Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-11

will determine to ignore TIE nsases
of civilized nations, on both sides by
treating as pirates open enemies ac.
ting upon the authorized government
Ii such proclamation was issued
it could only have been published
under the sudden influence OF passion
and We may rest assured that man
kind will be spared tho horrors of the
conflict it seems to invite.
For the details of the administra
tion Of the different departments,
refer to he reports of the secretaries
OF each, which accompany this mes
sage.
The State Department has furnish
ed the necessary instructions fol
those commissioners who have bee,
sent to England, France, Russia and
Belgium, since your adjournmcdt, tc
ask os,r recognition as a member OF
the family Of nations, and to max,
with each of these powers treaties OF
amity and commerce.
Further steps will be taken to en-.
ter into like negotiations with the
other European Powers, in pursuance
70 resolutions passed at your last ses-
sion.
Sufficient time has not yet clap
sed since the departure of these com
missioners for the receipt OF any in
te!ligencc from them.
AS | deem it desirable that com
missioncrs or other diplomatic agents
should also be sent at an early period
to the independent American Pow
ers south Of our Contederacy. with
all OF whom it is our interest and
earnest wish to maintain the most
cordial and friendly relations, sug-
ges, the expcdiency of making the
necessary appropriations fer that pur-
pose.
Having been officially notified by
the public authorities OF the State of
Virginia that she had Withdrawn
from the Union and desired to main
tain the closest political relations
with Us which it was possible at this
time to establish, commissioned the
Hon. Alex. IL. Stephens, Vice-Pre-
sident of the Confederate States, to
represent this Government at Rich
mond.
am happy to inform you that he
has concluded a convention with the
State of Virginia, by which that
honored Commonwealth. SO long and
justly distinguished among her sister
States, and so dear to the hearts of
thousands of her children in the Con-
+ederate States, has united her pow
cr and her fortunes with ours and
become one of us. This convention,
together with the ordinance of Viz
ginia ads pting the Provisional Con
stitution OF the Contederacy will be
laid before you for your constitu-
tional action.
[ have satisfactory assnrsnces from
ether of our late confederates that
they are on the point of adopting
similar measures, and I cannot doubt
that ere you shall have been many
weeks in session. the whole of the
sIaveholding States of the late Union
will respond to the call of honor
and affection. and by uniting their
fortunes with ours. promote ou1 COM
mon interests ana secure our com
mon safety.
In the treasury Department, regu-
lations have been devised and put
into execution for carrying out the
policy indicated in your Legislation.
on the the subject of the navigation
of the Mississippi river as well as for
the collection of the revenue on the
frontier.
Free transit has been secured for
vessels and merchandise passing
through the Confederated States, and
delay and Inconvenience have been
avoided as far as possible.
In organizing the reyenue service