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The Daily Dispatch: February 1, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ice who have departed, or shall depart, from the Confederate States without permission, being the unfinished business of the previous day, was taken up, and Mr. Garland having the floor, addressed the Senate at length in favor of the bill. Mr. Semmes followed in remarks in opposition to the constitutionality of the bill. Mr. Hill moved to go into executive session, but gave way to Mr. Semmes, who offered the following, which was agreed to: --Resolved, That the Secretary of the SeMr. Semmes, who offered the following, which was agreed to: --Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate of the Senate be directed to present to present to the Attorney-General, to be filed in the Department of Justice, the act entitled 'an act to authorize newspapers to be mailed to soldiers free of postage,' together with the certificates of the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, showing that the said act was passed by a vote of two-thirds of both Houses of Congress after the objections of the President of the Confederate States thereto had been received,