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that he would not stultify himself by claiming the act to be constitutional. He said, We know that it is not constitutional, but it is necessary. It now became necessary for the government of Virginia, represented by Francis H. Pierpont, to emigrate, for the new State of West Virginia embraced the territory in which he was located. He therefore departed with his carpetbag, and located at Alexandria on the Potomac, which became the seat of government of so-called East Virginia. On February 13, 1864, a convention, consisting of a representative from each of the ten counties in part or wholly under the control of the United States forces, assembled at Alexandria to amend the constitution of the state of Virginia. Some sections providing for the abolition of slavery were declared to be added to the constitution, and the so-called convention adjourned. Nothing of importance occurred until after the occupation of Richmond by the United States forces. On May 9, 1865, President Johns