appointed
from the Army of the Confederate States.
Approved August 31,1801.
[No. 276]
AN ACT providing for the appointment of Adjutants
of Regiments and Legions, of the grade of subaltern,
in addition to thesubnltcrns attached to companies.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact,Thut the Adjutants of Regiments
and Legions, may be appointed by the President upon
the recommendation of the Colonel thereof, of the grade
of Subaltern, in addition to the Subaltern officers at
tached to Companies, and said Adjutants, when so ap
pointed, shall have the same rank, pay and allowances
as are provided by law to Adjutants of Regiments.
Approved August 31,18G1.
[No." 277.] _
AN ACT providing for the reception and forwarding
of articles sent to the army by private contribution.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
do enact. That the Secretary of War be authorized and
required to make all necessary arrangements for the
reception and forwarding of clot lies, shoes, blankets and
other articles of necessity that may be scut to tho Army
by private contribution.
Approved August 31,1861.
[No. 278.]
AN ACT to allow rations to Chaplains in the Army.
The Congress of the Confederate Statesof America
do enact, That Chaplains in the Army he. aud they are
hereby, allowed the same rations as privates.
Approved August 31,1861.
[No. 279.J
AN ACT to reimburse the State of Florida.
AVI icre.TS, The State of Florida has made large out
lays of money in the arming, equipping and main-
taming troops for the service of the Confederate States,
and in the construction of sea-coast defences whereby
the State of Florida has exhausted her treasury, and has
great need of money to carry on her military O'ganiza-
tions: Therefore—
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
do €?naet, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby
directed issue totheState of Florida* upon tlie applica
tion or the Governor of said State, three hundred thou
sand dollars in Treasury notes: Provided, That the said
State deposit with the Secretary of t oe Treasury of the
Confederate States an equal sum in the bonds of the
Statn of Florida authorized to be issued imd*»r an ordi
nance of the Convention of said State, which bonds
shall be held by the Secretary of the Treasury until
the account of the State of Florida, for advances made
for military purposes, is adjusted as Congress may di
rect.
Approved August 31,1861.
[No. 2<sk]
A RESOLUTION in relation to Drill-Masters appoin
ted by States.
Whereas under the authority of some of the States,
Drillinasters were attached to various regiments-. And,
whereas, such officefr]s are not recognized by the
laws of the Confederate States, and consequently were
not mustered into seivice: Ami whereas, several of
such Drillinasters have nevertheless continued to do
effective service, voluntarily, with their respective
regiments Therefore—
Re*olrcd % That such Drillmasters be granted an hon
orable discharge whenever they shall apply therefor.
Approved August 31,1861.
[No. 285.]
AN ACT to establish the Rates of postage on newspa
pers ami periodicals sent to dealers therein through
tlie mail, or by express over post roads.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That persons engaged as dealers
in newspapers and periodicals may receive by mail any
quantity of such papers and periodicals as they order
offthc payment at tlie place ofdelivery, at the same
rate of postage as is required by the existing law to be
paid by the regular subscribers to such newspapers or
periodicals.
£ ’’ ’ ” * 1 f ^r pernor* ^erno*^* 1 in^uy-
oadsof the G* delate SAies, on' » ibe
mail, upon paying the postage at the same rate charged
to regular subscribers to such papers and periodicals
into the post office nearest the place of publication
or purchase thereof, and such payment shall be indica
ted by the stamp of such post office or by writing upon
the paper so sent.
Sec. 3. Any person violating the provisions of this
act shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars, to be
recovered by action of debt iu the Dame and forthe
use of the Confederate States.
Approved, August 31,1861. 22
CiOYERXOIi’S MESSAGE.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. )
JIlLLEDGEVlLLE, Ga., NuV. 6, 1861. J
Fellow-Citizens of the Senate
and House of lleprcscntutices :
Prior to tlie Revolution of 1776, our State and
the other Atlantic States of this Continent, were
Colonies of the British Government,created hy it,
and subject to its contiol. The people then had
only such civil rights as were recognize:] by tlie
Parliament of Great Britain, while tlie Colonies
neither possessed nor claimed inherent sover
eignty.
The inhabitants, mostly of British origin, were
attached to the Crown, and were in the enj lyment
of prosperity and happiuess, till the government
conceived the plan of enriching and aggrandizing
itself by imposiug onerous and oppressive bur
dens npon the Colonies The people remonstrated
against these aggressions in the most respectful
manner, giving assurances of their loyally mid pe
titiouing for a redress of grievances. Their peti
tions were disregaided aud their natural rights
trampled upon by an unwise aud ambitious minis
try.
