In the Fall of 1862 he was elected Member of Assembly from the first district, and was a participant in the three weeks' struggle for the organization of the House. Mr. Seymour was then Governor. The darkest clouds of the Rebellion were hovering over us, and intense and bitter party feeling actuated the Members. The vote was finally reached, and the House duly organized. Better perish than submit to disunion.
War is the only way to peace.
Mr. Post is strong and earnest, and the President ought to be a grateful man, that he has friends so bold. In the general legislation of the body, to which his time and energies were assiduously devoted, he was a close and careful participant. At the close of his legislative term he renewed the railroad agitation, and in the Fall of 1865 called a public convention to consider the question of organizing a Company to construct the Southern Central Railroad, for which he had drawn Articles of Association. The result of his efforts was the organization of the Company and the building of the road. Mr. Post was one of the Directors, and the Secretary of the Company on its organization, and subsequently in turn Vice-President and President thereof.