"The Confederate States of America."
"Constitution Adopted! Swearing Allegiance to the New Constitution! President and Vice President Elected! Davis and Stephens!" This article announces the adoption of the Confederate constitution and the election of its executive officers: "The name and style of the new Government is &...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/2835 |
| Summary: | "Constitution Adopted! Swearing Allegiance to the New Constitution! President and Vice President Elected! Davis and Stephens!" This article announces the adoption of the Confederate constitution and the election of its executive officers: "The name and style of the new Government is 'the Confederate States of America.' The Constitution adopted is the old one essentially, merely having been modified verbally to conform to the States' Rights construction of the South, and to make it applicable to the present state of affairs." |
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