. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . y the Provisional Constitution was adopted,to be in force one year. On the 0th was passedthe first enactment, providing That all thelaws of the United States of America in force andin use in tlie Confederate States of Americaon the first day of November last, and not incon-sistent with the Constitution of the ConfederateStates, be and the same are hereljy continued inforce imtil altered or repealed by the next act, adopted February 1-lth, continuedin office until Apri
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . y the Provisional Constitution was adopted,to be in force one year. On the 0th was passedthe first enactment, providing That all thelaws of the United States of America in force andin use in tlie Confederate States of Americaon the first day of November last, and not incon-sistent with the Constitution of the ConfederateStates, be and the same are hereljy continued inforce imtil altered or repealed by the next act, adopted February 1-lth, continuedin office until April 1st all officers connected withthe collection of customs, and the assistant treas-urers, with the same powers and functions asunder the Government of the United States. Anact of the l?.>th of February declared the peacefnlnavigation of the Mississippi River free to thecitizens of any of the States upon its borders, orupon the borders of its nagable tributaries. Onthe jnth of February a commission to the Govern-ment of tlio United States, for the purjiose of THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT AT MONTGOMERY. 103. LEROY POPE WALKER, FIRST CONFEDERATESECRETARY OF A PHOTOGRAPH. the United States Government shouldattempt to coerce Sontli Carolina backinto the Union, or to blockade her expectation, at that late period, ap-parently was that South Carolina wouldbe left out of the Union alone, and thatthe United States Government wouldsimply collect duties off the bars ofher seaports; and he exj)ressed himselfin favor of seeking to bring those [theplanting States] into cooperation beforeasking for a popular decision upon a newpolicy and relation to the nations of theearth. These views did not strengthenhim with Mr. Ehett for the executivehead of the Southern Confederacy; nordid the published report of his sheddingtears on retiring from the United StatesSenate after the secession of Mr. Ehetts cotemporary and second cousin, Mr. Barnwell, called three times
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