from the May 17, 1925 TUSCALOOSA NEWS

"This political assemblage on that notable night in 1850 was characterized by want of harmony. As I understand dissension ruled supreme. And old Tuscaloosa people who made themselves conversant with the details of the meeting claimed that heated discussions at the Old Indian Queen in 1850, had considerable to do with bringing on the war of secession eleven years later. We all know Harriet Beecher Stowe's book called UNCLE TOM'S CABIN in 1853 was regarded as a main factor in bringing on the war. And another school of writers for a generation past have contended Yancey's fire eating oratory, so to speak, and leadership in the South was responsible for this, the greatest calamity that befell the human race up to that time. And as stated above, Yancey was in evidence that night. He was there in all his glory. So that it is just possible that the old time Tuscaloosa folks were correct in claiming that the mustard seed of secession was sown that night in the reception room so the old Indian Queen". (I'll post the sources of these 1850 newspaper clippings later. Only a single issue of an 1850 Tuscaloosa newspaper can be found online so I had to use other sources on these SOUTHERN RIGHTS BARBECUES which occurred all over Alabama in 1850. I'll work on this more in the future but I wanna make it to the KUNG FU GRIP rock 'n roll show @ the Hotel Indigo OVERLOOK BAR this evening and it starts in less than an hour)