Letter from Governor John W. Ellis to Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of two dispatches from you on the 19th inst. the latter of which informed me that Georgia has formally seceded from the Union.
I trust that this event is the beginning of a future of prosperity, peace and happiness for the people of Georgia and my earnest desire is that North Carolina will unite her destinies, by a formal act, as they are now in fact united with the Seceding States. The information furnished by your first dispatch, that a Convention of the Seceding States would be held in Montgomery on the 4th of Feb. next to form a Confederated government, will furnish the occasion of a few Suggestions on my part. North Carolina will not be represented in that Convention, but I trust and believe, will Soon enter into the government which the Convention will form, particularly if it Should be an acceptable government. . . .
Governor John W. Ellis, Executive Department, Raleigh, North Carolina, Jan. 21st 1861
