The leader., 1899-06-14
=. nm, for /, unilea south. Ma,

,.,.r. Or. nray for uni ed south. May
,he future witness her prosperity ana f'o'y uo
he far above th,t Witch has attended net psse
-. ,,nsn the glory OF STATE shall rest upon her
an. ,,orv shall be Thine, for Thlue Is the king
dom' the power and the glory. forever and ever
Amen" an.
Al tbl, point Mfr. e. r. Dickson entered inc
hail bearing beautiful silk gag Win s'ngie
while star in the center made that morning oS
Mrs II. II, Smythe.l which he handed 10 rres
d.n, Rarry vino after a brief pause, waved u,
and with tear in his eye and tremor IN MS
voice remarked that IL was the first nag IN
,,r,ed in the Young republic. The members
s,Iutrd IL BY risIns-the vast audience present
uniting in shouts of applause. Hluminationf
and artillery saIutes In jackson and elsewhere
,b,ouohout the state expressed the popular
annroyaI of this drama in the history Oh our
State. -.
On the day that the ordinance was passed,
January o the convention met At 10 AM. went
into secret session at III am, ana con'lnueo
therein until 4;3n Action upon the ordinance
occupied one hour, so that the vote was taken
at $50 pm.
IL may be interesting here to note tnat the
popular war song THE Bonnie Blue rag mat
Bear. a Single star" was the product OF thls
episode Harry Mccarthy, comic actor way
tLen holding forth in the old theater on
sppnel.r's corner, Jackson. He wrote his song
Immediately after the scene at the ctpitol; the
next day my fingers put 1t in type, and that
night IL was sung for the first time, by It's author
The ordinance. after being handsomely en-
crossed on parchment, was signed on the 18TH oil
January the governor and the members OF the
legislature being invited TO be present. Inc
countie, we're called In Alphabetical order. Inc
fol owing is the ordinance, as signed:
An Ordinance to dissolve the Union between
the state Of Mississippi and other STATES
united with her under the compact entltlel
"The Constitution OF the United StAtos OIL
America"
The people OF the state of Mississippi, 10 con.
yention assembled do ordain and declare, ana
1t is hereby ordained and declared as iono"s'
towit;
Section /. That all the laws and ordinances
by which the said state OF MISSISSIPPI BECAME 4
member OF the Federal L mon OF Tue unIteu
states of America be, and the same are hereby
repealed and that all obligations on the part OF
said state or the people thereof. TO observe the
same be withdrawn; and that the SAID state
doth hereby resume all the rights. functions and
powers which by any OF said laws or 0rdi-
nances were conveyed to the government OF the
said Unted States. and is absolved from all the
obligations, restraints and duties incurred 10
the said Federal Union; and shall from hence
forth be free sovereign and independent state
sec. =. That so much Of the nrst section oil
the seventh article OF the constitution OF TINS
state as requires members of the legislature
and all officers executive and judicial, to take
an oath or affirmation TO support the consiitu-
ton Of the United States be, and the same Is
hereby abrOgated and annulied.
Sec. 3. That ali rights acquired ana vested
under the constitution of the United States, or
under any act Of congress passed, or treaty
made in pursuance thereof or under any law OF
this state and not Incompatible with this ordi-
nance, shall remain in force and have the same
effect as if this ordinance had not been passed.
Sec. 4. That the people of the State OF Mis-
siSspp hereby consent 10 form Federal I Mon
with such OF the states as may have seeded or
may secede from the [ MON OF the l nited States
of America upon the basis OF the present con
stitution OF the said United states, except such
parts thereof as embrace other portions than
such seeding States
Thus ordained and declared In convention tho
9th day of January, in the YEAR oi our LORD one
thousand isht hundred and slxty-One.
WILLIAM >. BARRY, President.
F. A. FORE. Secretary,
In testimony Of the passage OF which, and the
determination of the members OF this conveH-
ton to uphold and maintain tue State IN Tie
position sue has assume by said ordinance 1t Is
81 -ned by the president and members OF this
convention this the 18th day of January. 1861.