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ment, to be re-issued and used for the support of the army. It
was considered that the government would accept these notes for
bonds of the same rate of interest as the new issue. This report
was unanimously adopted except the clause which recommended
the issuance of the specie payment coupon bonds. On this the
vote was a, tie, but the records do not indicate who opposed it.
After all reports had been made, a resolution was passed voicing
the confidence of the members of the conference in the skill, abil-
ity, and personal integrity of General Smith and of his regard
for law. The general then expressed his gratification for the work
accomplished, and the conference adjourned.
For the double purpose of stimulating popular zeal and of rec-
ognizing and endorsing the commanding general and his work, the
four governors, R. W. Johnson acting for Governor Flanagin again,
prepared and published an address to the people of the department.
Its bombastic tone and the fact that the measures of the confer-
ence were so artfully and completely omitted indicate the terrible
tension of the people and the serious apprehensions of these men
for the success of the plans they had devised.
From a legal point of view, the work of the conference had
no constitutional sanction whatever, but at the time, the command-
ing general, the President, and the secretary of war, as well as
the state officials, considered it necessary and wise. If the people
opposed it, the few newspapers available give no evidence of criti-
cism. Its measures seem to have been accepted generally, and
there can be little doubt of its salutary effect in the department.
The authorities of the four states had not only compared resources
and come to realize fully their great needs; but they had given
to the commander of the department, who alone was able to assume
the general direction of affairs, a moral support without which his
every effort would have been futile.
8. Powers Delegated by the Confederate Executive
The Richmond officials appreciated at once the difficulties of
both civil and military administration which the fall of Vicks-
burg and Port Hudson had placed upon the conduct of the govern-
ment west of the great river. Two weeks before General Smith
had sought from them official sanction for his plans or instruc-
tions as to what other course he should pursue, both the President288
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 21, July 1917 - April, 1918, periodical, 1918; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101073/m1/294/: accessed May 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.