The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-22
CONFEDERATE sTATfs C0NcREss


UAMATH.
THURSDAY, Aug 81. 1892
Ths Senate was called to order q twelve O'Clock
H.. ~ Wa. .President 6TEPNkNs, and opened With
prayer BY Rev. Ar. 6KElEy, OF the Second Bsp
was approved.
The following resolution. offered by Nj. srxmrs,
Of Ia was adopted:
sancesd to inquire into the expediency Of es,ab
iishine an agency for the Treasury Department
west OF the Mssissippi for the purpose Of issuing
Ireesosy Notes 10 supply the wants Of the Govern
msnt, and report by bin or otherwise.
NJ. BARNwELL, of g. c., announced to the So
nate that the absence sf his colleague Mr Orr was
OccaAioned by severe indispoaition.
Mr.. SPARROW, Il La, from the Committee on
Military AFFAIR." reported the following bills, which
were read second time and placed upon the caien-
das:
An oct to amend an act entitled AN act to or
gani.s bands Of partisan rangers" approved 2lst
SIC. lss The ConS,ess of the Confederate States
do eHae, That hereafter NO authority shall be
granted to raise or organize bands Of partisan
rangers within the limits of Hny military dis.
trtct, except when the companies or regiments
co@Posang the military force Of said distrie. are
Akc. n That whenever the numher Of po19t
ean r1ogeu shAl In the opinion Of the District or
pividon Commander exceed the number necessary
for partisan service, the Secretary of War b an.
thorized hereby to brigade them and place them ou
the same footing a. troops Of the line.
An act to amend an act entitled IAN act 10 further
provide for the public defence" approved 10th
April, 1862.
Sec. !. Tie CosSress Of As Confederate States
do enacf, That all persons liable to military duty
and who have not already been enrolled, shall be
immediately enrolled and reported by the enrolling
officers, and held to service wherever they may be
found. whether they are residents Of the State or
county where they may be found or not; and any
Inc thNuf
said eorollment, shall be held and declared de
serter, and punished a such.
A message was received from the President,
Transmitting communication from the Secretary.
Referred
A message was received from the House, an
nouncng the adoption Of Joint resolution Of thant
to Gen. John II. Morgan his officers and men.
Mr.. YAkCEY, Of Ala, presented the following So
rieS a resolutions:
Resolred by tie Senate of the Contfderate States of
Amsrsc0, That tue war which is now being waged
by the United States for the avewed purpose Of
sbugating the people Of the several States of this
Government to the dominion Of the Government Of
the uned States il, in the opinion Of the ssnate,
q war a. well a pom the people upon the Govern
ment Of the Confederate States Of America; and
that the principles upon which this Government
and the Governments of the several States which
compose IT, founded justify each citizen thereof
when the invading enemy enters upon the soil Of
his State, In taking up arms to defend his home
stead aud liberties, and in attacking the invader
either by individual action or in organized bands
e Resolssd, That where any Of our citizens shall
exercise this sacred right, and shall by the fortunes
of war fall into the hands of the enemy, they are
entitled to be trested as prisoners OF war, and If
they shall be treated otherwise it is the duty of this
Government to extend to them all the protection
which may be within its power, to retaliate for
injuries done to them.
3. Resolped, That In the event the enemy SHALL in
revenge for such patriotic defence of their State by
any of its citizens seize upon and mprison or 9th.
Shero ci.izoua MI tad
the particular acts for which such revenge may be
taken, or shall pillage or destroy the property Of
any of citizens, it Will be the duty OF this Gov
ernment to take prompt notice of such acts Of cow
ardly barbarity and far a. may be within its
power, to punish the perpetrators thereof, to
taliate In such manner as may be most likely to de.
ter the enemy from repetition Of such deeds.
4. Res0ired, That the Senate has learned with
lively satisfaction that the President of the Con.
federate States has already given serious attention
and grave consideration to the subject of several
gross violations of the laws and usages of civilized
war by ths military authorities OF the Government
Of the United States and has already initiated mea
sures tending to prevent their recurrence and
while the Senate responds with sympathy to the
regret expressed by the President at the stern
cessity which the enemy seems rnthlessly to force
upon this Government of protecting its citizens by
the bloody law Of retaliation, it will give to the
President its unfaltering support in the prompt
cution Of measures devised for the complete proec-
ton of our citizens in the exer, se of the iuaena
bio rights of self-defsuce,
5. Resolred, That the Committee on Military Al
fairs instructed to inquire and report what fur
ther legislation, if any may be necessary to cloths
the Executive with the alnplest authority to set
upon aud carry out the intent and principes enuu.
ciated in these resolutions.
The resolutions were debated by Aessrs Yapcev,
Wigfall, 6emmss, and Sparrow, and the further
consideration postponed till Monday.
Mr.. CLAY, of Ala, introduced bill for increasing
the staff Of Brigadier- Generals of the C. g. army,
which was placed on the calendar
Mr.. CLARK, Of Mo-, moved that the Senate go
into secret session for the transaction Of Executive
business Carried. -