Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-04

On March q. ISL. This convention held
ssopen'' session But secret session
was held in Savannah. beginning on
March s, 1851. and adjourned also sine die
on March =. ISL
The journal containing the proceedings
OF both conventions I am fortunate In
owning. and a hundred years from now
Il viii be a valuable volume 70 the his
tOrian.
Governor Brown issued a proclamation
on November a. 1851. and the delegates
elected from the various counties met at
She time appointed
Mr.. STYLES. Of Ware. nominated Hon.
Henry L. Benning as chairman. and Ar
thur Hood. Esq. was appointed secre-
tary.
Rev. Mr.. Williamson. OF the county OF
Telfafr. opened the session with prayer.
on the motion OF Hull (Asbury Hul),
Hon George W. Crawford was chosen
president By reclamation. Messrs- hun,
Alexander stephens and Kenan were ap-
pointed a committee 10 notify Mr.. Craw-
ford. 10 request his acceptance ana con-
duct him 20 the chair. Albert r. Lamar,
of the county Of Muscogee. was elected
secretary on the third ballot Jesse Osiin.
OF Cobb was appointed as messenger. and
William Atkins. dOOrkeeper. Mr.. Fouche.
OF Floyd. was chairman OF the COMMITTEES
on rules. the other two members being
b H HiI. OF Troup, and Clarke Or. H..
OF D0ugherty.
On motion OF Mr.. Barlow (Francis 81.
Il vas unanimously resolved that one OF
the standing rules OF this convention shall
be @ suppression Of all applause or 9TH
er nbfsy demonstrations during or follow
ing the remarks OF any delegate.
Hon James L. orr. Commissioner from
South Carolina. and Hon. John @. Short
er. the commissioner from Alabama. were
IN waiting and at noon both addressed the
convention After their addresses. on the
motion OF Hon. A H Stephens. they ad
5ourned until next day. when Hon. f. A.
Nisbet offered his secession resolution.
Hon. Herschel V. Johnson offered his sub
Etitute and then the battle ragged. When
the vote was recorded there were les with
1Ir. Nisbet and 80 with Mr.. Johnson.
Nisbet. Hull. Cobb. Benning. COlQuitt.
Hanseu and others voted for immediate
secession and Johnson. b. II. Hill, Nc
Daniel. Stephens. doth A. H and LAnton),
al the Smiths, four in number. one each
from Charlton. DeKalb. Talbot and 9TH
ers. voted 10 90 slow and consider the
chances before the leap was made.
The immediate secessiOnists won the
day. and a committee of seven
teen was appointed 10 report an ordinance
10 assert the right and fulfill the obliga-
tion Of the state OF Georgia to secede from
HE union.
II IS interesting to recall the names OF
the seventeen selected by the president OF
the convention TO lead Georgia out Of the
Union They were Nisbet TOombs, Her
Echel V. Johnson, Barlow. A H. Steph-
ems. Benning. Williamson, Of Ielfair;
Brown OF Marion; Hill, OF Harris; Rice,
Hill Of Troup. Trippe, Of Cas-; Chastain,
OF Fannins Cobb Ct r RI. Colquitts
Kenan. OF Baldwin and Reese. OF Morgan.
OF these Johnson, A. II. Stephens, Will
hanson. Brown. OF Marion; Hi. OF Har-
us: Hill. OF Troup: Trippe and Kenan
voted against the Nisbet resOlutiOn-eight
out OF seventeen. Hiram V arner voted
against also but he was left on the COM
mittee. ditto y. NJ Crawford. OF Greene.
who stood so high in Georgia in later
years
The men who were most active for Sc
cesss0n were TOombs. Barlow. Tom Cobb.
Benning Colquitt and Reese. with Nisbet
on the committee OF seventeen.
II was General TOOmbs who introduced
the resolution approving the patriotic
and energetic work OF Governor Brown in
ralxing possession OF Fort Pulaski"
Mr. Martin. Of Lumplin. raised a
breeze by calling for the fun vote Of each
county and each delegate in the cOnven-
.1ion; but IL was defeated by los nays to
II ayes
There was only a majority OF between
d and 40 that carried the state out OF the
union. because the vote on the Nisbet
resolution was the test vote, and the
defeat OF the resolution 10 count the vote
in each county and for each delegate
was carried by the same men with the aid
OF five more.
II IS interesting 70 note the five who
voted against secession. but also 70 de-
feat the cali for the count. Davis. Of Put
nam; Pariss Of Dade; Phinizy, Of Mon
roe: Teasly and Warehouse
When the vote 10 secede was pending,
Mr.. p. H Pill. OF Tr0up. moved 10 sub
Ftftute HerscheI V Johuson's plan rath-
- -Fs 80 81
teen. OF which Mr.. Hill was a member,
and in this way he dissented TO the re-
port OF the committed, but he lost his
resolution. nays. 164; yeas, 1s3.
II Is also interesting 10 note the division
IN the committee. for Johnson Of Jeffer-
son. a H Stephens Williamson, Brown
OF Marion. Hin OF Harris. Hin Of Troup.
Trippe and Kenan, all voted together.
When the ordinance OF secession was
put on its passage there were, yeas. 20S
nays. s. The president voting affirma-
tively, and a majority Of llS. In total
vote Of ~.
II a two-thIrds vote had been required
there would have been but twenty votes
70 spare and II those who went over 70
the majority on the final vote had re-
manned firm. a twO-thirds 'vOte would
never have been reached.
The debate on the Nisbet and johnson
resolutions. when Messrs. Nisbet, Cobb,
side and Herschel Y. Johnson and Alexan-
der Stephens and y. III. Hill spoke on the
other was a discussion that every Geor-
gian should know and remember.
When / read those speeches and know,
as I do now. what was involved in the
issues OF civil war. IL makes one melan-
chOly 10 recall the time and occasion
when Georgia went out OF the union in
evident haste and excitement.
Bug the fatalistic idea or what has to
be, viii be-" seems TO harmonic with the
madEess OF the hour.
Hon. Charles Murphy, a delegate from
DeKalb. died while the convention was
IN session
Georgia appointed commissioners TO ap-
pear at various states in the south, those
which had not seeded, and the list ap-
pears as follows:
Virginia-Henry L. Benning, Of AIusco-
zee.
MaryIand-A r. Wright. Of Richmond
Kentucky-Henry r. Jackson. OF Cha
than.
Tennessee-H. r. Bell. OF Forsyth
Missouri. J. Glenn. OF Fulton.
Arkansas-D. p. Am. OF Harris.
Delaware-D. c. Campbell Of Baldwin
North Carolina-Samuel Hale, Of Ma
con
LOuisiana-W. J. Vason. Richmond
Texas-J- W. a. Sanford. Of Baldwin.
There was a resolution adopted which
read thus:
THAT al members OF this convention.