'Finally, when it was ascertained that their own
government had ceased to he their protector and
had become tlie.r oppres-or, and that the only al
ternative lett was submission or resistance to tyran
ny, they threw off the yoke and boldly defied the
power of the British Crown. The Representatives
of the people met in Convention,and appealing to
the God of the universe for the rectitude of their
intentions aud humbly and fervently invoking His
assistance in the mighty conflict in which they
were about to engage, declared that tin: Colonies
were, and of rie lit ought to be free. Sovereign and
Independent States. An attempt was then made
by force of arms to coerce the Colonies back into
a unioii with the British Government. In tiiis
conflict the disparity of physical strength w as fear-
tul. The Government of Great Britain was a
power of the first magnitude, possessing large
fleets and armies, thoionghiy equipped and armed
with the best military weapons of the age. The
Colonies were without fleets or armies, numbering
but tbrte millions of people, badly trained, almost
destitute ofarms or military equipments, relying
alouo, undei the blessing of Heaven, npon theii
stout hearts and strung arms, and the inherent
justice of their cause. The war w a s long and
bloody. The world knows the result.
STATE RIGHTS.
Soon after the achievement of our indepen
dence, the gretl and good men who conducted the
revolution met in Convention and entered upon
the work of forming a Constitution, and cst-iblish-
ing the government upon a permanent basis. In
that convention it was discovered that great di
versity of opinion existed, as to the proper form of
the permanent government. Some very able and
influential persons lavored the plan of a limited
monarchy, similar to that of Great Britain, or
some other strong government which would con
solidate the sovereignty of the States in the em
pire, and place the supreme power in the hands of
the few. Many .who did not aspire to the throne
in case of the establishment of monarchy, no doubt,
looked for positions as ministers at court, or for
dukedoms aud other grades o! noble hereditary dis
tinction that would elevate tnem and their pos
terity to permanent ruling positions above the
grea'inassof their fellow-citizens. This class of I
persons opposed the great doctrine of Slate /lights
and sought to divest the (states o! their sovereign
ty, and virtually to convert them into mere pto-I
vinces of a consolidated central power. The doc
trines of this class of statesmen were, however.
successfully combated in the convention by the j commission every officer of
great champions of the doctrine of State Sovereign- j thin] Lieutenant to a Colonel. This act by ves'
ty, who succeeded in procuring the sanction of i Rig
denied to Congress tlie right lo-confer that powe:
on tlie President or any other person. Notwith
standing the express reset vation by the States o
this power, tho nets above referred to, anthoiiz-
the President to accept the Volunteer Militia o
Regiment from r
the convention to a constitution, which, whi
delegated to the general government such attri
butes of soven igntv ns \vt re necessary to conduct
the foreign affairs of a confederation of States, and
to regulate such internal affairs between the States
necessary to the good of the w hole as were be
yond the control of a single St rte confederated
with sister States, reserved to each (state its in
herent sovereignty, with power to exeicise all its
attributes except such as were expressly granted
to the General Government, or such as were ne
cessary to carry into : ff’: et the delegated powers.
After the adoption of the Ci nsrttntion, a con
flict again arose between the two classes of states
men above mentioned. The one class, headed by
the great statesmen of Virginia, contended that
the federal government should, in practice, be
confined to the exercise ot the powers delegated to
it by the Constitution, leaving to the Mtates the
exercise of all tlieir reseiv: d powers. The otlie
class, headed chiefly by Northern statesmen, at
tempted, by a lai.tudinartan construction of tlie
Constitution, to accomplish indirectly what they
had tailed to secure directly, and to consolidate
the government by the assumption, in practice, ot
powers not delegated by the Stares. The conflict
has lasted throng a long series of years, and the
fortunes of the two classes of statesmen at differ
ent times and under d.fferent names, have been as
vat ions as the ebbs and floods of popular senti-
n;ei t under different influences and controlled by
different interests, have been unstable. The
statesmen of the original federal school,
have, however, with the assistance of tlie tariff
laws, navigation acts, fishery laws, and other legis
lation intendtd to build up and (oster Northern in
terests at the expense of Southern industry, suc
ceeded iu directing the Northern mind into the
consolidation channel. By the iiistrnmentalitj ot
these laws, the government of the Unit: d States
has pout ed the wealth of the productive South in
to the lap of the bleak and sterile North, and the
people ot the ice-clad hills of New England have
grown rich and haughty upon tlie tribute which
they have levied upon the productions of the sun
ny South. The result lias very naturally been,
that they have learned to look up to the govern
ment which taxed our industry for their ad vantage
and enriched them at our expense, as the great
dispenser of all benefits ; and they have sought to
strengthen its bancs and enlarge its powers, hy
weakening the hands and diminishing the powers
o the States. They were willing to consolidate
the government, if the government would, in
turn, enrich them. They have u-ed the slavery
question to excite the mass- s and to place in power
such men as would administer the government ior
their benefit.
