alabama secession document

Secession -- Alabama. If the state convention passed a declaration of causes document, then the header for that ordinance provides a link back to that document. Cette collection contient un grand nombre d’informations sur les soldats de l’Alabama durant la guerre civile américaine. Be it further ordained , That when vacancies occur in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant of volunteers, the Colonel of the regiment which such vacancies occur shall be authorized and empowered to fill such vacancies by original appointment from the non-commissioned officers and privates of the regiment. With the exception of South Carolina which pitched its declaration toward encouraging other states to secede, all other causes combined range from 7% to 21% of the reasons given for secession. Section 8. Section 9. Constitutions -- Alabama. That the Board of Steamboat Inspectors at the Port of Mobile be re-appointed by the State of Alabama, and required to continue in the discharge of their duties, as they have heretofore done under the laws of the United States, and at the same salary - reporting, as heretofore, to the Collector, and, instead of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, to the Governor of the State. Document to the people of Alabama from thirty-three men at the 1861 secession convention explaining why they did not sign the Ordinance of Secession. Section 3. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas soon passed similar acts of secession.” Similar to what? Section 1. Section 6. Section 3. of the Confederate States of America (CSA). South Carolina was soon joined by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. She began her Journal while she was in Alabama with her husband, James Chesnut, Jr., who was at Montgomery, helping found the new Confederate government. That the gold and silver coin of the United States, of England, France, Spain, Mexico, and the Southern Republics, shall be a lawful tender in payment of debts and duties, at their value, as regulated by the laws of the United States; and that, in the computation of all duties on imports from foreign countries into this State, the laws and the usages, in regard to foreign invoices, of the United States, in reference to the value of the coin or currency of the same, shall continue to be observed. By a vote of 61-39, Alabama becomes the fourth state to secede from the Union. Be it resolved by the people of Alabama in Convention assembled. Section 10. That, until otherwise provided by the Convention, the Tariff, Revenue, Collection, Ware-housing, and Navigation Laws of the United States, so far as they may be applicable, be, and the same are hereby adopted and made the laws of this State, saving that no duties shall be collected upon imports from the States forming the late Federal Union, nor upon the tonnage of vessels owned in whole or in part by citizens of said States. Be it further ordained , That the Legislature shall have power to prescribe the time and mode of election for filling the vacancies created by this ordinance, and to do all other acts and things in relation thereto, or in relation to promoting the efficiency of the militia, which, in their judgment, the public service may require, not inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance, or of any other ordinance which has been or may be passed by this Convention. No office, civil or military, created by this State, or under authority of its laws, in force on the eleventh day of January, A. D., 1861, and no officer lawfully exercising the powers or duties of such office, is affected by said Ordinance of Secession, except the offices of the members of the House or Representatives and of the Senators of the Congress of the United States of America, and these are abrogated. An official secession convention met in South Carolina following the November 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, on a platform opposing the expansion of slavery into U.S. territories. This page was last edited on 29 December 2017, at 18:34. So, also, every free white person who shall furnish satisfactory evidence of good character, and who shall be engaged in the actual service, military or naval, of the State, and shall take an oath of his intention to continue in such service for at least six months, unless sooner discharged honorably, and also the oath of allegiance below prescribed. Section 3. Be it ordained by the people of the State of Alabama in Convention assembled , That the judicial power heretofore forming a part of the judicial power of the United States of America, and which has been resumed by this State, shall be exercised by the Courts of this State hereinafter named. Dr. Pitcaithley enlisted the aid of Dr. Boyd Murphree of the State Archives of Florida to authenticate the find. To dissolve the Union between the State of Alabama and other States united under the compact styled "The Constitution of the United States of America.". Alabama Ordinance of Secession of 1861. Be it further ordained , That the Quartermaster-General, Paymaster-General, Ordnance Officer, and Assistant Quartermasters, shall each give bond and security, to be approved by the Governor, and renewable at his pleasure, for the faithful performance of the duties of thier respective offices. The story was reported in the February 9, 1861 edition of Harper's Weekly, which carried the front page illustration at right, entitled "The Seceding Alabama Delegation in Congress". On December 20, 1860, the convention issued an ordinance of secession announcing the state's withdrawal from the union. Printed by A. Hoen & Company of Baltimore. L'État de l'Alabama déclare qu'il fait sécession des États-Unis d'Amérique le 11 janvier 1861. Be it further ordained , That the departments of Adjutant-General and Quartermaster-General of the militia shall be subordinate and subject to the order, direction and control of the corresponding departments of the regular and volunteer service. In February 1861, representatives of the seceding states met in Montgomery, Alabama, and organized the Confederate States of America. Be it further ordained , That the system of accountability of each department of the army of the United States as now in force, with such alterations