A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922 . pli-cation. The company now numbers45, and is, in every way, in a prosper-ous condition.—Nov. 24, 1860. 132 A History of Rome and Floyd County On Jan. 16, 1861, the Georgiacounties sent delegates to the fa-mous secession convention at Mil-ledgeville. On Jan. 18, Judge Eu-genius A. Nisbet, of Macon, intro-duced a resolution calling for theappointment of a committee to re-port an ordinance of secession. Thisbrought on a fight and a test ofstrength
A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922 . pli-cation. The company now numbers45, and is, in every way, in a prosper-ous condition.—Nov. 24, 1860. 132 A History of Rome and Floyd County On Jan. 16, 1861, the Georgiacounties sent delegates to the fa-mous secession convention at Mil-ledgeville. On Jan. 18, Judge Eu-genius A. Nisbet, of Macon, intro-duced a resolution calling for theappointment of a committee to re-port an ordinance of secession. Thisbrought on a fight and a test ofstrength between the union anddisunion factions. The resolutionpassed by a vote of 166 to 130.* At2 p. m., Jan. 19, 1861, the secessionordinance was passed by a vote of208 to 89, 44 anti-secessionists vot-ing for the measure to give it force,and realizing that further resist-ance was useless. On this ballotBenj. H. Hill voted for secession,but Alexander H. Stephens and hisbrother. Judge Linton Stephens,Herschel V. Johnson, Gen. W. , Hiram Warner and oth-er leaders opposed it. South Carolina had seceded , 1860; Mississippi Jan. 9, 1861;. JUDGE JAMES M. SPULLOCK, once super-intendent of the W. & A. railroad and apower in North Georgia politics. Alabama and Florida Jan. 11, , it was felt thatGeorgias action would either splitor cement the South. The forensicgiants were there—a galaxy neverseen before or since. Col. Isaac gives us in his History ofGeorgia (ps. 149-50) a correctpicture of the scene, and incidental-ly, emphasizes the opposition tosecession among the more con-servative type of citizens : The eyes of the whole Union wereupon this most august body. Therewas an interest in its deliberationsthat was both profound and wide-spread. It was felt to be the turningpoint of the real commencement of therevolution. If staid, self-poised, delib-erate, powerful Georgia held back fromthe work of disintegration, it wouldhave been such a substantial c
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