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The Daily Dispatch: may 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], Third day. (search)
derate Congress, and the Governor of Georgia. Mr. Wright, of Georgia, moved that the preamble and resolutions, and the letter of the accomplished gentleman who had communicated them, be spread upon the Journals of Congress. Adopted. Mr. Shorter, of Alabama, introduced the following: Resolved. That 100 copies of the acts and resolutions of the Congress, passed up to, and inclusive of the 15th of March, and from which the injunction of secrecy has been removed, be printed for the use of the Congress during the present session. Mr. Kenner, of Louisiana, moved to amend the resolution by including the printing of the Provisional and Permanent Constitutions in the same pamphlet. Mr. Shorter said he accepted the amendment proposed. The resolution, as amended, was then passed Mr. Clayton, of Mississippi, offered the following: Resolved, That so much of the report of the Attorney General as relates to the administration of Justice be referred to the
The Daily Dispatch: may 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 8 (search)
Plea of "Alien Enemy." --During the sessions of the Circuit Court of the 8th Judicial Circuit of Alabama, Judge Shorter held the plea of "Alien Enemy" was sufficient to sustain a motion for dismissal of all civil actions brought in the names of citizens of non-seceded States. In consequence a great many cases brought by plaintiffs, residing in these States, were summarily disposed of.