. Civil war and reconstruction in Alabama . ions, 1861-1865 When, by the passage of the ordinance of January 11, 1861,the advocates of immediate secession had gained their end, the strongmen of the victorious party, for the sake of harmony, stood aside,and intrusted much of the important work of organizing the newgovernment to the defeated cooperationist party, who, to say theleast, disapproved of the whole pohcy of the victors. The delegateschosen to the Provisional Congress were: R. H. Walker of Hunts-ville, a Union Whig, who had supported Bell and Everett and opposedsecession; Robert H. Smi

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. Civil war and reconstruction in Alabama . ions, 1861-1865 When, by the passage of the ordinance of January 11, 1861,the advocates of immediate secession had gained their end, the strongmen of the victorious party, for the sake of harmony, stood aside,and intrusted much of the important work of organizing the newgovernment to the defeated cooperationist party, who, to say theleast, disapproved of the whole pohcy of the victors. The delegateschosen to the Provisional Congress were: R. H. Walker of Hunts-ville, a Union Whig, who had supported Bell and Everett and opposedsecession; Robert H. Smith, a pronounced Whig, who had supportedBell and Everett and opposed secession; Colin J. McRae of Mobile,a commission merchant, a Whig; John Gill Shorter of Eufaula,who had held judicial ofi&ce for nine years; William P. Chilton ofMontgomery, for several years chief justice and before that an activeWhig; Stephen F. Hale of Eutaw, a Whig who supported Bell and1 See also Pollard, Lost Cause, p. 563 ; Schwab, p. 190. 2 See below, Ch. Governor Thomas H. Watts. Governor John Gill Shorter.

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