(Admitted March 2d, 1861.)
- Louis T. Wigfall, Ex-U. S. Senator.
- John Hemphill, „ „ „
- John H. Reagan, Ex-M. C.
- T. N. Waul.
- John Gregg.
- W. S. Oldham.
- W. B. Ochiltree.
Proceedings of the Southern Congress.
February 4th, 1861. Howell Cobb of Georgia elected President, Johnson J. Hooper of Alabama, Secretary. Mr. Cobb announced that secession “is now a fixed and irrevocable fact, and the separation is perfect, complete and perpetual.”
6th. David L. Swain, M. W. Ransom, and John L. Bridgers, were admitted as Commissioners from North Carolina, under resolutions of the General Assembly of that State, passed January 29th, 1861, “to effect an honorable and amicable adjustment of all the difficulties that disturb the country, upon the basis of the Crittenden resolutions, as modified by the Legislature of Virginia,” and to consult with the delegates to the Southern Congress for their “common peace, honor and safety.”
7th. Congress notified that the State of Alabama had placed $500,000 at its disposal, as a loan to the provisional government of the Confederacy of Seceding States.
8th. The Constitution of the Provisional Government adopted.[[8]]
9th. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, elected Provisional President of the Confederate States of America, and Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, Vice-President. The question of attacking Fort Sumter has been referred to the Congress.
11th. Mr. Stephens announced his acceptance. Committee appointed to prepare a permanent Constitution.
12th. The Congress assumed “charge of all questions and difficulties now existing between the sovereign States of this Confederacy and the Government of the United States, relating to the occupation of forts, arsenals, navy yards, custom-houses, and all other public establishments.” The resolution was directed to be communicated to the Governors of the respective States of the Confederacy.