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[IIou^E, No. 21.] 
 
 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— January 13, 1863. Read 
 first and second times, and ordered to be printed. 
 
 [By Mr. Terklns.] 
 
 eJOIISTT RESOLXJTIOZSrS 
 
 Expressing opinion of Congress in relation to the conduct of certain 
 citizens of Louisiana ^vitllin the lines, and iu the presence of the 
 enemy. 
 
 1 Resolved^ That ^Yhile Congress views, with pride, the course 
 
 2 pursued by the true men and ^Yomen of the Confederacy, who, 
 
 3 falling within the lines of the enemy, have resisted all appeals 
 
 4 to their pecuniary interest and refused, in spite of pains and 
 
 5 penalties, to perjure themselves or to foresAvear their own gov- 
 
 6 ernment by taking an oath of allegiance to support that of the 
 
 7 United States, it regards with peculiar satisfaction the conduct 
 
 8 of those citizens of Louisiana, who, by refusing the oath and 
 
 9 openly registering themselves enemies to the United States in 
 10 the immediate presence and in defiance of General Butler's mil* 
 
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 11 itarv authoritie?, have b%'ne most noble testimony to the 
 
 12 martyr-like courage and patriotic spirit and Christian faith of 
 
 13 onr people. 
 
 1 Resolved, That while such conduct has secured them the pre- 
 
 2 sent respect and sympathy of all good people, it Avill be esteemed, 
 .3 in the future, a most honorable claim upon the gratitude of their 
 4 country, and the highest evidence of their devotion to truth and 
 .5 principle. 
 
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