The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-02

stitutionaI convention to be held in Montgomery Jan. 7th. 1861. It can never be said that secession was the work of fire eaters" alone for the majority of the people were well in formed and the delegates were fairly elected
 Tho delegates were divided in senti- ment. six being opposed to the "Ordi- nance of Secession" which was pre- scented to the convention by A. A. Cole man. MT. Yancey closed the debate in a brilliant speech in favor of the secession movement On January 11th the resolution was passed. The vote was take min secret session but when Judge Brooks. president of the con- vention announced the result of the vote, the doors were thrown open and the lobby was in moment filled with anxious citizens breathlessly awaiting the announcement. As the multitude rushed in. magnificent flag was .up- furled in the center of the hall. MT. Yancey in behalf of the ladies of Mont gomery presented the flag to the con- vention. Judge Vim. R. Smith in ac- cepting the flag recalled the glories of the Star Spangled Banner and the de- votion of. women to its service. He closed as follows: We accept this flag, and though it glows with but a single star, may that star increase In magnitude and brilliancy until 1t out rivals the historic glories of the Star spangled Banner"
 On this same day, January 11th. the convention elected eleven qelegatesl to the Provisional Congress of the seeded States which it invited to meet at Montgomery. The Senators and Representatives in the United States Congress resigned their seats the next day.
 Governor Moore had previously di- rected the seizure of the forts and ar senals near Mobile and at Pensacola, thus anticipating the determination of the people of Mobile. He aided mate rially in the equipment of the State troops and threw his whole soul into the cause of Southern Independence. At the close of his term he was ap- pointed special aid-de-camp to his successor. Governor Shorter, and rem dercd most important services in the northern counties while acting in that capacity.
 oned at Fort Pulaski savannah, but his health failed and he was released in August after receiving very cour- teous treatment. He afterwards prac- ticed law in Marion, Ala, where he died April 5th, 1873. >~@.-. /. > Governor Moore was six feet. stout and well bullt, or Horld COmpleXlon anu handsome and commanding presence. In private swell as public life he was a model of probity and manly sincerity. Frank. cordial. moral and full of public spirit he was always popular favorita The large estate he had accumulated was swept away by the war. His wife was a Miss Goree of Perry county,
 am sure you will be interested in an incident which was related to me by one of our own Daughters in which Governor Moore figures. Miss Auns- paughs eldest brother was then an infant of a very tender age, and ac- companied by his mother who was convalescent after a very serious ill- ness had gone to spend some time at their summer home. The first night the baby. probably being much fla tigued expressed his displeasure with his unfamiliar surroundings-in long continued crying, The young mother tried in vlin to quiet him. Governor Moore was near, and full of sympathy for the mother and baby, offered his services as nurse and actually sue ceeded in putting the young gentle man to sleep.