About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

Convention between the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Confederate States of America. 1861 45 (1861.4)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0802 and id is 1 raw text is: CONVENTION BETWEEN THE COMMON/WEALTH OF VIRGINIA AND THE CONFEDELRATE STATES OF AMERICA. The comm qwealth of Virginia, looking to a speedy union of said common- wealth and their otler slave states with the Confederate States of America, accord- inig to the provisions of the constitution for the provisional government of said states, enterP 'into the following temporary convention and agreement with said s8. ates for tb~e purpose of meeting pressing exigencies affecting the common rights, ifiterests and safety of said commonwealth and said con ederacy: 1st. Uritil the union of said commonwealth with said confederacy shall be per- tected, an,.d said commonwealth shall become a member of said confederacy ac- cording to the constitutions of both powers, the whole military force and military bperatioris, offensive and defensive, of said commonwealth, in the impending con- Ilict withi the United States, shall be under the chief control and direction of the presiderit of said Confederate States, upon the same principles, basis and footing as 1.ifaid commonwealth were now, and during the interval, a member of said cbnfeleracv. 2A. The commonwealth of Virginia will, after the consummation of the union contemplated in this convention, and her adoption of the constitution for a perma- nent government of said Confederate States, and she shall become a member of said confederacy, under said permanent constitution, if the same occur, turn over to said Confederate States all the public property, naval stores and munitions of war, etc. she may then be in possession of, acquired from the United States, on the same terms and in like manner as the other states of said confederacy havo done in like cases. 3d. Whatever expenditures of money, if any, said commonwealth of Virginia S hall make before the union under the provisional government, as above contem- P-lated, shall be consummated, shall be met and provided for by said Confederate S tates. This convention, entered into and agreed to, in the city of Richmond, Virginia, onthe twenty-fourth day of April, eighteen -hundred and sixty-one, by Alexander

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most