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Joint Resolutions in relation to the War between the Confederate States and the United States. 1863 52 (1863.8)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0613 and id is 1 raw text is: 152 3. Be it further, resqlved; That, this. 'general assembly earnestly calls the nttentiop of the .Presidehttand Socretary:ofV'WaT0f the Confod~rate 'States to this %ubj90b sreruiring immediate and oner- getic saticin on the parttofrthegbvornment., ' * : 4. Be'it futhe0.,tes6lved, That this general -assembly recomoead to: Congress such a mpdifidation of the-exomption law as will oorrwt the evils herein nam'edi'and' thereby iioreasel the strength of )ur military force. .m i 'h A 5. Be it further resolved, That in view of the fact that the govern- ment of' tho United States has.determined to put in the field negro soldiers, and are enlisting and drafting the' slaves of the people of the South, this general assembly submits for the consideration of Congress the propriety abd policyi6f usiig in some effective way a certain per centage of the male slave population of the Confoderate States, and tq perfprrR such servie as Congress may by law direct. 6. Be it further resolved, 'Thtt tho Governdr' transmit a copy of these resolutions to the President of the Confederate States, the Secretary of War, and a copy to each of our Senators and Re presen- tatives from this State in the Confedqrate Congress.' Approved August 0, 1863. JOINT RESOLUTIONS In relation to the War between the C6nfede'r t4 States'iind the Uni ted States. 1. Iesolved by the Senate and ,HoysL of. Iepresentatives oftho State qf Alabama in General Assembly convq4ed, That the war .49w. being waged against the people and upon the property of the Confedorate States by the United States, is unprovoed and Wujust, and is being conducted by our,enemies ini utter digregard of the principlowyhiclh shpuld control and regulate civilized warfare; that our oft repeated purpose never to submit to abolition rule. remaiu unshaken,; that our late reverses.;iot being attributable to any want of courage or heroic self-sacrifice on the part of our bravoarmies, should not dis- courage our people or produce doubt as tqour final success; and ithat we hereby pledge to the, cause of indeppdonco and perpetual separation from the United Statesall the-resources of, the Stato. f Alabama. . * . S it fa~ier resolved, 'That in order to insure a speedy triumpph of our cause and the firm eptablishment of our intdependepce, it is the paramount duty of every citizen in theConfederae States to

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