A few days later it passed the Senate without amendment, was signed by the Governor, and became a law.
As had been predicted by Mr.Goar, Hon.

L.Q.C.Lamar was nominated by the Democrats for Congress in the first district, which was the Democratic district.

The Republicans nominated against him a very strong and able man, the Hon.

R.W.Flournoy, who had served with Mr.Lamar as a member of the Secession Convention of 1861.

He made an aggressive and brilliant canvass of the district, but the election of Mr.Lamar was a foregone conclusion, since the Democratic majority in the district was very large..