The Commonwealth of Virginia,
to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting:
Know you, that the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, having, by joint resolution, adopted on the 19th instant, and hereto attached, appointed ex-President John Tyler a Commissioner to the President of the United States to carry out the instructions conveyed in said resolution: therefore, I, John Letcher, Governor, do hereby announce the said appointment, and authenticate the same.
| [L.S.] | In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the great seal of the State to be affixed, in the City of Richmond, this 20th day of January, Anno Domini 1861. |
JOHN LETCHER.
By the Governor:
George W. Munford,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Mr. STANTON:—I move that that message be printed, and referred to the Standing Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. JOHN COCHRANE:—I move as an amendment to that motion, that it be referred to the special committee of five.
Mr. HOWARD, of Michigan:—I would suggest that whatever committee the message is referred to, ought to have power to report it back at any time; otherwise it will be locked up where the House cannot control it.
Mr. BURCH:—The gentleman from Virginia only yielded the floor for the reading of the message, and is now entitled to the floor.
The SPEAKER:—It is proper that the message should be disposed of in some way.