A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Confederacy, Including the Diplomatic Correspondence, 1861-1865/Volume 1

CONFEDERATE CAPITOL AT MONTGOMERY.

A COMPILATION

 

OF THE

 

MESSAGES AND PAPERS

 

OF THE

 

CONFEDERACY

 

INCLUDING THE DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
1861-1865

PUBLISHED BY PERMISSION OF CONGRESS

 

BY

 

JAMES D. RICHARDSON

 

A Representative from the State of Tennessee
Compiler and Editor of "Messages and Papers of the Presidents"

In Two Volumes—Volume I.

 

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NASHVILLE
UNITED STATES PUBLISHING COMPANY
1906

Copyright, 1904,
by
James D. Richardson.

TO THE SOLDIERS ON BOTH SIDES WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE FOUR YEARS' WAR, 1861-1865, EACH FIGHTING FOR WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS RIGHT, AND ALSO TO THOSE WHO, AFTER HOSTILITIES CEASED, GAVE THEIR BEST ENDEAVORS TO PROMOTE PEACE AND HARMONY BETWEEN THE SECTIONS LATELY IN ARMS, THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, NOT TO PERPETUATE THE RECORD OF THE STRIFE, BUT IN TOKEN OF THOSE BETTER FEELINGS WHICH HAVE SINCE REUNITED THE PEOPLE OF ALL SECTIONS UNDER ONE FLAG, WITH ONE HOPE AND ONE DESTINY, IN A UNION OF STATES THAT IS INDISSOLUBLE.

Contents of Volume I.

	Page
Resolution Permitting the Compilation	v
Prefatory Note	viii
Provisional Constitution	3
Biographical Sketch of Jefferson Davis	17
Provisional Congress:
First Session:
Election of President and Vice President	29
Notification of Election to President and Vice President	30
Inauguration of President	31
Inaugural Address	32
Permanent Constitution	37
Provisional Congress:
First Session (Continued):
Messages	55
Letter of President Davis to President Lincoln	55
Messages	56
Veto Message	59
Proclamations	60
Second Session (Called):
Messages	63
Veto Messages	100
Proclamations	102
Act Recognizing Existence of War, etc.	104
President's Instructions to Private Armed Vessels	111
Act Amending Act Recognizing Existence of War, etc.	113
Resolution of Thanks	114
Letter of President Davis to President Lincoln	115
Third Session:
Messages	117
Dispatch of President Davis to the Congress	124
Messages	125
Veto Message	130
Proclamations	131
Resolutions of Thanks	133
Fourth Session (Called):
Message	134
Proclamation	135
Fifth Session:
Messages	136
Veto Messages	156
Proclamations	166
Resolutions of Thanks	168
Biographical Sketch of Alexander H. Stephens	173
First Congress:
First Session:
Inauguration of President	181
Inaugural Address	183
Messages	189
Veto Messages	215
Proclamations	217
Addresses	228
Resolutions of Thanks	230
Second Session:
Messages	232
Veto Messages	262
Proclamations	268
Resolutions of Thanks	275
Third Session:
Messages	276
Veto Messages	320
Proclamations	324
Addresses	331
Resolutions of Thanks	337
Appointment of Vice President Stephens as Military Commissioner to United States	339
Letter of President Davis to President Lincoln	343
Fourth Session:
Messages	345
Veto Messages	408
Proclamation	412
Address	414
Official Regulations to Carry into Effect Act to Impose Regulations upon Foreign Commerce, etc.	417
Resolutions of Thanks	420
Biographical Sketch of Robert E. Lee	437
Second Congress:
First Session:
Messages	443
Veto Messages	457
Address	477
Resolutions of Thanks	479
Second Session:
Messages	482
Message of President Lincoln on the Hampton Roads Conference, Including Correspondence	521
Veto Messages	553
Proclamations	563
Address	568
Act Providing for Appointment of General in Chief	570
Communication from President's Private Secretary	570
Index	573

Illustrations.

	Page
Confederate Capitol at Montgomery	Frontispiece
Jefferson Davis	16
Alexander H. Stephens	172
Robert E. Lee	436