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important points, 15 ; condition of the finances 

 of the State, 16; ordinance of secession, 16; 

 majority and minority reports of the com- 

 mittee on, 16; debate, 16, 17; its repeal, 17; 

 other ordinances adopted, 17; the war debt 

 declared void, 17; adjournment of the con- 

 vention, 17; State officers elected, 17; Legis- 

 lature convenes, 17 ; message of Governor Par- 

 sons, on the proceedings of the convention, 

 18 ; destitution, 18 ; State debt, 18 ; battle-flags, 

 18; State officers chosen by the Legislature, 

 18; amendment to the Federal Constitution 

 adopted, 18 ; other acts of the Legislature rel- 

 ative to freedmen, 19 ; inauguration of Gover- 

 nor Patton, 19 ; his address, 19 ; losses of the 

 State by the war, 19 ; emancipation, 19 ; dis- 

 patch from "Washington relieving the Provis- 

 ional Governor, 19 ; do. to Governor Patton, 

 20 ; Freedmen Convention in August, 20 ; do. 

 in November, 20; difficulty between Bishop 

 "Wilrner and the military authorities, 20, 21. 



VI. Eeassembling of the Legislature, 9; 

 address of the Governor, 9 ; acts of the Legis- 

 lature, 9 ; inquiries into the dispositions of the 

 people in the various counties, 9 ; bonds, 9 ; 

 artificial limbs for soldiers, 9 ; report of the 

 Committee on Federal Relations, 9 ; resolutions, 

 10 ; action of the Legislature, 10 ; stay laws, 

 10 ; general State amnesty granted, 10 ; finances 

 of the State, 10 ; effects of the stay law, 11 ; 

 banks, 11 ; tax on cotton, 11 ; insane hospital, 

 11 ; penitentiary, 11 ; university, 11 ; schools, 

 11 ; land-grants to railroads, 11 ; negro suffrage 

 in the Legislature, 11 ; revised code, 11 ; views 

 of the Governor on the Federal constitutional 

 amendment, 11, 12 ; action of the Legislature, 

 12 ; destitution, 12 ; aids to the suffering, 12 ; 

 census of 1866, 12 ; table of population, 13 ; 

 legislation relative to freedmen, 13 ; legal ef- 

 fects of secession in Alabama, 14 ; decision of 

 Judge Henry, 14. 



VII. Sessions of the Legislature, 15 ; reso- 

 lutions on public affairs, 15 ; message of Gov- 

 ernor Patton on relations to the Union, 15 ; 

 Union Convention at Huntsville, 16; public 

 meeting at Montgomery, 16 ; General Pope's 

 orders, 17; order for registration, 17; suffrage, 

 18 ; freedmen's meetings, 18 ; meeting at Mo- 

 bile, 18 ; resolutions adopted by the meeting, 

 19; disturbances from colored people riding 

 in street-cars, 19 ; meeting at Mobile relative 

 to reconstruction, 19 ; removal of civil officers, 

 20; people in favor of reconstruction, 20; 



State Convention of colored people at Mobile, 

 21 ; resolutions of convention, 21 ; prepara- 

 tions for registration of voters, 21 ; orders of 

 General Pope to govern registration, 21 ; pub- 

 lic meeting at Mobile, addressed by Hon. W. 

 D. Kelley, broken up by riot, 22 ; testimony 

 of Mayor Withers, 22 ; report of General 

 Swayne, 22 ; court of inquiry appointed, 23 ; 

 General Swayne's orders to prevent violence, 

 23 ; orders defining duties of municipal police, 

 23 ; orders prohibiting the carrying of fire- 

 arms, and breaches of good order, 23 ; meeting 

 of citizens of Mobile, 23; General Pope re- 

 moves mayor and chief of police of Mobile, 

 and appoints others in their place, 24 ; report 

 of these changes to General Grant, 24 ; session 

 of United States District Court, 25; Judge 

 Kelley's address at Montgomery, 25 ; removal 

 of Common Council and aldermen of Mobile 

 and appointment of others in their stead, 25 ; 

 proceedings in the Common Council, 25 ; Gen- 

 eral Pope's order directing Governor to re- 

 port vacancies in civil offices, to be reported 

 to district commander, 25 ; Union Republican 

 Convention at Montgomery, 25 ; resolutions 

 of Union Convention, 26 ; session of State 

 Loyal League, 26 ; promising condition of the 

 crops, 26 ; harmony of feeling on the subject 

 of reconstruction, 26 ; friendly relations be- 

 tween freedmen and whites, 26; General 

 Pope's letter on reconstruction, 26; orders 

 relative to civil courts, 26 ; orders respecting 

 juries, 26; orders concerning advertising in 

 journals opposed to reconstruction, 27; re- 

 turns of registration, 27 ; population, 27; num- 

 ber of voters, 27; General Pope's orders for 

 election of delegates to State Convention to 

 establish -a constitution, 27; number of dele- 

 gates, 28; Conservative State Convention at 

 Montgomery, 28; resolutions of Conservative 

 Convention, 28 ; committee to prepare address 

 to people of United States, 28 ; complaint rel- 

 ative to Boards of Registration, 29 ; detailed in- 

 structions to Boards of Registration, 29 ; official 

 vote of the State, 29 ; composition of the con- 

 vention, 30 ; General Pope's orders for assem- 

 bling the convention, 30 ; meeting and organ- 

 ization of the convention, 30 ; resolution con- 

 cerning removal of political disabilities, 30; 

 resolutions in regard to basis of new constitu- 

 tion, 30; General Pope's address to conven- 

 tion, 80; resolution removing all distinction 

 of color and caste, 30 ; do. giving laborers a 