The people of the Southern States, who have
beeu the sufferers under the operation oi the fed
eral govermn nr, which has drawn from tliein the
incomes of their labor to enrich their Northern
neighbors have very naturally opposed
the consolidation of all power at Washington and
have maintained the doctrine of State flights as
their only security against the encroachments ot
haughty and unrestrained imperial power. They
endured wrongs an I submitted to injustice till
their wrongs were uo longer sufferable, They
again and again warned the people of the North
ern States of the consequences of fuither aggres
sion. Their warnings were unheeded and tln-ir
remonstrances were met with renewed acts of 111-
justice. Seeing that there was no further safety
for them in the Coutederac), each one of eleven
States in its separate capacity as an ilia pendent
sovereign power, asserted its original rights by re
suming all the attributes of its original sovereign
ty. The government of the United States is now
in facta consolidated military despotism, and its
Executive who claims and exercises the right to
suspend the writ of Habeas Corpus and to im
prison in chains or take the lives of the citizens of
the States of that gov: rnment at his pleasure, de
nies the sovereignty of the States, contemns the
doctrine of State Sights, claims that the States are
as subject to tlie control of tiie federal govern
ment, ^which isin fact their m -re agent) as were
the Colonies to the British Crown; and imitating
the unwise and unjust policy of the British gov
ernment in 1776, now attempts to coerce the
eleven seceded States back into the Union, and by
force of arms to subject them to the government
and control of that despotism. To accomplish
this wicked purpose and to secure our subjugation
and degradation, he has made war upon us.
blockaded our ports, anti invaded our territory
with large armies. In violation of every ruie ot
modern warfare, he has permitted his soldiers to
disregard the rights of private property aud to in
flicl the most grievous wrongs upon unoffending
w omen and children By tho assistance of tiie
God of battles, we have met his hosts in the field,
and against vast superiority of numbers and of
preparation, we have repeatedly dispersed and
driven them back with wild consternation and
great slaughter. Still he persists in his wicked
purpose oi forcing upon us the choice between
submission to tyranny and the vigorous prosecu
tion of a protracted war. Our lives, our liberties,
our wives, oui children, our property, our all, are
at stake in this contest. A gracious Providence
has given us the resources in men, money and
means, to live within ourselves and to maintain
the war against the invader for a whole genera
tion. But one alternative is left us aud but one
response can be given to the inquiry as to our
future policy. That response is on the tongue ot
every freeman, it is felt from b:east to breast, and
heard from lip to lip, reverberating from the hill
tops to the mountains and Irom tho mountains to
, . ytrfnry over the invader, or death tothe
i,., - ' ■ ' r/ ’’•at ice are rnn-
ijutshcd.
seceded Stn , are as tue i.c. - - m ..
that great heart beats responsive to the patriotic
sentiment, that the enemy may exterminate us it
he has the power, but conquer us, he never shall.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATION DANGEROUS
TO STATE RIGHTS.
The Constitution formed hy the Convention and
since adopted by each of the eleven Confederate
States, :sthe old Constitution of the United S ates,
amended and improved in such particulars as the
experience ot three quarters of a century had
shown to be necessary. Under this Constitution,
the new government of tho Confederate States is
now in successful operation and is maintaining
itself with great ability both in the Cabinet aud iu
the field. The action of our Congress has been
generally characterized by prudence, wisdom and
forethought. While I take much pleasure iu
making this statement and in yielding to the new
government my hearty and cordial support, the
candor, which I would exercise towards a friend,
compels me to say, that in m> judgmeut, two im
portant acts passed by our Congress, are hard to
reconcile with the plain letter and spirit of the
Constitution.
