. Historic towns of the Southern States. treets resoundto the tramp of Colonel Bufords men on theirvain errand to Kansas ! And what a soberingsense of reality it brings to read his card in thepapers ! I wish to raise three hundred in-dustrious, sober, discreet, reliable men, capableof bearing arms ; not prone to use them wick-edly or unnecessarily, but willing to protecttheir section in every real emergency. But interesting- as these incidents are to thestudent, they were historically only preliminaryto the dramatic events connected with the se-cession of the State and the organization ofthe C
. Historic towns of the Southern States. treets resoundto the tramp of Colonel Bufords men on theirvain errand to Kansas ! And what a soberingsense of reality it brings to read his card in thepapers ! I wish to raise three hundred in-dustrious, sober, discreet, reliable men, capableof bearing arms ; not prone to use them wick-edly or unnecessarily, but willing to protecttheir section in every real emergency. But interesting- as these incidents are to thestudent, they were historically only preliminaryto the dramatic events connected with the se-cession of the State and the organization ofthe Confederate Government. The course ofSouth Carolina and the propositions for com-promise had been watched with the greatesteagerness, and when the Alabama Conventionassembled in the capitol on January 7, 1861,the excitement was intense. Hotels werecrowded, lobbies thronged, the factions werebusy caucusing, and so close did the estimateof votes run that a delegate who was opposedto secession exclaimed : Mr. Yancey can save T^mmmmmimmiffim. in; I H\si I M !! \ ru \ ii;i)i: i; \ i i. -; \ i _L. THE PERMANENT CONSTITUTION OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES. AS REPORTED BY COMMITTEE AMD AMENDED BY CONGRESS, IS IN THE POSSESSION OF THEDAUGHTER OF ALEX. B. CLITHERALL, MRS. A. C. BIRCH, MONTGOMERY, ALA. 403 404 Montgomery the Union by the wave of his hand. Whenthe convention finally, on January iith, cameto a vote, the scene was a solemn and impres-sive one. Mr. Yancey, as chairman of thecommittee to draw up the ordinance of seces-sion, rose to close the debate. The majorit)-of the committee, he said, preferred that theordinance should state simply that the Stateresumed its original sovereignty by its own act,without adding anything that might seem anapology ; but for harmony they had yielded tothe desire of the minority and agreed to a pre-amble and certain resolutions. The questionwas put and the vote stood 6i to 39. Ala-bama had declared her independence. The scenes that followed are best des
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