New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-10
BOGUS HISTORY.

On the 18th Of October, 1862, the following
act was passed by the Confederate Congress, at
Richmond, and approved by Jcf. Davis;
U2e,tas. unniferiy nth The knoriedss ard eon1i-.
orce Of the FEDERAL G0rrnrsnf and tor the purpose Of
destroying the credi, aud circulation Of the Treasury
notes OF tails Government nmsnsc amounts o, spurious
countsrfeit notes purpori1g 20 be snch Treasury
notes have been fabricated, and advertised for sao In
TIE cncInys country, and have been brought into these
States ard put In circulation by persona IN the employ
Of tho enemy"
THE Congrcss. &C.. do enact That every person in
in the service or adherng 10 the enemy who shall pas
or offer 10 pass any such spurious or counterfeit ro'o
notes sforesaid shall sell or attempt e. sell the
same. snail bring such notes into the Confederate
States. or shall have any such note OF notes IN bis
possession with nelt To ass sell the same. shall II
captured be put 10 dsah ~ hsngfnRj and every COM
misssoIei officer OF the enemy rho shall p,rran any
oieDse mentioned In this section 10 DO committed by
any person under his authority fS b put 70 deah by
hanging" Approved Oct. 18th. 1862. (Seo Statutes ~
Large, p co.
This false and malicious recital was made
without any cited or apparent evidence or pre-
tense of evidence whatever for two villainous
purposes:
First: To disgrace the Government and the
people Of the United States;
Second: To prepare ground for hanging our
captured soldiers and officers, and thus get rid
Of them more promptly and eheotually than by
starvation.
That the Confederate notes were extensively
forged within the Confederate States is proved
by the fact that the sum Of 5000 was appro-
priatod by their Congress to pay travelling and
other expenses incidental to the detection OF
forgers. How easy it would have been to dis
tribute such forged notes extensively among our
soldiers By deserters and otherwise, and thus,
when they were captured, to impute to them the
purpose required by that law to subject them to
the death penalty by hanging
The President Of the United States will
doubtless take the steps requisite to protect the
GOOD name of our Government from the crime
imputed to it by this recital, even though it
should be deemed necessary to require every
member Of tho Confederate Congress Of 1862,
before he receives pardon, to state upon what
evidence the above allegation was made; and
also whether he voted for the following resolu-
ton, and whether or not it was passed and ap-
proved by JEFF Davis:
"Pssofrsd BY the House Of Representasirss Of the
Confederate States. the Senate eoncurrtnS That we do
fdhere OuI opinion that the fOcdlled Emancipation
Proclamation Of the President CT the United States AID
the enlistment Of negro slaves in the several Federal
rrmies now opposed to u.s. not among the acts of
legitimate warfare but IRE properly ciassed among
such acts az the right put 10 death prisoners Of
without special cause, the right TO use poisoned
weapons and the right to cssassnate; and IL persisted
in, win justify this Government In measures OF re-
tallation."
The Endorsements upor the paper go to show
that this resolution was read the first and second
time, aud made the special order for the Secret
Session of 10th February, 1864.
On the l4th Of June, 1864, a manifesto was
nassed by the Confederate Congress and ap-
proved by jeff. Davis Statutes at Large, PIP.
2s6, PSI, 25s), copies whereof were expressly
directed "to be transmitted to" their Commits
sioners abroad, to the end that the same may
be laid before foreign Governments, in which,
after the grossest Misrepresentation as to the
results of battles, the commencement OF the
war, &C., it is declared that
"Tbs widest picture OF q dsordered imagination
cocs short OF the extravaganza which coud cream Oh
the conor est Of 900 OF people resolved with one
mind 10 die frcomen rather than live slaves anu.
forowarned by the savage and discriminating spirit IN
which this war has been waged upon tnen ana " M<
mad ovopdls Of ts payons and suPpoffrs o. ms Uo'ss
thos ESypisn bondage lAst opa,ts dsm IN os sosM %
lAs1 sntSSastoS."
It Is necessarily To DO inferred that these