The 16th item of the 8th section of the 1st article
of the Constitution of the Confederate (States, is
in thiSe words: “ Congress shall have power” “ I o
provide for organizing, arming and disciplining
the militia, and for governiug such part ot them as
may be employed in tlie service of the Confederate
Slates, reserring to the Stales respectively, tlie appoint
ment of the officers and the authority ol training
the militia according to the discipline prescribed
by Congress.” The first section of the act of the
Congress of the Confederate States approved 8th
May 1861, authorizes the President to accept- the
services of volunteers who may offer their services
without regard to the place of enlistment. The
second section of the act is in these vvoids :
“That the volunteers so offering their services,
may be accepted by the President, in companies
to be organized by him into squadrons, battalions,
or regiments. The President shall appoint alt
field and staff officers, but the Company officers
shall be elected by the men composing the Com
pany ; and if accepted, the officers so elected shall
be commissioned by the President.”
Thetiist section ot the act approved 11th May
1861, is in these words :
• That tlie President be authorized to receive
into service such companies, batta ions or ragi-
giments, either mounted or on foot, as may tender
themselves and he umy require, without the delay
of a format call upon the respective States, to serve
for such term as ho may prescribe.”
And part of tho third section of said act is in
these words:
“The President shall be authorized to commission
all officers entitled to commissions of such vo.unteer
forces as may be received ttuder the provisions of
this act.”
The language of our Constitution is the same
that is used in the Consti'utiun of the United
States, and it is believed that the term Militia, as
there used when applied to troops, was always on
derstood lo'be in contradistinction to the terra re
gular. The Constitution gives Congress the pow
er to “raiso and support armies.’’ Under this au
thority our regular army is enlisted aud its officers
are appointed by the government under whose
authority it is raised. In this case there is no re
straint upon the power of Congress, and it may
tberefoie confer upon tlie President the power to
appoint all the officers. Iu the cas6 ot the MUilia.
wticb term includes Volunteers and other Mili
tary forces not embraced in the regular army, the
same unrestrained power is not granted* While
the States have delegated to Congress the power
of organizing, arming anJ discipling the Militia,
and of governing each part of them as msy be
employed in the service of the Confederacy, they
bare expressly reserved to themselves the appoint
ment of the officers, and have therefore expressly
in the President the power of appointing thi
j officers of the Militia, w hieh power the Stan s h«v«
| careful y aud expressly reserved to themselves
i enables him to control, independent of State au
I thority the whole consolidated Military force ot
! the Confederacy, including tho Miiitia as well a-
) the regulars. If this practice is acquiesced in
: the Confederate government, which has the con
I trol ot the purse, with tho power to tax the peopb
of the Stsites to any extent at its pleasure, als:
acquires the supreme control of the Military force
of the States, an I with both the sword and tin
purse in its own hands may In come the uncon
trollahle master instead of the usetul servant ol
tlie States.
I am not aware of any case in which tho Gov
ernment of tho United States prior to its disrup
tion, ever claimed or exercised the power to accep
volunteer troops, commission their officers and or
der them into service, without consulting the Ex
eeolive authority ol the State from which they
were received. The idea does not seem evert:
have occurred to President Lincoln, so long as ht
liel 1 himself bound by any constitulional restraints,
that he had any power to accept troops from tin
border States to assist in coercing us iuto obe
dience, without the prioi consent of the Execu
tives of those States. Hence he made his call up
on them fur troops and met a repulse that turner
the tide of popular sentiment in our favor in mosi
of those States and redounded greatly to the sal
vat ion of the South. During the war of IS|*2,
when M assachusetts refused to send her troops out
of the State, the plea of necessity might have been
set tip hy Mr. Madison, as a justification to so a,
extent, for such an encroachment, but neither he.
who had partici) ated so largely in the formation
of the Constitution, nor the Congress in that uay
seemed to have fell justified even by necessity io
adopting any such measure In the present in
stance, the plea of necessity could not beset up
as it will not be pretended that tho Executive ol
any State in the Confederacy, had refused to re
spond promptly to each and every call made upon
him for troops. Even now. I believe, it may be
truly said, that the number required in each and
every case of each and every Executive, has been
promptly^ furnished.
