The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-02

practical 1HfnEa Aof iifes ONr hlstptf of tis.Ts ths' She woif offered by the makors to us. yet wcAstand and take It meek ly Self respect In people is haR- eososphers osss ne9 of ail 'tne time. Macaulay When he says. "A people which has no pride In the noble achievemehtsj Of re- mote ancestry will never achieve any any, thing worthy 10 be remembereu VIII pride by remote descendants. What are we doing in the South to lay the Spredicate of this philosophy!
 pf the most intelilgent and enterprLs- finr papers in Alabama. It contains some oversights that certainly come 'f2sP ssfherr sSes were two Confederate con- eresses. One was composed of the men elected to the national congress ane who walked ont Tn a isSi anq 4, sre offiee until their terms expired by iimitaupn land then q congress was eiecssu
 'ns sIn pp1p'eif the first congress, which willis Brewer in history calls The Provision, al Congress,g Alabama was represented by senatogs; ,s., q
 sMil,,sn, sS.,sInsn, x SaIssesii SeIas siissssl sssi5'
 Mir Yancev was not member oi Congress. In 1881. at all He YES ss nf all
 Europe the whole time ot tne cn,,, rao a few days in Montgomery peioLe ne sailed. MT. Clay was never a delegate | in that Congress at all. za. was founded on American principles, 1 It was not made up of the upeNpiaso 'terms" of officers of any other spk sss. lfinitrd states regulating tenure of of- flee had no effect upon conieoeIa'e os fices rr,.s,
 sProvisionai 1t had a Legislative function. Congress of single body; land an Executive. This form expired tssasSes T%,sst'pe PebSaaqg Sa 9ge S issi senate chanlber at Montgomery, ana l expired February 18th ise2s at Ricn-
 lnona. the anniy,ersary a,,e 1antnomery St tae ys' The Provisional Congress was chosr sa
 on bv, the secession Conventions in the several States. The number oi ess asle- 1 sentation of the States respectively ,n | fhe Congress of the United states Hence Alabama with seven Repre1sen-
 tatives and two Ssnators, ,n ,be lnds sProvis- licnaI Congress at Mont tgomery, .h AS nine delegates were. Associate 1usTtsE TtE lR. w. Walker Robert II. SnlitH' ,.a akso ano I famous lawyer of Mobile, Colin J. bac ! Rae of the cotton factorage firm, Boy- 1 kin, McRae and Foster Qf Mobile yonn lia lGlIi Shorter, Circuit Judge. Stephsens pssss
 Insijea Hals wiIsism lnMyer s' chIiiona R David Lewis. lawyer of Moulton. pr: Thomas 1 Fearn of Huntsville and J. ll M. curry
 ex- ex-Represeptative in the Cons.rtsss s.tss n,,ly g member of the Congress Of the OniLsd , l States who held a seat in the Pro- dvisional Congress and he was cnoss,. sns 1 by the secession Convention, just as tms other eight were chosen. pr Fearn declined to accept and Men DaNis was s. chosen in hts place. Lswiis innSs soon wss ' as
 signed and Henry nIyce ' rfe ass members oF Congress from Alabama who came South" in 1861, were: Benjamin Fl.s. s. patrick and C C. Clay. Jr.; ssnnaaHpi,iss ns,.p,is District: James L. Pugh from. the T EmfanIa District; Sydenham Moore from the Tuscaloosa District paNao ave lGeorSe S Houston from the Athons Dis trict: Williamson R. ". Cobb froIn the | Huntsville District and J. L.s M- Sufrs from the Talladega Distrlcl. sss xvho
 Perhaps members Of Congress Wno ''came South" that is came to snS.i s.t own country, might have Deen T, t,uil,So Ssssr
 ously chosen. to the ProvlslonAi ,'o1. Soia. ana it was unfortunate no doubt that they were not. For instanee; Siay lPugh. svdenham Moore. stailwortn' as a lvery strong man, but pelesSrsv, Sa,,S Soa Sention. lsrgued that new men, men who haa lnof recently held political offce shouin
 be chosen. This policy cut oLi fIVni Hn,,h the Congress the members of the con vention. the members of the Genefal
 Assembly and all members of the ohao ,n ted states Congress bnt JurFs. {" ii0' '.' I some unknown way. got In.
 The Congress under the Provislonal ~
 government was chosen the sanio i sa,, a~ in inc United States. The election TOT
 fine First Congress was in Novemper' 4 iSsi. and for the Second Tn NovempeI 1868. effective February lS' sueeeeo-
 " Pugh, ciopton and Curry were were ssIasS Rep lresenfatives in the First Congress :. Curry was defeated for the Second Dy
 crukshank and entered ltr. the asain srhy re. e9
 t,Srnssl T,ohb was busted from hls
 seat ln the House for ,ss cause S,Issd syddehl1 in
 ham Moore and Hale were .Sa kllieu sr,,,v ,i
 as Colonel, D. P. Lewis raised a
 company for the Confederate army put
 shifted to the other side later on. NYancey was Senator for little more
 than one year. and Clay for two years ah
 R w Walker succeeded Clay and Hop- ert Jemison Yancey who died In or
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