and modifications as are or may be necessary to adapt them to the government of the military forces of the State of Alabama, be, and the same are hereby, adopted. Ordinances of secession and other documents. Learn with documents about Alabama's decision to secede from the Union. + + + + Zoom In Zoom In View Full Document . Secession, the withdrawal of 11 slave states (states in which slaveholding was legal) from the Union during 1860–61 following the election of Abraham Lincoln as president of the United States. This document is a one-page handwritten copy of the Ordinance of Secession passed on January 10, 1861, by the members of the Florida Convention of the People (commonly referred to as the Secession Convention). Section 2. Be it declared and ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention assembled , Every person who, at the date of the Ordinance of Secession, was residing in this State, and was then by birth or otherwise a citizen of the United States of America, shall continue a citizen of this State, unless a foreign residence shall be established by such person with the intention of expatriation. The Secession Convention met on January 3, 1861 in Tallahassee. Section 7. Be it further declared and ordained by the people of the State of Alabama in Convention assembled , That all the powers over the Territory of said State, and over the people thereof, heretofore delegated to the Government of the United States of America, be and they are hereby withdrawn from said Government, and are hereby resumed and vested in the people of the State of Alabama. Secession Documents: Alabama July 12, 2018 Alabama was the fourth state to secede from the Union on January 11, 1861. The Secession Convention. In the first letter, written from the Exchange Hotel on January 10, 1861, Mitchell describes the tension and excitement in the city as they wait for the official declaration of Alabama's secession. This page has been accessed 26,934 times. No bond issued by authority of the laws of this State, or bills or coin lawfully used as money in this State, and no bond, obligation, debt or duty, due or owing to this State, or enuring, in whole or in part, to this State, before or since adoption of said ordinance, is affected thereby. The outcome of the American Civil War ended slavery in Alabama. One, C. Christopher Sheats of Winston County, continued arguing against secession until he was dragged out of the hall by celebrating citizens and put in jail for the rest of the convention. Section 8. Be it declared and ordained by the people of the State of Alabama in Convention assembled, That the State of Alabama now withdraws, and is hereby withdrawn from the Union known as "the United States of America," and ​henceforth ceases to be one of said United States, and is, and of right ought to be, a Sovereign and Independent State. Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention assembled , That, until such time as a Provisional or Permanent Government is established, of which Alabama shall become a member, the General Assembly of the State of Alabama has full power and authority to make provisional postal arrangements for this State. Section 2. Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention assembled , That the Governor be and he is hereby authorized and empowered, in the event of a declaration of war against the State of Alabama, or of an actual invasion of its territory, or of imminent danger of such invasion, to cause to be enlisted and to call into actual service a number of troops, not exceeding one thousand non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, to be enlisted for a term of three years, unless sooner discharged. He remained in office until March 4, 1861. Downloads: This item has the following downloads: SA00000002_00002 ( .pdf ) Full Text: Ordinance of Secession 1861 Florida Convention of the People Ordinance of Secession (1861) is the product of the Florida State Archives and its "Florida Memory Project". Section 2. The print is an accurate copy of the original engrossed document. All but three signed. Abstract: Document to the people of Alabama from thirty-three men at the 1861 secession convention explaining why they did not sign the Ordinance of SecessionScope and Content Note: Document to the people of Alabama from thirty-three men at the 1861 secession convention explaining why they did not sign the Ordinance of Secession. It was the most serious secession movement in the United States and was defeated when the Union armies defeated the Confederate armies in the Civil War, 1861-65. Section 13. At a Convention of the People of the State of Alabama, begun and holden at Montgomery, on the seventh day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and continued to the twelfth day of February in the same year. Document to the people of Alabama from thirty-three men at the 1861 secession convention explaining why they did not sign the Ordinance of Secession. Ultimately, eleven states—South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina—pursued independence as part of the Confederacy. No process or proceeding of any court of this State is affected by said Ordinance of Secession. Conclusion. Section 1. Speech of E.S. 1999-08-30, ... document, map, book, &c., thus destroyed; and the expense of all said matters shall be allowed in their accounts on … During that time, six states—Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas—joined South Carolina in declaring their secession from the Union. Be it further ordained , That the foregoing section shall not apply to the Adjutant-General and Quartermaster-General of the Militia, who shall be retained in office, subject to the pleasure of the Legislature; and may be dismissed or retained, as the Legislature shall direct. Section 10. By the secession of six of the slave-holding States, and the certainty that others will speedily do likewise, Texas has no alternative but to remain in an isolated connection with the North, or unite her destinies with the South. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. Be it further ordained , That the said Circuit Courts of this State, and the City Court of Mobile, shall have and exercise original jurisdiction in all cases embracing matters of law or of a maritime or admiralty nature heretofore cognizable in the District or Circuit Courts of the United States of America, and the laws of Congress in conformity therewith; and that the Courts of Chancery of this State exercise jurisdiction in all cases of equity, heretofore exercised or cognizable in said courts of the United States, under the Constitution and laws thereof: Provided , that this grant of powers shall not be so contrued as to give to the City Court of Mobile any right to try causes in which is involved, in direct issue, the title of land. In all cases the citizenship of a man shall extend to his wife, present or future, whenever she shall have a residence in the State, and shall extend also to each of his children, who, under the age of twenty-one years, may have a residence in this State. Section 5. Section 1. Be it further ordained , That the Governor shall be, and he is hereby, empowered to appoint an Adjutant and Inspector-General, whose rank shall be that of a Brigadier-General, and who shall be entitled to the pay and allowances of a Brigadier-General. Section 11. Be it further ordained , That said volunteers, when so accepted, shall be subject to the same rules and regulations, and entitled to the same pay, rations, clothing, and emoluments of every kind, except as to bounty, as the enlisted men to be raised by this Ordinance. Section 17. Dr. Kathleen Logothetis Thompson graduated with her Ph.D. from West Virginia University in 2017. Section 4. Resolved , That it is the will of the people of Alabama that the Deputies elected by this Convention to the Southern Convention, to meet at the city of Montgomery on the fourth day of February next to form a Southern Republic, be, and they are hereby, instructed to insist on the enactment by said Convention of such restrictions as will effectually prevent the re-opening of the African Slave Trade. • Tell students that this lesson uses primary documents from Alabama that relate to events surrounding our secession from the Union and the formation of the Confederate States of America. That Jonathan Harris is hereby appointed Collector of Customs at the Port of Selma, and that he proceed to discharge the duties of his office upon his giving bond, with security in the same sum as that set forth in his bond formerly given to the United States - the said bond to be approved of by the Judge of the first Judicial Circuit, and to be transmitted to the Governor of the State to be filed among the archives. Be it further ordained , That each of said enlisted men shall be entitled to receive a bounty of ten dollars, one-half on enlisting and the other half on joining the corps to which he may belong. Section 9. Tennessee was the 11th and last, its population divided on secession (eastern Tennesseans generally opposed it), but not on the slave issue. He then denied that the president or the federal government had any authority to prevent secession. Florida Historical Legal Documents State Library and Archives of Florida. Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention assembled , That each Colonel of a volunteer regiment who shall be received into the service of the State of Alabama, under the provisions of an ordinance entitled "an Ordinance to provide for the Military Defense of the State of Alabama", passed January 19, 1861, shall be authorized and empowered, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint and remove at his pleasure the following regimental staff, viz: one Adjutant and one Quartermaster, with the rank, pay and allowances of a 1st Lieutenant of Dragoons; one Surgeon and two Assistant Surgeons, whose rank and pay shall be the same as that of the same officers in the army of the United States; one Sergeant-Major, one Quartermaster-Sergeant, one Drum-Major, and one Fife-Major, who shall be entitled to the same pay and allowances as non-commissioned officers of the same grade in the army of the United States. Il rejoint ensuite rapidement les États confédérés durant la guerre de Sécession. She understood that once secession occurred, there was no turning back. Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention assembled , That no law enacted by the authority of the State of Alabama, in force on the eleventh day of January, A. D., 1861, and consistent with the Constitution of this State, and not inconsistent with the ordinances of this Convention, is affected by the ordinance known as the Ordinance of Secession, adopted on said day, and entitled "an Ordinance to dissolve the union between the State of Alabama and other States, united under the compact styled, the Constitution of the United States.". Be it further ordained , That the duties of the Adjutant-General and the Quartermaster-General of the Militia as now established by law, shall be entirely distinct and separate from the duties of the Adjutant-General and Quartermaster-General who appointments are provided for by an ordinance entitled "an Ordinance to provide for the Military Defense of the State of Alabama", and shall be confined exclusively to the militia, as contra-distinguished from the enlisted men and volunteers actuall y in service. WHEREAS, the election of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin to the offices of President and Vice-President of the United States of America, by a sectional party, avowedly hostile to the domestic institutions and to the peace and security of the people of the State of Alabama, preceded by many and dangerous infractions of the Constitution of the United States by many of the States and people of the northern section, is a political wrong of so insulting and menacing a character as to justify the people of the State of Alabama in the adoption of prompt and decided measures for their future peace and security; therefore. Section 1. Section 2. That the oath of allegiance to this State shall be in the following form, viz: "I do swear (or affirm) that I will be faithful, and true allegiance bear to the State of Alabama, as long as I may continue a citizen thereof. The goal is try to recapture the thoughts, feelings, and beliefs of those involved in the swirl of events unfolding in this early phase. Be it further ordained , That said volunteers shall not be accepted for a less term of service than one year, unless sooner