These acts have also been very inconvenient in
practice. The Secretary of War has frequently
made requisition upon me as the Governor of this
State for troops: these I have promptly furnished
Thirty Kegiinents and three Battalions of State
troops have gone into the service ot the Coufeder
acy. Of this number twenty one Regiments and
three Battalions have been armed, accoutred and
equipped by the State. W'e now have accepted
an I nearly all in the field of State troops, not iu
Confederate service, seven Regiments aud three
Battalions, which with tho help of the country
arms in use, are being fuily armed, equipped and
accoutred by the State. We also have in service
taom Georgia ten Regiments, which have beeu ac
cepted by the 1’iesident independent of State au
thority. making thirty-seven Keaiments and six
Battalions ot State troops, aud ten Regiments ot
independent or Confederate troops Counting
two Battalions as a Regiment, Georgia has there
fore iu set vice fifty Regiments, torty of State
troops and ten independent. Including a few
country arms she : as armed, accoutred aud equip-
ed thirty of these Regiments. On several occa
sions. after 1 liavo put companies under orders for
the purpose of filling requisitions made upon me,
l have learned that these companies had previous
ly leit the State without my knowledge, which
caused delay growing out of the necessity of or
dering in other companies to fill their places. So
lung as there are two recognized military heads iu
the State, each having the power to order out tlie
Militia without informing the other of the compan
ies ordered by him, conflict and contusion must be
the inevitable lesult. Again, as these indepen
dent R.-giments receive their commissions from
the President, and leavo the State without official
notice to the Executive, there is no record in
Georgia which gives the names of the officers or
privates or shows that they are in service from
ihe State. The only knowledge which the Execu
live has of their being in service, is such a.s lie de
rives from the newspapers or other channels of in
foimatiou commou to any private citizen ot the
St te.
But I fear that those acts may. in the end, entail
upou us or our posterity a greater misfortune than
the mere practieal confusion aud inconvenience
growing out of them. As I have before remarked,
they give to the President the control of the Mili
tia of the States and the appointment of the offi
ce: s to command th-m, without the consent of tue
States. This is an imperial power, which in the
hands of an able, fearless popular leader, if backed
by a subservient Congress m the exercise of its
taxing power, would enable him to trample under
toot all restraints aud make his will the supreme
law of the land. It may be said in reply to this,
that tlie acts only give the President the power to
accept the services of such of the Miiitia of the
S'atcs as volunteer to serve him. This is true.
But we cannot shut our eyes to the fact, that in
times of high political excitement, when the people
are divided into parties, a fearless favorite leader
h iving this power, and in possession of all the
public arms, munitions of war, torts, arsenals,
dockyards, &c., belonging to the government,
might he able to rally around him such a forco as
would give him a fearful advantage over those who
might attempt to prevent the accomplishment of
his designs. Such is my confidence in the present
able Executive of the Confederate States, aud so
thoroughly atn I conviuced of his lofty patriotism
and his purity of purpose, that I entertain but lit
tle fear that he would abuse even absolute power
or subvert the liberties of his country for his own
- l: THineut Tiiis is no reason how
-to see absolute power
place,. ... '''* f ear him
as a dictator In...
made dictator. His term of office i<> ...uited oy tue
Constitution arid must expire with his new term at
the end of six years. His immediate successor,
or some future Napoleon, occupying the same posi
tion, may be less pure and patriotic, aud with the
precedent established and approved by the pe,ople,
pla ing the vast Military power in his bauds, he
may make the Presidency a stopping stone for the
gratification of His unholy ambition, and by the
use of the Military at his command, may assume
cue imperial rubes and seat himself upon
throne.
To guard effectually against usurpation, sustain
republican liberty and prevent the consolidation
of tht- power and sovereignty of tho .'tates in the
bauds of the few, our people should watch, with a
jealous eye, every act of their representatives tend
ing to such a result, and condemn in the most un
qualified manner every encroachment made by
the general government upon cither the rights or
the sovereignty of the States.
DEFENSE OF THE STATE.
The act of the last Legislature authorized the Gov
ernor to callout ten thousand Volunteers, if necessary,
for the delence of the State.
Early in the Spriug, I divided the State into four sec-
ti.m.s or Brigades, intending, if necessary, to raise one
Brigade of Voluuteeis in each section, aud appointed
oue Major General and two Brigadier Geuerals, with a
view to the prompt organization of oue division iu case
of erne-gene}-. The position of Major General was ten
dered to Gen. Henry R. Jackson, who lately gained a
very important victorv over a greatly superior force of
the enemy in North iVostern Virginia, who declined it
in favor of Colonel Wm. II. T. Walker, late of the
United States Army, an t a most gallant son of Georgia.
