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 be admitted to his seat in this Convention, and that the said A. J. T. Wright is not entitled to the same. In view of the fact that the said Wright received the certificate of election in this case, and has been in no way to blame for the part he has taken in the matter, your Committee would respectfully recommend the passage of the following resolution:

Resolved, That John W. Jones be admitted to the seat in this Convention from the counties of Columbia and Suwannee heretofore occupied by A. J. T. Wright.

Which was read and on motion of Mr. Lewis adopted. Mr. Dawkins of Alachua moved that a committee of three be appointed to make suitable arrangements for signing the Ordinance of Secession at 1 o'clock; Mr. Turman, of Hillsboro, moved that John W. Jones come forward, sign the roll and take his seat. Mr. Allison, of Gadsden, moved to reconsider the vote taken this morning in relation to the contested election of Suwanee and Columbia counties; Which was agreed to. The President read the following communication from Hon. E. C. Bullock, the Commissioner from the State of Alabama: , Fla., Jan. 11, 1861. Sir:—I am indebted to the Convention of Florida and the people whom they represent for so much kindness and courtesy during my stay here, as the Commissioner of Alabama, that I am unwilling to depart without some formal expression of my gratitude. Be pleased to communicate to them my high appreciation, both for myself and on behalf of the State of Alabama, of the warmth and cordiality with which I have been received and treated, and my firm conviction, founded on the very recent assurances of her chief magistrate, as well as my own judgment, that the secession of Alabama cannot be delayed beyond the present week. Not long divided in their withdrawal from a Union of "irrepressible conflict," I fervently hope that Florida and Alabama will soon be united in that new Union of brotherly love in which a homogeneous people, taking their destiny into their own hands, shall exhibit to the world the highest development of free government and the noblest phase of true civilization. With very great respect, Your obedient servant, E. C. BULLOCK. To Hon. J. C., President of the Convention.

Ordered to be spread upon the Journal.