Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-12-18
FROM iho HdlaAY-
The Con iederate Congress.
AcAArTrr IN Tur E1sroRr or TIE LATE WAR.

considerable and interesting figure. 1t Is
not only that branch Of the government which
holds The purse and administers supplies
but it also furnishes the arena of that debate
which may he taken for the fresh and cur
rent c)m'eutary OF public opinion on the
great events as they transpire. Thus, IN all
mUder histories of var, the legislative as
semblv or body comes in for conspicuous no.
tice, and furnishes large subject for criti-
cal disqui5itiors.
1t is in this general view that it is remark
able that the Congress of the Confederate
States should have been so utterly sunk out
Of sight in all present historical notices, on
both sides Of the late war. But it must be
confessed that the little attention heretofore
given it in the popular compends OF the war
IS not so much to be ascrihei 70 the neglect
or slight Of the historian as TO the actual
meagr rne-s Of the subject. the utter inanity Of
that body which made pretence of perform
ing legislative duties in the South during the
war. 1t was really the most insane. unim-
rO-tant. incompetent, and barren Of public
assemblies And vet we believe that, in the
Just sense # history, il was curious for its
comparative blankno-s. the Very absence oi
practical details; and we, therefore, propose
to supply hr,ef sketch Of the Confederate
Congress, ms OF a subject heretofore overlook
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