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“Secondly. The State of Tennessee will, upon becoming a member of said Confederacy under the permanent Constitution of said Confederate States, if the same shall ever occur, turn over to the Confederate States all the public property acquired from the United States on the same terms as the other States of said Confederacy have done in like case.”

This agreement was laid before the Legislature in a special message, and almost unanimously ratified. Its provisions were promptly executed. The vote of the people upon the Declaration of Independence and the Ordinance adopting the Provisional Constitution of the Confederacy did not occur till the eighth of June. The result of the vote, as shown by the official returns, was as follows:

Separation. NoSeparation. East Tennessee 14,780 32,923 Middle Tennessee 58,265 7,956 West Tennessee 29,127 6,117 Camps 6,246 Total 108,418 46,996 Representation. NoRepresentation. East Tennessee 14,061 32,962 Middle Tennessee 58,198 8,298 West Tennessee 28,912 6,104 Camps 6,340 Total 107,511 47,364

Immediately after the election, Gov. Harris issued a proclamation announcing Tennessee’s withdrawal from the Union. This was followed by the proclamation of Jefferson Davis, officially declaring that Tennessee had become a member of the Confederacy. On the first of August the State adopted the permanent Confederate Constitution by vote of 83,133 for, 30,357 against.