Executive Department,
Tallahassee, Jan'y 19th, 1861.
Hon. Jno. C. McGehee, President of the Convention:
Sir:—I have the honor to transmit herewith the ordinance of secession of the State of Alabama and a communication from the Mayor of Atlanta.
Very respectfully,
M. S. PERRY.
Montgomery, Alabama,
January 11th, 1861.
To his Excellency the
Governor of the State of Florida:
Sir: By order of the Convention of the People of Alabama, I have the honor herewith to transmit to you a copy of the Ordinance this day passed, "to dissolve the union between the State of Alabama and the other States united under the compact styled 'the United States of America.'"
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully, yours, &c.,
WILLIAM M. BROOKS,
President of the Convention.
AN ORDINANCE TO DISSOLVE THE UNION BETWEEN THE STATE OF ALABAMA AND OTHER STATES UNITED UNDER THE COMPACT STYLED "THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA."
Whereas, the election of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin to the offices of President and Vice President of the United States of America, by a sectional party, avowedly hostile to the domestic institutions and to the peace and security of the people of the State of Alabama, preceded by many and dangerous infractions of the Constitution of the United States by many of the States and people of the Northern section, is a political wrong of so insulting and menacing a character as to justify the people of the State of Alabama in the adoption of prompt and decided measures for their future peace and security, therefore,
Be it declared and ordained by the people of the State of Alabama in Convention assembled, That the State of Alabama now withdraws, and is hereby withdrawn from the Union known as "the United States of America," and henceforth ceases to be one of said United States, and is, and of right ought to be a Sovereign and Independent State.
Sec. 2. Be it further decalred and ordained by the People of the State of Alabama in Convention assembled, That all the powers over the Territory of said State, and over the people
