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

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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.
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 |
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