. Historic towns of the Southern States. struggling against the absolutism ofSanta Anna, and so keen was the interest feltat Montgomery that a mass-meeting was heldin the theatre, funds were contributed, and acompany of forty men under Captain Ticknorwas raised in the immediate addition to the princely pay of $8 amonth, there was the uncertain promise of asquare mile of land out there. They got justsix feet of it; for they were massacred aftersurrender at Goliad. In 1840, their attentionwas engrossed by the picturesque Tippecanoeand Tyler too campaign. Log cabins, coon-skins, a
. Historic towns of the Southern States. struggling against the absolutism ofSanta Anna, and so keen was the interest feltat Montgomery that a mass-meeting was heldin the theatre, funds were contributed, and acompany of forty men under Captain Ticknorwas raised in the immediate addition to the princely pay of $8 amonth, there was the uncertain promise of asquare mile of land out there. They got justsix feet of it; for they were massacred aftersurrender at Goliad. In 1840, their attentionwas engrossed by the picturesque Tippecanoeand Tyler too campaign. Log cabins, coon-skins, and hard cider were seen on every hand,and the Great ball, which the Whig enthu-siasts rolled through so many cities as a spec-tacular admonition to keep the ball rolling,passed through the streets inscribed with de-nunciations of the Nullifiers. 396 Montgomery But, after all, the event which made politicsa prominent feature of life at Montgomerywas the removal thither of the State , its location at that time, not being. ALABAMA STATE .TuL vVriERE PRESIDENT DAVIS WAS INAUGURATED. accessible enough, a constitutional amend-ment was adopted providing for its removal,and on January 28, 1846, the Legislature, aftera hot contest, selected Montgomery as thesite. Two days later, the Selma stage broughtthe news to the city. Next day there was a Montgomery 397 grand procession, and at night there were bon-fires and a jolhfication that would have glad-dened the soul of old Andrew Dexter. His de-sire was to be fulfilled, and the capitol was tostand on the very lot he had reserved for it onGoat Hill nearly thirty years before. Thenew building, erected by the city, was ready inin the fall of 47 ; the archives in one hundredand thirteen boxes were laboriously broughtfrom Tuscaloosa in thirteen wagons, at a costof $1325 — figures as significant of poor trans-portation facilities as they are full of the magicalnumber thirteen — and all was ready for theLegislature, wh
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