A Resolution for the Appointment of Commissioners to the Government of the United States of America
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Confederate States of America - A Resolution for the Appointment of Commissioners to the Government of the United States of America
"Resolved by the Confederate States of America in Congress Assembled, That it is the sense of this Congress that a commission of three persons be appointed by the President elect, as early as may be convenient after his inauguration, and sent to the government of the United States of America, for the purpose of negotiating friendly relations between that government and the Confederate States of America, and for the settlement of all questions of disagreement between the two governments upon principles of right, justice, equity, and good faith."
Adopted February 15, 1861.
See Also
Message to Congress February 25, 1861
Letter of President Davis to President Lincoln February 27, 1861
Source:<br>Richardson, James D.<br>A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Confederacy<br>Including the Diplomatic Correspondence 1861-1865<br>Nashville : United States Publishing Company, 1905