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The Daily Dispatch: March 14, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Ordinance of transfer passed by Alabama. (search)
annoyed by the book, on account of many of the ludicrous scenes therein detailed, supposing them to be presented with a coloring which might bring his veracity somewhat into question. We know not whether this was so or not; but we do know that Mr. Sims, in his life of Marion--a far more pretentious work — has told us nothing that Weems had not told before, and has added nothing to what Weems had said.--Every incident, every anecdote, that had been recorded by Weems, is faithfully transcribed by Sims, and, apparently, he did not think it worth while to look beyond his volume, so fully had he covered the entire ground. We recollect having seen Mr. Weems when we were a very small boy. It was a memorable day with us--one which we shall never forget. It was the day of an election, when elections used to be held on the April County Court days, long before the Convention of 1829-'30 fixed all upon the same day. It was the first election we had ever been at, and we had been brought up