- Collection:
- American Civil War
- Title:
- An ordinance : to dissolve the union between the state of Georgia and other states united with her, under the compact of government entitled the Constitution of the United States
- Creator:
- Georgia. Convention (1861 : Milledgeville)
- Date of Original:
- 1861-01-16
- Subject:
- Secession
Georgia--Politics and government--1861-1865 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- ordinances
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- The election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States in 1860 sparked the secessionist movement in the South. South Carolina led the way by voting unanimously on December 20, 1860 to withdraw from the Union. Alabama, Mississippi and Florida soon followed. Governor Joseph Brown of Georgia called for a special election to be held on January 2, 1861 to choose delegates to a state convention to decide if the state should secede. The secessionist forces, led by Gov. Brown, the Howell brothers, T. R.R. Cobb and Robert Toombs, won the election by a vote of 50,243 to 37,123 and controlled the majority of the 301 delegates that met in Milledgeville on January 16, 1861. Alexander Stephens, the United States Senator from Georgia, led the opposition.
On January 18, 1861 a resolution was introduced that called for secession from the United States, and that a committee be created to draft the formal announcement. The resolution, and the call for the formation of the committee, passed by a vote of 166 to 130. On January 19, 1861, the formal Ordinance of Secession passed by a vote of 208 to 89, and Georgia dissolved its ties with the Union. - Metadata URL:
- http://www.libs.uga.edu/hargrett/selections/confed/ord.html
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Republic of Georgia.
ORDINANCE OF SECESSION, PASSED JAN'RY 19, 1861.
WITH THE NAMES OF THE SIGNERS.
AN ORDINANCE to dissolve the Union between the State of Georgia and other States united with her under a compact of government, entitled “ The Constitution of the United States of America :”
We, the People of the State of Georgia, in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the Ordinance adopted by the people of the State of Georgia, in Convention on the Second Day of January, in the Year of Our Lord Seventeen Hundred and Eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America was assented to, ratified, and adopted; and also, all acts, and parts of acts, of the General Assembly of this State, ratifying and adopting amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby Repealed, Rescinded, and Abrogated.
We do further Declare and Ordain, that the Union now subsisting between the State of Georgia and other States, under the name of the United States of America, Is Hereby Dissolved, and that the State of Georgia is in the full possession and exercise of all those rights of Sovereignty which belong and appertain to a Free and Independent State.
GEORGE W. CRAWFORD, of Richmond, President.
JAS, II.
ALFRED H. , of Baker.
CHAS. D. HAMMOND, “
LUCILES BRISCOE, of Baldwin.
A. H. KENAN,
WM. R. BELL, of Banks.
SAMUEL W. PRUITT, of Banks.
JOHN C. LAMB, of Berrien.
WOODWORD J. MABRY, of Berrien.
E. A. , of Bibb.
WASHINGTON POE, of Bibb.
JNO. B. LAMAR,
HENRY BRIGGS, of Brooks.
CHAS. S. GOULDIN, “
JNO. B. , of Bryan.
CLEM. C. SLATER, “
SAMUEL L. MOORE, of Bulloch.
SAMUEL HANILLE, “
E. B. GRESHAM, of Burke.
E. A. ALLEN, “
WM. B. JONES, “
DAVID J. BAILEY, of Butts.
HENRY HENDRICK, “
ELIJAH PADGETT, of Calhonn.
WM. J. SHEFFIELD, “
FRANCIS M. ADAMS, of Camden.
NATHANIEL J. PATTERSON, “
JAS. M. CANTRELL, of Campbell.
THOS. C. GLOVER, “
BRIGHT W. HARGROVE, of Carroll.
ALLEN ROWE, “
BENJ. H. WRIGHT, “
WM. T. WOFFORD, of Cass.
TURNER H. TRIPPE, “
HAWKINS F. PRICE, “
J. T. McCONNELL, of Catoosa.
H. M. SMITH, of Charlton.
H. M. MERSHONO, “
FRANCIS S. BARTOW, of Chatham.
JNO. W. ANDERSON, “
AUG. SEABORN JONES, “
WM. DAVIS, of Chattahoochee.
ABNER H. FLEWELLEN, “
LOWRY WILLIAMS, of Chattooga.
WESLEY SHROPSHIRE, “
JOHN McCONNELL, of Cherokee.
ELIAS E. FIELD, “
WM. A. PEASLEY, “
ASBURY O HULL, of Clarke.
THOS. R. R. COBB, “
JEFFERSON JENNINGS, of Clarke.
BENJ. F. BURNETT, of Clay.
WM. II. C. DAVENPORT, “
JAMES F. JOHNSON, of Clayton.
RADFORD E. MORROW, “
THOS. G. RAMSEY, of Clinch.
BENJAMIN SIRMONS, “
GEO. F. RICE, of Cobb.
A. A. , “
E. H. LIND???, “
J. H. FRIER, of Coffee.
ROWEN PAFFORD, of Coffee.
W. A. L. COLLINS, of Columbia.
HENRY R. O SEY, “
RICHARD S. NEAL, “
JOHN G. , of .
