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". Six more states would follow in the ensuing months: Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. But in all other cases, the pleading, practice and course of proceeding, except in cases as hereinafter stated, shall be in all respects as in ordinary cases, arising and pending in said State courts as regulated by the laws of this State. Section 8. Lincoln’s election, which is often sited in posts on this site as the true cause of the war, is 2%-4% of the reasons given for secession. 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. A second resolution passed that enabled the remaining 24 opponents to sign a document acknowledging Alabama’s decision without taking part in it. The secession of South Carolina will naturally, and, in time, inevitably, lead to the secession of Alabama. It was recently discovered by Dr. Dwight Pitcaithley, former chief historian of the National Park Service and currently professor of history at New Mexico State University. ; This is not specifically about President Donald Trump. And be it further ordained as aforesaid , That all officers in this State are hereby absolved from the oath to support the Constitution of the United States heretofore taken by them. That the Collector aforesaid shall make monthly returns of the business of his office to the Governor of the State of Alabama, embracing an accurate account, in detail, of his receipts and disbursements; the latter showing the expenses of the Marine Hospital, the Revenue Cutter, and the Light Houses, and the amounts of the salaries of Steamboat Inspectors, of officers of the customs, and such incidental charges as appertain to the same; and unless the duties of said Collectors are hereafter modified by this Convention, or some other competent authority, he is hereby required to make report quarter yearly to the Governor of the State, of such statistical returns as he has been heretofore required by the laws of the United States to report to the Secretary of the Treasury. No rights acquired, or vested in any body corporate under the Constitution of the United States, or under any act of Congress passed in pursuance thereof, or under any law of this State, and not incompatible with said Ordinance of Secession, affected by said ordinance. Section 5. No process or proceeding of any court of this State is affected by said Ordinance of Secession. These are offered in chronological order. Section 6. Section 2. Section 3. from West Virginia University in 2012 and her B.A. Adopted January 11, 1861. The Secession Convention met on January 3, 1861 in Tallahassee. Section 8. Be it further ordained , That no officer of the line or staff, who may be appointed under the provisions of this ordinance, shall be entitled to receive pay or allowances until he shall be called into actual service, nor for any longer time than he shall continue therein: Provided , That nothing in this ordinance shall be so construed as to prevent officers from receiving pay and allowances while engaged in the recruiting service, or while prevented from the discharge of their duties by wounds or sickness, or while absent from their posts on leave. Alabama freedpeople welcomed emancipation but endured continuing hardships because of the prevailing and pervasive racial … Be it further ordained , That in all cases in which, under the laws aforesaid, trials have been had by juries, the same shall be tried by juries according to the practice of jury trials in the State of Alabama; and in all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction and all other cases in which the jury trial has not been established, the form and mode of proceeding shall be such in the said State courts taking jurisdiction of such cases as have been heretofore in use in the said federal courts within this State taking cognizance of such cases. But if such person was born in a foreign State or country, or in a non-slaveholding State, he or she shall take the oath of allegiance to this State below provided. 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. 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. 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. Troops seized Mount Vernon that same day, which had been guarded by just 17 Federal troops under Captain Jesse L. Reno. It was passed during Alabama's Secession Convention, which removed the state from the Union on January 11, 1861, in response to the election of Republican Abraham Lincoln as president in … 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. Section 11. Section 13. Section 2. • 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. 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.
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