The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-14
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sssS Or A SENATE Docu
N EN- 7.
TAI Ii II v forty years of oblivion
In Hi files 81 the ar Department.
s @ttncs 81 our -H 1 OF the Confederate Con-
gress is 4about to be made public by
the l5n.sed States govern I'm, e y
aPers 0erer ecently arranged
jsssJ I'D ii Erection Of Cen +. !. G..
nsN;crth the Hilary secretary of
zz53tsle ~ Az epartment, acting in ac-
sscordance wit h a resolution which
senator Joseph 3. Fora lSer, of Ohio,
B odncadS during the last session of
gsGsongrss ssoriering tile printing Of the
Cent eaerates ourna1as a Senate docu-
s men the edition will be limited TO
s sE ne usual number authorized by law
3 He the case Of Senate documents, and
sssgii not6begin TO supply the first de-
& 9S$,a and for tlle volume. After publica-
sstiesrl requests for the journal probably,
will u he so numerous that Congress-
sasY1ll@ADG5%IOTCG9lE&tO }sdutiioii|el a la' SCI
ton of$ the worts
che copy IS all in the hands Of the
Public Printer who has much oft in
~ pc and is pushing it as rapidly as
contli tions permit. The proofs are be-
ginning5sto arrive 1.-THE War Depart
1t9anI a division of General Aims
sEcrth's Off ce,# under the direction Of
s Joseph w. Kirlley, is preparing
n an elaborate index for the entire Jour
4 nal Il is not known when the docu-
srnent will be ready, but it probably
SrvfII5not he sent to the document rooms
lat the Capitol until after the meeting
iSSof the next session of Congress.
The journal Of the Confederacy re-
ssseubles closely the Journal Of the Sen
ateSof he$Lnited States. Most of the
sessions we're secret and a great deal
Is Of the contents of the Confederate
journal was, therefore. of a secret or
ecutiye5 character. Both the public
Il and the secret proceedings will be
Il included in the work which the United
States is publishing None of the
sspeecnes or arguments is given, but
8SalI the resolutions, motions, votes and
actions Of the Congress are incorpor-
lated. The first several months Of the
ournal show that the record was not
kept as completely in the beginning
twas fterward. One striking fea-
sturesi is the preponderanc of yea and
" Eotes, Indicating that the mem
hers Of the Congress representing
Il States which had entered into new
national federation were DESTROYS of,
B having each man Show his hand"
The original papers of the. Journal
& are in the possession of the govern
nent in manuscript form and in many
instances the resolutions which were
58sWrItten by the Confederate Senators
5antl Representatives Offering them in
5st1es#G Congress We're preserved with
~ the pen marks and other annotationS
LOT those Offering them Altogether
n the copy is probably the most inter
essing ever sent to the government
printery. fFhe Journal shows, among
Other t.,4ngs. that there Were one pro
s.isionai3 ana two regular sessions OF
Il the Confederate Congress, which met
SSE@a follows:
Provisional Congress-.
First sessio n-Assenbled at Mont
gonery, Ala, February 4. 1861. Adj
aurned March It's, SCI, to meet the
II second Monday in. May
Second Session tCaued)-Met at
81 ont gomery, Ala, April 80, 1851. sd
j5ourned AIas FL i SCI
Third Session-Met at Richmond.
a., July 90. 1861. Adjourned August
IS 1861.
Fourth Session (Called)-Met at
Fs.l cl1rsond, Va, September 8, 1861.
.Ad journed the same day.
Fifth Session-NIet at Richmond,
a. November is, 1851. Adjourned
sbruary II. 1862.
First Congress.
First Session--Aet at Richmond,
IS Va, February Is, 1862. Adjourned
Il april q. 1862. ..~
Second Session-Met at Richmond,
ssV Va August IS, 1852. Adjourned Oc
toper 10, 1862.
Third Session-Met at Richmond,
anuary y, 1865. Adjourned
$$ ~ az 1868.
Fourth Session--Met at Richmond,