I then, in accordance with the recommendation of Gen.
Jackson, and the dictates of my own judgment, ten
dered the appointment to Col. Walker, by whom it was
accepted. The office of Brigadier General was tender
ed to and accepted by Col. Paul J. Semines, for the
second Brigade, nnd'to Col. Phillips forthe fourth Bri
gade. With a view to more speedy and active ser
vice under the Confederate Government, Gi neral
Walker and General Seniines resigned before they had
organized their respective commands. About this
ime, our relations with the Government of the United
States assumed so threatening an aspect that I ordered
General Phillips to organize his Brigade ns rapidly as
possible, and to throw tlie officers iuto a camp of in
struction for (raining, that the} might be the better
prepared to render effective those under their com
mand. This camp of instruction was continued for
about two weeks, and the officers sent home to hold
their respective commands iu readiness. This was the
condition of our volunteer organization early in June
when the United States troops crossed the Potomac,
and invaded the soil of Virginia. Not knowing how
soon a similar invasion of our own soil might be made,
by a landing of troops upon onr coast, I ordered Gen
eral Phillips to call his whole Brigade into camp of in
struction, ami hold them iu readiness tor immediate
action, should emergencies require it. This order was
promptly obeyed by the energetic and efficient officer
to whom it was given. General Phillips, assisted by
Adjut mt General Wayne, and Major Capers, the Su
pei iiitendaut of the Georgia Military Institute, press
ed forward the instruction aud preparation of the
troops with great activity and energy. The troops re
mained iiicuoip from the 11th of June till the 2d of
August. They were a noble, patriotic, chivalrous band
of Georgians, and I hazard nothing in saying, military
nen being the jndges, that no Brigade in the Confed
erate service was composed of better material, or was
better trained at that time for active service in the field.
The season having so far advanced that it was not
probable that our coast would be invaded before cold
weather, I tendered the Brigade to President Davis for
Confederate eerviee in Virginia. The President re
fused to accept the tender of the Brigade, bat asked
for the troops by regiments. Believing that a due re
spect for the rights of the State should have prompted
the Presideat te accept those troops under their State
organization; and if any legal obstacle, in the way of
accepting a Brigade existed, that it r.bculd have been
removed, by the appointment of the General who had
trained the men, ana who was their unanimous choice,
to continue to command them in active service; I, at
first, rainsed to disband a State organization, made in
conformity to the statute, and tender the troops
regiments; more especially astlie President only de
manded (ho two regiments which would have left the
three Battalions to be disbanded or maintained as Bat
talions, throngli the balance of tlie season, by the
Stats. Finally, the President agreed to accept the
Battalions and Regiments, and iu view of the pressing
necessity for troops in Virginia, 1 yielded the point,
accepted General Phillips’ resignation, and permitted
the troops to be mustered into the Confederate service
by Regiments aud Battalions.
About the time these troops left, the Secretary of
nr also ordered out of the State, the Regiment of
Regulars under Col. Williams, and tlie 2d Regimeut
of volunteers commanded by Col. Semnies, both ex
cellent Regiments, well drilled mxl armed. This left
the coast almost entirely defenceless. By that time I
had permitted nearly al] the arms of the State to go
into the Confederate service, and it has beeu a very
difficult matter to get arms enough to supply the troops
siuceordered totlie coast
At the time that Fort Pulaski was, bv an ordinance
of our State Convent ion turned over to the Confeder
ate Government, the number aid size of the guns in
tiie Fort were very inadequate to its successful de
fence against n fleet with heavy puns, and as the Secre
tary of War made no provision for the proper supply
of guns and ammunition. I deemed it my duty to pur
chase with funds from the State Treasury the neces
sary supply, which was done at a cost of 8101,521 43.
In this estimate is included the freights p, : id on the
supply, and a number of heavy goes sent toother parts
of the coast together with work done on gun carriages,
<kc. During the months of August and September,
our climate was considered n sufficient protection of
i ur const against invasion. But au attack was reason
ably lookou for, so soon us the advanced stage of the
season would render the heaithof an army on theeoast
secure, i had petitioned the Secretary of War toseud
n larger ferae to onr const, prior to ihe order by which
I leid called out Gull. Phillips’ Brigade, mid hrd offer
ed to supply, promptly, any number of troops needed
in obedience to a requisition fromthe War Department,
and had mentioned hve thousand as the number which
I thought necessary. He ranlied, declining to order so
man v,and I felt it to he my duty to hold .State troops in
readiness to meet any contingency until the p-riod
when the climate would bea sufficient protection.
