THE CRADLE

OF THE

CONFEDERACY;

OR, THE TIMES OF

TROUP, QUITMAN AND YANCEY.

A SKETCH OF SOUTHWESTERN POLITICAL HISTORY
FROM THE FORMATION OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO A. D. 1861.

By JOSEPH HODGSON,

OF MOBILE.

MALIM INQUIETAM LIBERTATEM, QUAM QUIETUM SERVITIUM.

Mobile:

PRINTED AT THE REGISTER PUBLISHING OFFICE.

1876.