"The Montgomery Meeting."

Resolutions adopted by a meeting of citizens in Montgomery, Alabama, regarding reconciliation with the United States after the end of the Civil War: "Resolved, that we hereby pledge to the Government of the United States our earnest and zealous co-operation in the work of restoring the State of...

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Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Summary:Resolutions adopted by a meeting of citizens in Montgomery, Alabama, regarding reconciliation with the United States after the end of the Civil War: "Resolved, that we hereby pledge to the Government of the United States our earnest and zealous co-operation in the work of restoring the State of Alabama to her proper relations with the Union, at the earliest practicable moment..." The group also states that the attacks on President Lincoln and Secretary of State Seward "are acts of infamous diabolism revolting to every upright and honest heart." Published in the Alabama Beacon on May 26, 1865.