Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-14
CONGRESS
OF TIE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERIoAi I
SENATE.
WKpsKspAY. March IL. 1864.

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WEDNESDAY hArcn IL, 1904
On motion Of Mr.. HAYNES of Tenn. call made
the Secretary Of War for information to be considered
in secret session. a. to the number Of unarmsd troops
now In the service of the Confectionery The number Of
unarmed troops ready for service the number which the
Government arm By the 18th Of April aud 4th of May
and the measures aud appropriations nect ary to e1pe
tae enemy from Tennessee
Il subsequently withdrawn with view to consider
1t In secret SESSION.
Mr.. SEAhES of Ga, from the Court, on Military af.
fairs made few unimportant reports.
IHE COTTON QUESTION.
NJ. BROWN of Miss, called up Joint resolution re-
commencing the planters to withdraw as much ts posi-
bic from the cultivation Of cotton and tobacco and de-
VOTE their enersiea 10 the raising of provisions Se
The resolution was taken up Whereupon Mr. B. offered
the 6olIoving sphstitnte:
Tbat n sSal NOT be Ia vful for apy head of family
N rodnce mora than three baes of cotton of four him.
dred Mounds zach and one additional bale OF tight
eivht for each hand empoyed in the cultivation of the
ame For the purpose Of ascerainng the ctrreet en-
,rcenent Of this law it shall be the duty OF the proper
officer to obtain from each head Of family statement
upon his assessment roll of all the cotton produced by
bin or her. For every additional bale TO tie number
prescribed above thereof the grower shall forfeit forty
dolarsn
Mr. WIGFALL objected to il and maintained that the
substute was uncor tttutional nasmuch created
crime by posing fne of forty dollars upon citizen
,,r doing thing which he had perfect right 10 do
cnuld the proposition 10 nothing less than
ths Rns Laws Of New Eosl.nd: and If We sdopt Il We
m;,bt "a we'll naAa Law 10 fiue a man for kissing his
Via or Sunday
Mr. BARNWELL, Of South Carolina also opposed the
substitute under the motion pendirg and was equally
unwilling to accept the i)nt resolution He thought
that While il was proper to look to the cultivation Of az
adj quAte supply Of cereals aud provisions for the public
wants was necessary to welfare and prosperity
to provide supply of the great staple which the
principal element Of strength We should be so stu
sted that on the conclusion Of treaty OF peace we
could throw our cotton upon the foreign markets. aud
by the necessarily low prices that would follow crush
and destroy all competition from India elsewhere who
IN only prosper by the smulant Of enormous prices
In the other aspect Of the case had only to sntic
pate ruin to our commerce aud weakness to our cause
The proposition Of the gentleman from Mississippi WAS
he night say, monstrous There was no warrant In all
history for government 70 assume the right to punish
innocent men, aAd ne Nouu protest against tue auoPuon
OF any such measure
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PERJURY Nnel Psisou i@heu " s"e uue s'Ase9en'
20 the assessor ms was tue ouy Ahusoh ID IL 70
Woa might 90 le'Weu c'ine' nut ne nsu nefe, sup
posed that II man did 'hing "hlch COZ heted WIN
the interests oil mis- country ne might not Dc MADE
10 answer ior IT. ING Uonsuluon' ~ was true, con
Veyed no direct au!norily 10, Inc Oohsutuuoh
gave nc S'Tec' ausuo'y o' 10 isse VI esu,J hUeS'
l. wa mA,.L oi iloiueu' hs.e NC P'yposeu Punsn.
enl 70 81 - ,Ia uAa 'ue
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We eou,u se'aoisu 'uv "au a.eAuy i.oos'
geo INC " 'uo " Iols
toe eutuS u IGitse and W.! S'uio uo'
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ne "sueu us'it uIHe's'oVu, "iy uvPVu ",'
tory "ouu 10 nun 'uo Ju'uoo " ose, saVu'u no DC
worthy OF the emaes' pace uPUu 'ne 'so'ess VI VIC
u ur', thar ne te-9ay announced II as nj. nrm con-
vcuon taAt tue Two great oeiensVe oPerauons whieh
should 10" be rosor'sd TO- we're nrs 10 ourn all the
cotton ihAt We nave Suu' rs'se no more un'h
We had iorheu msrAet lol W. ~ was Sosur1 W say
that EOgsnd would build up the East India cotton cult,
walton. That experiment, 10 use nomely phrase had
long since played oui' Now IN this hour oil trial. s the
tme 10 Put the question nome 10 o'ta England and
France, and soy 10 mem, WIZ no longer labor Tor
you. England and france, you nave 5000 back and
taken t1e "ora OF nih loc"aul Sno promseu you n
would plunge INTO our eoui Ioo anu s'eA om Us OUT
property ara send IL 70 !ou'
Mr. SEAMES had long since abandoned the idea that
cotton e king" We had thought that nations would
violate che laws OF nations upon the basis OF necessity.
This belief had proven invalid He thought that the
course England and France would pursus would not be
based upon the necessity fer supply OF cotton but they
would be governed BY general national interests. We
must abandon the idea Of all foreign legislation in re-
gard to sfsirs. Sooner than England would employ
her operatives at the expense OF war with the United
Sa1e she would convert nelson Ito astsA1 eIeemSsy-
nary institution iol lpe puPDse VI PloVuIE ior mem
oy quarry r. sSoIS NC iSa
Sueu uPyh w. $3.50 - ~ 80 - ~. m 'H 49,
the pr0oao's =, ~ su4. "a eu'
make PruIen. Poosr,O. ~, ~ suGu. AuV"
'nAI Auougu e1e.l euStS .ou'u "p .. d, tue
enemy mgh' ho,a Pos9fsS on " heu.u'Ay tennessee,
and large portion Oh virginia, Nnence mes OF our
supplies OF PtSysos o' f Ne come huu .nA;
Wou'a Ue ~
lor '1e no,,jo " ,ho. ,r,s ia La - ~,
quo 100 ~ ,Ss NOR essential snnnEss r. ~.
~ UonlS avoid bcomng the slaves NJ csni,s
wbcb an extraordinary accumulation of cotton would
S, %r11 hon. J~
W uTTNTFR onnosed hoth nronositions n, ,b,
,r.nna tbst The prohibition proposed would but build
s. bs E1ei sb E.s, India cotton interest and AT length
,,nsFer altogether the power of King Cotton 10 her
osn throne 1t was our interest to prevent this and
We could only do il by pursuing the even tenure OF our
cav holding our heads up, with the firm determi,s tion