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VERY IMPORTANT: MORE RUMORS ABOUT PEACE; Reported Appointment of Fifteen Commissioners by the Rebel Congress (1/12/1865)
New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 1/12/1865
Posted on 01/12/2025 6:46:01 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
Special Dispatch to the New-York Times.
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Jan. 11.
It will be recollected that a proposition was submitted to the rebel Congress, some weeks ago, to appoint a commission of fifteen to confer with an equal number on our side, upon the subject of peace.
It now appears that the rebels have adopted the proposition, and have appointed fifteen commissioners, among whom are Vice-President STEPHENS; Judge WHITE, of Georgia; Messrs. BOYCE and OHR, of South Carolina; LEECH and GILLMORE, of North Carolina; REEVES, of Virginia, and SMITH and SINGLETON. of Mississippi.
REBEL PEACE PROPOSITION.
Discussion on the Proposition to Appoint Commissioners in the Rebel House of Representatives.
[The following are the resolutions and proceedings of the rebel Congress, referred to in the dispatch given above.]
Among the proceedings in the rebel House of Representatives, on Saturday, Dec. 17, were the following:
The question recurring upon the resolutions offered by Mr. BARKSDALE as a substitute for those offered by Mr. TURNER, Mr. MCMULLEN, who was entitled to the floor, offered the following resolution as a substitute for those offered by Mr. BARKSDALE:
Whereas. According to the Declaration of independence of the United States and the Constitution of the Confederate Mutes, the people of each of said States, in their highest sovereign capacity, have a right to after, amend or abolish the Government under which they live, and establish such other as they may deem expedient; and
Whereas. The people of the several Confederate States have thought proper to sever their political connection with the people and Government of the United states for reasons which it is not needful here to state: and
Whereas. The people of the Confederate States have organized and established a distinct Government for themselves: and Whereas, because the people of the Confederate States have thus exercised
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: civilwar
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2 posted on 01/12/2025 6:47:00 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: chajin; henkster; CougarGA7; BroJoeK; central_va; Larry Lucido; wagglebee; Colonel_Flagg; Amagi; ...
Very Important: More Rumors about Peace – 2
Rebel Peace Proposition: Discussion on the Proposition to Appoint Commissioners in the Rebel House of Representatives – 2
Army of the Potomac: Another Attack on our Picket Line – 2
Gen. Butler’s Removal: His Farewell Order – 2
The War in Mississippi: Particulars of Grierson’s Raid – 2-3
News from Rebel Sources: Destructive Fire at Charlotte, N.C. – 3
News from Washington – 3
Thirty-Eighth Congress: Second Session – 3-5
Editorial: The New Peace Rumors – 5
Editorial: Relief for the People of Savannah – 5
Editorial: The Futility of the Blair Mission – 5-6
Editorial: The Vagrant Children – Mr. Acton’s Report – 6
From Louisville: The Galt House Entirely Destroyed by Fire – 6
The St. Albans Raiders – 6
Election of United States Senator in Kentucky – 6
3 posted on 01/12/2025 6:47:49 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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