Early in September, I visited the coast aiul inspec
ted the fortifications and batteries which had been
thrown up by Confederate authority. 1 was fully sat
isfied that tlie number of troops upou the coast in the
Confederate service, was entirely inadequate to its de
fence, anil as no requisition was made upon me for any
increase of the force, I felt it to be my duty to call out
State troops and increase the force as soon as passible.
It is true the State was not invaded, but the danger
was considered so imminent ns to admit of no further
delay, and I was of opinion that my action was justi
fied by both the letter and spirit of the Constitution of
the Confederate States.
In the early part of September last, I appointed Geu.
George P. Harrison, of Chatham county, n Brigadier
General, under the act of the last session of the Legis
lature, and ordered him to organize a Brigade of vol*
unteers anneu us far as we had the means with mili
tary weapons aud tlie balance with good country rifles
Rnd shot guns, and to throw them into camp ofinstiuc-
tion near the coast where they eoulcl readily be used
when needed. Geu. Harrison has pressed forward
the organization w ith his characteristic prompt ness
and energy, ninl now 1ms a fine Brigade under his
command. I have also, within the last few days ap
pointed Maj. F. W. Capers, a Brigadier General and
ordered him to take command of the second Brigade
now about organized.
When I permitted nearly all of tlie State’s guns to
go out of the State in the summer, I entertained the
hope that such number of the troops with the guns as
might be needed, would be permitted (o return to our
coast iu case of necessity during the winter. Consider
ing the danger imminent, I lutely requested the Secre
tary of War to order back to our coast, five Regiments
of armed Georgia troops. This request was at the
t ime declined by the Secretary, who agreed, however,
to supply the Confederate General in command at Sa
vannah with one thousand of the Enfield Rifles lately
imported.
As very little expenditure lias been made by tiie
Confederate Government to place Geo gia in a defen
sive couditiou, and as the miinberof Confederate troops
upon the coust is not sufficient to meet tlie necessities
ot tho service, mid ns tlie enemy’s fleet is now off our
coast, I am of opinion that tiie State will be compelled
iu a very great degree to take her own defences into
her own hands, and I, therefore, recommend such ad
ditional legislation as the General Assembly may think
necessary for that purpose, together with such appro
priations cf money ns may be required for a bold and
vigorous detenec of our beloved State agaiust the ag-
giessionsof a wicked and powerful foe. should we
have to continue our troops in the field, which I think
quite probable, during the winter, an appropriation of
lesstlian $3,5(10,000 will be insufficient to meet the ex
igencies ot the service for the eusuiug year.
It is true the sum asked for is large, but the emergen
cy in which we are placed and the results which uiUHt
follow our action are such, that we cannot tor a mo
ment stop to count the cost. The only question propi r
for discussion now is, how many men aud hew much
monev are necessary to protect the State and rapt 1 tlie
invasion. Other States have voted larger sums than I
have asked. I see by tlie message of Governor Har
ris, that the gallant State of Tennessee has appropriated
and expended $5,000,000 us a military fund within tlie
last six months.
How the amount of money above demanded is to bo
raised, is a question forthe serious deliberation of the
General Assembly. The war tax imposed by the Con
federate Government, together with the expenses as
sumed by different counties for supplies needed by
tlieir Companies in the service, will greatly increase
the burdens of taxation. If we add this udihtioi al sum
to that to be collected within the present year, the bur
den will bo too onerous. On the oilier liarnl, we should
not forget that thedebt which we now incur, with the
interest, has to lie paid by us and our posterity. While
we canuot avoid some increase ol the public debt of
the State, I think it wise that we increase it as little as
possible, aud that we meet a large part ot our neces
sary expenditures hy taxation.
I thereiore recommend the enactment of a law, au
thorizing the eoliection, daring the present fiscal year
of one million of dollars by tuxution, for State purposes,
and the sale of State bonds bearing such rate of inter
est as will command par in the market, to an amount
necessary to raise the balance. If the interest is fixed
at a high, rate, the State should reserve tiie right to re
deem the bonds at no very distant period. In the
management of private affairs, I have generally no
ticed that he who is largely indebted, and keeps his
property and pays heavy interest rather than sell pro
perty enough to pay the debt and stop the interest, is
seldom prosperous ;' so i t is with a State. The revolu
tion has happened in our day; its burdens belong to
tlie present generation, and we have no right by a
very large increase of our public debt, to transmit the
greater portion of them to generations yet unborn.