discharged by the Governor. Be it ordained by the people of the State of Alabama in Convention assembled , That the several ordinances passed by this Convention, in reference to subjects over which the Federal Government had jurisdiction, under the Constitution of the United States, before the State of Alabama seceded from the Union, shall remain in force only till the Provisional or Permanent Government, hereafter to be established by the Seceding States, shall exercise its powers on the same subjects, and, by constitutional provision, ordinance, laws, passed by authority of such Government, establish rules and regulations inconsistent therewith. Texas was the only state to put the issue up for a popular vote, but secession was widely popular throughout the South. Be it further ordained , That the Governor shall be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to appoint one Major-General, who shall be entitled to the pay and allowances of a Major-General in the army of the United States, who shall hold his office during good behavior, and shall be entitled to the command of all troops of the State when in service, whether the same shall be regulars, volunteers, or militia. Constitutions -- Confederate States of America. The secessionist states formed the Confederate States of America. Six more states would follow in the ensuing months: Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. Every free white person who, after the date aforesaid, may be born within the territory of this State, or may be born … Whereas, the election of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin to the offices of President and Vice President of the United States of America, by a sectional party, avowedly hostile to the domestic institutions and to the peace and security of the people of the State of Alabama, preceded by many and dangerous infractions of the Constitution of the United States by many of the States and people of the northern section, is a political wrong of so insulting and menacing a character as to justify the people of the State of Alabama in the adoption of prompt and decided measures for their future peace and security; therefore. No offense against the laws of this State, committed before or since the adoption of said Ordinance of Secession, is affected by said ordinance; and no offender against said laws is relieved or discharged from the consequences of such offenses by said ordinance; and no amercement, fine, penalty, forfeiture, escheat, bond, or recognizance, accruing or enuring, in whole or in part, to the State of Alabama, whether in action or in judgment, is affected by said ordinance. While Arkansas hesitated, other Southern states were busy passing ordinances of secession. So, also, every person who, by birth or naturalization, was a citizen of the United States of America, or of any slaveholding State of North America, and who, within twelve months after the date of the Ordinance of Secession, shall come to reside in this State, with the intention of becoming a citizen thereof. Section 3. Be it further ordained , That all cases, except where the United States of America is plaintiff, now pending in said federal courts within the limits of the State of Alabama, and on the law side of the said courts, or of an admiralty and maritime nature, shall be transferred, with all the books of records, dockets, papers and documents, to the same appertaining, to the several circuit courts in the respective counties in which said federal courts have heretofore been holden, and all process now running on any case now pending in said courts as aforesaid, except where the United States of America is plaintiff, shall be executed by the marshals holding such process and returned to the said circuit courts, and all cases pending in said courts on the equity side of said courts, with all the papers and documents appertaining to said cases on file in said courts, shall be transferred to the chancery courts in the said counties in which said federal courts have heretofore been holden, and all process now running on any such cause now pending as aforesaid, shall be executed by the marshals aforesaid and returned to said chancery courts. To dissolve the Union between the State of Alabama and other States united under the compact styled "The Constitution of the United States of America. Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by authority of the same , That the Collector of the Customs at the Port of Mobile, in all his official acts and in the style of the documents it may be necessary for him to issue, shall do, and issue the same in the name of the State of Alabama. The secessionist states formed the Confederate States of America. Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention assembled , That the postal contracts, arrangements and regulations, in force on the eleventh day of January, A. D., eighteen hundred and sixty-one, are permitted to be continued, and the persons charged with the duties thereof are permitted to continue to discharge such duties until a postal treaty, or treaties, shall be concluded, or until otherwise ordered or provided by the authority of this State. Section 3. It was one of the original seven … Be it declared and ordained, and it is hereby declared and ordained, by the people of the State of Alabama in Convention assembled , That the first section and sixth article of the Constitution of the State of Alabama be amended by striking out of the fifth line of said section the words "Constitution of the United States and the," after the word "the", and before the word "Constitution", where they occur. Legislation -- Alabama. Section 14. The secession convention, recalled in special session, met again in the Old State House in Little Rock on May 6. Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention assembled , That the Governor be, and he is hereby, authorized to extend and carry into effect the provisions of the "Ordinance to provide for the Military Defense of the State of Alabama", for the purpose of protecting the coast defenses of the Gulf of Mexico, and to prevent or repel invasion in that quarter. A fifth such document was prepared by the Florida secession convention but never formally published.

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