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('ONFEI)EI ATE AUTHORITIES.
bit ion of the liisiness. Neither would it comport, within justice or
sound policy.
It is a little remarkable to me that the entire importing operations
of this State, which have been so successful and so beneficial to the
cause, seems to have met with little else than downright opposition
rather than encouragement from the Confederate Government. In its
very inception Mr. Mason, our commissioner in England, laid the
strong han on my agents, and positively forbade them putting a
bond on the market for five months after they landed in England.
Then came vexatious and irritating quarantine delays at Wilmington
(enforced by the military, not the civil authorities), though our for-
eign depot was, at great cost and inconvenience, made at Bermuda
instead of Nassau to avoid this. Then seizures of my coal at Wil-
mington occurred, and the denial of facilities to get it from the mines,
&e. It was not until after my decided remonstrance to you in Novem-
ber that I met with anything else than an evident hostility in the
operations of my steamers. And now, if the regulations in regard to
private blockade-runners are enforced, I think it highly probable that
this line will be stopped entirely, as the profits will scarcely justify
the risks. A great deal of this, I am aware, is attributable to the
want of discretion on the part of subordinate officers, as well as the
want of foresight displayed in the opposition of every industrial
interest of the country by army officers, yet I have had it to contend
with.
After this statement I leave it with you to say whether the regula-
tions referred to shall be enforced. If they are, I shall certainly
countermand the sailing of the two other steamers now expected, and
would suggest for the benefit of the Department that it would be
much better to purchase than to seize an interest in the property of
strangers who are engaged in bringing in indispensable supplies
through a most vigorous and dangerous blockade.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Z. B. VANCE.
[JANUARY 7, 1804.-For olk to Watts, in relation to the raising of
State troops to support the Confederate forces in the defense of
Alabama, see Series 1, Vol. XXXII, Part II, p. 529.]
[JANUARY 8, 186(4.-For Davis to Vance, in relation to peace nego-
tiations with the enemy, see Series I, Vol. LI, Part II, p. 808.]
GENERAL ORDERS, J ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL'S OFFICE,
No. 3. i Richmond, January 9, 1864.
I. The following acts of Congress and regulations are published for
the information of all persons concerned therein:
ACTS.
AN ACT to prevent the enlistment or enrollment of substitutes in the military service of the
Confederate States.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That no person
liable to military service shall hereafter be permitted or allowed to furnish a sub-
stitute for such service, nor shall any substitute be received, enlisted or enrolled
in the military service of the Confederate States.
Approved December 28, 1863.11
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