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THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY: ITS “INTESTINE DIFFICULTIES”; Emeute in the Rebel Congress (1/20/1865)
New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 1/20/1865
Posted on 01/20/2025 6:54:54 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
Special Dispatch to the New-York Times.
WASHINGTON, Thursday, Jan. 19.
The following highly important report of proceedings in the rebel Congress on Monday last is taken from the Richmond Sentinel of the 17th. It will be seen that the article which Mr. ORR makes the subject of his animadversions was published in the Sentinel, the official organ of JEFF. DAVIS, on the 14th, and it is a very significant fact that no copies of this paper were allowed to come through our lines.
From the confessions of Mr. ORR we now have positive assurance of the fact that the Committee on Foreign Relations, to which was referred the peace propositions of the rebel Congress, reported unanimously in favor of sending Commissioners to sus for peace. They also establish the fact that this issue is rapidly disrupting the whole framework of the Confederacy, and has already created most violent antagonism between JEFF. DAVIS and the Richmond oligarchy, on the one side, and the Congress representing the people and their sentiments, the latter are, in the words of Mr. ORR, "determined that in some form the statesmanship of the country shall be invoked in an honest effort to end the carnival of death by negotiation."
The whole debate will be read throughout the country. It is altogether the most profoundly important document published in Richmond since the origin of the war.
The withdrawal of Mr. SMITH, of Alabama, following so closely to the heels of the withdrawal of FOOTE, is another proof of the now conspicuous fact that the Confederacy is rapidly rushing to irremediable ruin.
It is authoritatively understood that Mr. F.P. BLAIR, Sr., starts to-morrow morning for Richmond.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE REBEL CONGRESS
“TREASON" IN THE WIND.
In the House, Jan. 16, immediately after the opening
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: civilwar
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The Southern Confederacy: Its “Intestine Difficulties” – 2-3
Army of the Potomac: Review of Gen. Mott’s Divisions – 3-4
News from Washington – 4
Thirty-Eighth Congress: Second Session – 4-5
Editorial: The Resurrection of the South – 5-6
Publication of the Income Tax Lists – 6
The Gas Monopolies and Street-Lighting – 6
Opening of the Canadian Parliament – 6
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