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[House.] 
 
 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Feb. 6, 1865.— Ordered 
 to be laid on the table and printed. 
 
 [Presented by Mr. Barksdale.] 
 
 RESOLUTIONS 
 
 Adopted hy Humphrey' s Mississippi Brigade^ Army of Northern 
 Virginia^ February 3, 1865. 
 
 At a meeting of the officers and men of Humphrey's Mississippi 
 Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, held February 3d, 1865, the 
 following resolutions were unanimously adopted : 
 
 RESOLUTIONS. 
 
 licsolved 1st. That the solemn obligation voluntarily incurred by 
 us nearly four years ago, to serve the Confederate States faithfully 
 against her enemies, and the melancholy but sweet recollections of 
 comrades who now sleep in bloody graves, preclude forever for us 
 the sacrilege of a Re-construction. 
 
 2d. That the inhumanity of a cruel foe, his cold-blooded murders, 
 and the ingenuity to practice whatever could wound the sensibilities 
 of a high-spirited people, have not weakened our allegiance, or 
 caused us to regret the steps we have taken. 
 
 3d. That we see no cause for despondency in the condition of our 
 affairs; and with an abitling faith in the mercy of "the Giver of 
 every good and perfect gift," we trust soon, under the guidance of 
 that Christian warrior, General R. E. Lee, to tinge with a silver 
 lining the cloud that has so long obscured the destiny of our Con- 
 federacy. 
 
 -1th, That our confidence in President Davis amounts to admira- 
 tion and love ; that his strong, self-reliant character, his noble cour- 
 age in trying times, and his pure patriotism, furnish the highest 
 example ever oflfered to a people struggling for national existence. 
 
 5th. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to President Davis, 
 to our Senators and Representtitives from Mississippi, to the Rich- 
 mond Examiner and Sentinel, rocjuesting the other Richmond papers 
 to copy, and to the Eastern (Mississippi) Clarion. 
 
 R. E. YARBROUGH, Secretary. 
 
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