The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-01
Letters to The Editor
The eonfeaerats coneress.

The Confederate Congress.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 When I was taught in Dr. Oliver Goldsmith's History of Rome. I was required to recite as ruth that the twin brothers. Romuius and Remus, founders of the eternal city, were abandoned infants on the bank of the Iiber, taken up by a she-wolf: that act ed the wet nurse and reared them to great things Profound was my as- tonishment to find Viehbur and later Arnold the English author, sceptical of the. wolf wet nurse as a part of the history of Rome. when wider reading
 We of the southern Confectionery re- main patient long time with history" same time self respecting people who ever were so weighty in the practical things of life. Our history is. made tor us and we know the tale of the she we stand and take 1t rneekly. Self re- speet in a people IS happily defined by one of the noblest philosophers of all people which takes no pride in the no ble achievements Of remote ancestry will never achtege anything worthy to descendants. what are we doing in the. south to lay the predicate of this philosophy.
  pers in Alabama. It contains some over sights that certainly come from haste
 There were two Confederate con- gresses. One was composed of the men elected to the national congress and who walked out in 1881 and came South: their terms expired by limitation and then a congress was elected by the people. ,.,,,,.. n, 4v, hSgforx1 attTha prnVfSi0n- l al Congress" Alabama was represented
 William L TYaneeys isslsaS.
 MT. Yaneey was not a member of Congress, in 1861. at all. He was in Europe the whole time of the life. or the Provisional Government except Ia a sailed. Mir. Clay was never delegate in that Con@ress at all. The Confederate civil government was founded on American principles: It was not made up of the unexpired terms" of officers of any other govern ment whatsoever. The laws of the United states ssa rsgauistns s,,ap defeerafe e9sfe
 s The first form of Confederate. Gov ernment was named by its organic, law law function, d Congress of a simple body; and an Executive This form expired by limitatien of one year ,skt # Yas tss tssse 1 Senate chamber at montgomery, ana l expired February 18th. 1882, at Rica- mond. the anniversary of the Presl-
 The Provisional Congress was chos- | en by the secession Conventions m, l tHe several states. The number oI e,.s- 1ers- | gates allowed was equal to the repre- sentation of the States respsctivsly t1 | the Congress Of the. United states, Hence Alabama with seven seven l., feeprs, ts,s senatatives and two Senators m that Congress had nine delegates in the Pro- | yisjonaI Congress at Montgomery. Ihe l nine delegates were, Associate JuSti . R. w. Walfer' hoeerit hsoet,tia Hi raIIn T Me. Rae of the cotton fastorage firm' Bog- Iei kin. McRae and Foster, or Mopile, JoHn Gill Shorter. Circuit pntaw Jutage' sH.cghiai sgliS,i | Justice William r Chiltons David F Lewis, lawyer of Moulton, Dr. Inomas Fearn of Huntsville and J. .l |. M. la.,lll Surry the United States. Curry was tns 3tis ds member Of the Congress of the Jnllse States who held i seat Tn the sSssr rroHd, by the secession Cnnvention.. Just as members of Congress from Aians.'ls who "came South" in 1861. were; Sen iamin Fftzpatrick and c. c. clay, Jr' Sanstors flames A. Stallworth from ta' Mobile District; James L. Push iron the Mentgomery District; Sydenn,apq Sy,sa,.,aq Moore from the Tuseal99sosds 9sI,ss eas IissT5is lis trict; George s. Houston rom tn,
 Athens District Williamson k. " Conn from the E lntsville District ant J L. M. Curry from the Talladesa DIS trict. 1-4..~.... ,,,h, "came South" that Is came to thel own countrv. might hove been nunler
 ously chosen to the Provisional con
 gress on account of their. experience and if is important no doubt mat the,
 were not for instance. Glay. Pu%h Svdenham Moore. Stallwofths a yer strong man, but Delegate John F. MOT
 gan Of the secession Convention, ar uged that new men,. men who had n9 he chosen. This policy cut off from tn
 Congress the members of the ConVen
 ion the members of the General As sernblv and all members If the Unite
 States Congress but Curry, who, Il
 some unknown way. got m. The Congress under the ProVisiona
 s.overnment was chosen the same a in the United States. The election
 for inc First Congress was In Novem
 her 1R6l and for the Second In NO vernber, ls62. effective February 1Stf
 succeeding. In each case.
 pugh, Clayton and curry were Reo c,,'.,-. rssas defe1teF for tie Sec""d ~
 cruikshank and enterSd the army al -o.onel, put the others were 1ag.un re
 fHr1ad Cobb was Custed From hi l seat in the House for cause. Syden
 nam Moore and Hale were killed il
 battle. R. II. Smith entered the arm
 as Colonel. D. F. Lewis raised Com
 pany for the Confederate army bu
 Yancey was Senator for littl
 more than one year, and Clay for tw years. R. W. Walker succeeded Cla