MILITARY FUND OF 1861.
By reference to the Report of the Treasurer yon
will find a statement of the accounts upon which
the ($1,660,000 appropriated a.s a military fund for
the past year has been expended. The Report of
Johu Jones as Quarter master General to the
18th day of May, and of Ira K. Foster as Quar
ter-master Genera! since that date, will afford a
detailed statement of the expenditure of the sev
eral sums charged in the Treasurer’s Report to ac
count of that department of the public serviee. The
three Reports together with the Reports of the
Quarter-master and Pay-master of the regular
army while in the service of the State, afford, it is
believed, all the information necessary to a com
plete understanding of the entire disbursement of
the whole sum.
SALE OF STATE BONDS.
• -r»t,p 1 p-1 c ->r: ’
tary fund lor tlie j u ,or rais
ing money by the Saie ix pe- jtate Bonds.
At the time of the passage of the Act, our Six per
c<’nt. bonds wero above par iu the market and were
eagerly sought after by capitalists. Soon after
the dissolution of the United States Government,
bonds and stocks of ail kinds were greatly depre
ciated in the market and it became impossible to
raise money at par on any securities bearing only
six per cent, interest. Tlie Government of the
Confederate States fixed the rate of interest on its
bonds at eight per cent, and persons having monry
to invest preferred these bonds to the six per cent,
bonds of any Stnte. I was consequently unable to
raise money on the bonds bearing tiie rate of inter
est fixed by the statute without putting them upon
the market at a considerable discount. After some
negotiation, most of the Banks of this State agreed,
each iu proportion to the anionnt of its capital
stock, to advance to the Treasury at seven per
cent, such sum as might be uecessary to conduct
our military operations. This advance was made
upon a statement placed npon the Executive Min
utes and a copy forwarded to each, by which I
agreed to recommend tlie Legislature when assem
bled, to authorize the issue of seven per cent,
bonds to each for the sum advanced, payable at
the end of twenty years, the interest to be paid
semi annually aud the State to reserve to herself
the right at her option, to redeem the bonds by
paying to the holders the principal and interest due
at the end of five years. Upon this agreement, a
copy of which is herewith transmitted together
with a statement of the sum advanced by each
Bank, the wants of the Treasury were relieved and
such sums have been advanced from time to time
as the necessities of the State required. It is prop
er that 1 mention in this connection, that the Cen
tral Rail Road and Banking Company through its
able and patriotic President, the Hon R K Cuy-
ler, tendered to the State one hundred thousand
dollars and took Six per cent, bonds in payment
before any other Bank had acted, and at a time
when money cou’d not be commanded in the mar
ket at that rate. This condnct was alike liberal and
patriotic and was followed by agrrement on the
part of several other Banks, each to take ten per
cent upon its capital stock, to whi<-h the six per
cent, bonds were issued accordingly. I do not
thipk it right that these last named Banks should
be permitted to sustain Iocs on account of their
liberality -, and I therefore, recommend that tho
six per cent, bonds i.'.sned to each Bank in this
State on account of these snms advanced, be taken
np, and that seven per cent, bouds be substituted
in their place and also, that seven per cent, bonds
be issued to all the other Banks for ’he sums ad
vanced by them in accordance with the agreement
upon which they made tlu-ir respective advances.
This would plac - alt the Banks upon an equality
and do justice to each of them. The part of the
loan which has been taken amounts to $867,500.
Of this sum $25,000 of tbo six per cent, bouds were
issued to Sharp’s Manufacturing Company, of Con-
necticut, in part pay for catbiues purchased from
the Company, leaving the sum of $842,560 taken
by the Banka ot this State upon which only $3i;5,-
0O0 of bonds have issued, the balance having been
advanced without the issue of bonds upon the
contract above mentioned. While nearly the whole
amount of the military appropriation had been ex
pended prior to the end of the fiscal year, the re
ceipts from the State Road and from other sources
have been aucb as to meet the ordinary expenses
of the government, as well as the extraordinary ap
propriations of the last Legislature; also to pay
part of the drafia npon tbe military iuud, and to
leave in tbe Treasury at the end of the fiscal year,
a net balance of $324,089,86 As this sum in tko
Treasury was not appropriated for
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