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Members from the State of Mississippi inform the House that the State of Mississippi has left the Union and that they are no longer members of the House of Representatives.
Washington, D. C., January 12, 1861.
SIR: Having received official information that the State of Mississippi, through a convention representing the sov-ereignty of the State, has passed an ordinance withdrawing from the Federal Government all the powers delegated to it at the time of her admission into the Union, it becomes our duty to lay this fact before you, and to announce that we are no longer members of this body.
While we regret the necessity which impels our State to the adoption of this course, we desire to say that it meets our unqualified approval; and we shall return to her bosom to share her fortunes, whatever they may be.
We have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servants,
Otho R. Singleton,
William Barksdale,
Reuben Davis,
John J. McRae,
L. Q. C. Lamar.
Hon. William Pennington, Speaker of the House of Rep-resentatives.