Legislature of Virginia.
Senate. Monday, Jan. 6, 1862.
The Senate was called to order at 12 o'clock by
Mr. Johnson, of
Bedford,
President process in alte absence of
Lieut. Gov. Montague, detained at home in consequence of the death of a brother.
Prayer by
the Rev. Dr. Burrows.
Resignation of a Senator.
The President laid before the Senate a communication from the
Executive, transmitting the resignation of
Mr. J. H. Claiborne, the
Senator from the
Petersburg district.
The 32d District.
The President laid before the Senate an Executive communication, transmitting the election returns from the Senatorial district, composed of the counties of
Morgan,
Hampshire, and
Hardy, held on the 16th of December. The returns indicate the election of
Mr. James D. Armstrong, the late incumbent.
Confederate relations.
The President also laid before the Senate a communication from the
Executive, announcing the receipt of joint resolutions adopted by the Legislature of Georgia, relating to matters of the first importance, and commanding his cordial approbation.
The Governor's communication is quite tenuity and conveys some interesting information touching the recent history of our State and her changed relations towards the
Federal Government.
(We shall embrace the first opportunity to publish it in full.) The following are the
Georgia resolutions referred to:
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That it is the sense of this General Assembly that the separation of these State now forming the
Confederate States of America from the
United States is, and ought to be final and irrevocable, and that
Georgia will, under no circumstances, entertain any proposition from any quarter, which may have for its object a restoration or reconstruction of the late Union on any terms or conditions whatever.
Resolved, That the war which the
United States are waging upon the
Confederate States should be met on our part with the utmost vigor and energy, until our independence and nationality are unconditionally acknowledged by the
United States.
Resolved, That
Georgia pledges herself to her sister States of the
Confederacy that she will stand by them throughout the struggle, She will contribute all the means which her resources will supply, so for as the same may be necessary, to the support of the common cause, and will not consent to lay down arms until peace is established on the basis of the foregoing resolutions.
After the resolutions were read,
Mr. Douglas of King William, submitted the following:
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Delegates, That the declarations of sentiment and purpose contained in the joint resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, communicated this day, the 6th of January, 1862, to the General. Assembly, by the
Governor of
Virginia, are eminently just and patriotic — should be cordially and approvingly responded to by every State in the Southern Confederacy--and in the name and in behalf of this Commonwealth we do hereby affirm and adopt the same.
Resolved, That the action of this General Assembly be forthwith communicated to the
Executive of each of the other States of the
Confederacy, together with a copy of the message of
Governor Letcher, accompanying the resolutions of the Legislature of the State of
Georgia, to be by them laid before their respective Legislatures.
The above resolutions were laid over, under the rules.
Mr. Douglas moved that the
Governor's communication be laid upon the table, and that 6,000 extra copies of the same be printed.
Mr. Robertson asked a division of the question, to afford time to consider the latter branch of the proposition.
The motion to lay upon the table was agreed to. The votes was then taken upon the motion to print, and it appearing that a quorum was not present,
On motion of
Mr. Douglas, the Senate adjourned.