H. C. TUCKER, “
ANDREW B. CALHOUN, of Coweta.
JOSEPH J. PINSON, “
WILLIAM B. SHELL, “
W. C. CLEVELAND, of Crawford.
ISAAC DENNIS, “
R. M. PARIS, of Dade.
SHADRACK C. HALE, of Dade.
ALFRED WEBB, of Dawson.
REUBEN H. PIERCE, “
C. J. MUNNERLYN, of Decatur.
RICHARD SIMS, “
BOLIVAR H. GEE, “
GEORGE R. SMITH, of DeKalb.
JOHN SHERROD THOMAS, of Dooly.
ELIJAH BUTTS, “
RICHARD H. CLARK, of Dougherty.
CHARLES E. MALLORY, “
ROBERT W. SHEFFIELD, of Early.
JAMES BUCHANAN, “
HARRIS TOMLINSON, of Echols.
J. P. PRESCOTT, “
ED. W. SOLOMONS, of Effingham.
ALBERT G. PORTER, “
JOHN C. BURCH, of Elbert,
L. H. O. MARTIN, “
A. L. KIRKLAND, of Emanuel.
JOHN OVERSTREET, “
ELIJAH W. CHASTAIN, of Fannin.
MIAL M. TIDWELL, of Fayette.
J. L. BLALOCK, “
SIMPSON FOUCHE, of Floyd.
FRANCIS C. SHROPSHIRE, of Floyd.
JAMES WORD, “
HARDY STRICKLAND, of Forsyth.
HIRAM P. BELL, “
SAMUEL KNOX, of Franklin.
JOHN H. PATRICK, “
JOSEPH P. LOGAN, of Fulton.
JAMES F. ALEXANDER, “
LUTHER J. GLENN, “
JOSEPH PICKETT, of Gilmer.
WILLIAM P. MULTON, “
CALVIN LOGUE, of Glusscock.
JOSHUA F. USRY, “
D. H. B. TROUP, of Glynn.
JOHN L. HARRIS, “
N. M. CRAWFORD, of Greene.
T. N. POULLAIN, Sr., “
R. J. WILLIS, of Greene.
WM. H. DABNEY, of Gordon.
JAMES FREEMAN, “
ROBERT M. YOUNG, “
[No signers from Gwinnett county.]
R. C. KETCHUM, of Habersham.
S. SISK, “
E. M. JOHNSON, of Hall.
STEPHENS, of Hancock.
BENJ. T. HARRIS, “
THOMAS M. TURNER, “
WM. J. HEAD, of Haralson.
ABNER R. WALTON, “
D. P. HILL, of Harris.
WM. J. HUDSON, “
H. D. WILLIAMS, “
RICHARD F. HILL, of Hart.
JAMES E. SKELTON, “
RUFUS P. WOOD, of Heard.
CHARLES W. MABRY, “
F. E. MANSON, of Henry.
E. B. ARNOLD, “
JOHN H. LOW, “
JOHN MASON GILES, of Houston.
B. W. BROWN, “
DANIEL FRANKLIN GUNN, “
M. HENDERSON, of Irwin,
JACOB YOUNG, “
JOHN J. McCULLOCH, of Jackson.
JOHN G. PITTMAN, “
DILMUS R. LYLE, “
ARIS NEWTON, Sen., of Jasper.
R. JORDAN, “
H. V. JOHNSON, of Jefferson.
GEORGE STAPLETON, “
WM. HURST, of Johnson.
J. R. SMITH, “
JAMES M. GRAY, of Jones.
PEYTON T. PITTS, “
NATHAN TUCKER, of Laurens.
JOHN W. YOPP, “
GOODE BRYAN, of Lee.
W. B. RICHARDSON, “
W. B. FLEMING, of Liberty.
S. M. VARNADOE, “
LaFAYETTE LAMAR, of Lincoln.
ISAIAH H. TILLMAN, of Lowndes.
CHARLES H. M. HOWELL, “
WM. MARTIN, of Lumkin.
WILLIAM H. ROBINSON, of Macon.
JOS. J. CARSON, “
JAMES S. GHOLSTON, of Madison.
A. C. DANIEL, “
WILLIAM M. BROWN, of Marion.
JAMES M. HARVEY, “
JAMES M. HARRIS, of McIntosh.
G. W. M. WILLIAMS, “
HIRAM WARNER, of Meriwether.
WM. D. MARTIN, of Meriwether,
HENRY R. HARRIS, “
CHARLES L. WHITEHEAD, of Miller.
WILLIAM JAMES CHESHIRE, “
J. C. STREET, of Milton.
JACKSON GRAHAM, “
WILLIAM T. COX, of Mitchell.
JESSE REED, “
ROBERT L. RODDEY, “
JOHN T. STEPHENS, “
[No signers from Montgomery county.]
AUGUSTUS REESE, of Morgan.
THOMAS P. SAFFOLD, “
EUCLID WATERHOUSE, of Murray.
ANDERSON FARNSWOTH, “
HENRY L. BENNING, of Muscogee.
