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Constitution of 1861: __________ CONSTITUTION or FORM OF GOVERNMENT for the PEOPLE OF FLORIDA. __________ ORDINANCE OF SECESSION. __________ We, the People of the State of Florida, in Convention assembled, do solemnly
ordain, publish and declare, that the State of Florida hereby withdraws herself
from the Confederacy of States existing under the name of the United States
of America, and from the existing government of said States; and that all political
connection between her and the government of said States ought to be and the
same is hereby totally annulled and said Union of States dissolved, and the
State of Florida is hereby declared a sovereign and independent Nation; and
that all ordinances heretofore adopted, in so far as they create or recognize
said Union, are rescinded, and all laws or parts of laws in force in this State,
in so far as they recognize or assent to said Union, be and they are hereby
repealed. Done in open Convention, January 10, 1861.
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