A. RUTHERFORD, “
JAMES N. RAMSEY, “
A. MEANS, of Newton.
PURMEOUS REYNOLDS, of Newton.
WILLIAM S. MONTGOMERY, “
WILLIS WILLINGHAM, of Oglethorpe.
DANIEL D. JOHNSON, “
SAMUEL GLENN, “
JOHN Y. ALLGOOD, of Paulding.
HENRY LESTON, “
WILLIAM T. DAY, of Pickens.
J. W. STEPHENS of Pierce.
ENOCK D. HENDRY, “
R. B. GARDNER, of Pike.
GEO. M. McDOWELL, “
W. E. WEST, of Polk.
THOMAS W. DEUPREE, of Polk.
C. M. BOZEMAN, of Pulaski.
THOMAS J. McGRIFF, “
D. C. ADAMS, of Putnam.
RICHARD T. DAVIS, “
LEWIS T. DOZIER, of Quitman.
E. C. ELLINGTON, “
SAMUEL BECK, of Rabun.
HORACE W. CANNON, of Rabun.
ARTHUR HOOD, of Randolph.
DOUGLAS, “
JOHN , of Richmond.
IGNATIUS POULTNEY GARVIN, of Richmond.
WM. A. BLACK, of Schley.
HIRAM FRENCH, “
CURTES HUMPHREYS, of Screven.
J. LAWTON SINGLETON, “
HENRY MOOR of Spalding.
WILLIAM G. DEWBERRY, of Spalding.
JAMES HILLARD, of Stewart.
JAMES A. FORT, “
GEORGE Y. BANKS, “
TIMOTHY M. FURLOW, of Sumter.
WILLE A. HAWKINS, “
HENRY DAVENPORT, Jr., “
LEVI B. SMITH, of Talbot.
WILLIAM R. NEAL, “
A. H. STEPHENS, of Taliaferro.
TOBY H. PERKINS, “
BENJAMIN BREWTON, of Tattnal.
H. STRICKLAND, “
HENRY H. LONG, of Taylor.
WM. J. F. MITCHELL, of Taylor.
WILLIAMSON, of Telfair,
HUGH McLEAN, “
WILLIAM HERINGTON, of Terrell,
DEMETRIUS A. COCHRANE, “
AUG. HARRIS HANSELL, of Thomas.
SAMUEL B. SPENCER, “
WILLIAM G. PONDER, “
JOHN CORN, of Towns.
ELIJAH KIMSEY, “
BENJAMIN H. HILL, of Troup.
WM. P. BEASLEY, “
JAMES M. BEALL, “
JOHN FITZPATRICK, of Twiggs,
STEPHEN L. RICHARDSON, “
J. P. WELLBORN, of Union.
JAMES H. HUGGINS, “
THOMAS S. SHARMAN, of Upson.
PETER W. ALEXANDER, “
G. G. GORDON, of Walker.
R. B. DICKERSON, “
THOMAS A. SHARPE, “
GEORGE SPENCE, of Walton,
WILLIS KILGORE, “
HENRY D. McDANIEL, “
CAREY W. STYLES, of Ware,
WM. A. McDONALD, “
MADISON D. CODY, of Warren.
NATHANIEL A. WICKER, “
E. S. LANGMADE, of Washington.
LEWIS BULLARD,“
A. O. HAINES, “
HENRY R. FORT, Jr., of Wayne.
HENRY A. CANNON, “
PETER F. BROWN, of Webster.
M. H. BUSH, “
ELIJAH F. STARR, of White.
ISAAC BOWEN, “
SMITH TURNER, of Wilcox.
DANIEL A. McLEOD, “
R. TOOMBS, of Wilkes.
J. J. ROBERTSON, “
RUFUS J. COCHRANE, of Wilkinson.
N. A. CARSWELL, “
D. TALIAFERRO, of Whitfield.
FRANCIS A. THOMAS, “
JOHN M. JACKSON, “
TERREL T. MOUNGER, of Worth.
R. G. FORD, Jr. “
Note .—One of the Delegates elect to the Convention. Hon. CHARLES MURPHY, of De Kalb, died before leaving home for Millecgeville. Mr. STROTHER, from Lincoln, was taken ill during the Convention, and although he intends to sign the Ordinance, has not yet been able to do so.
Attest: this January 21, 1861, A. R. Lamar, Secretary .
PROTEST OF SIX OF THE DELEGATES.
WE, the undersigned, Delegates to the Convention of the State of Georgia, now in Session, whilst we most solemnly Protest against the action of the majority in adopting. Of for the immediate and separate Secession of this State, and would have preferred the policy of co-operation with our southern sister States.— will of a majority of her people, as expressed by their Representatives; and we hereby pledge “our lives, our fortunes, and our of Georgia, if necessary, against hostile invasion from any source whatever.
MILLEDG...ILLE, January 22, 1861.
Constitutionalist Steam Press, Augusta, Ga.
JAMES P. SIMMONS, of Gwinner.
THOMAS M. McRAE,
S. H. LATTIMER, of Montgomery.
DAVIS WELCHEL,
P. M. BYRD, of Hall.
JAMES SIMMONS, of Pickens.
