Taming Alabama : Lawyers and Reformers, 1804-1929

Taming Alabama Focuses On Persons And Groups Who Sought To Bring About Reforms In The Political, Legal, And Social Worlds Of Alabama. Most Of The Subjects Of These Essays Accepted The Fundamental Values Of 19th- And Early 20th-century White Southern Society; And All Believed, Or Came To Believe, In The Transforming Power Of Law. As A Starting Point In Creating The Groundwork Of Genuine Civility And Progress In The State, These Reformers Insisted On Equal Treatment And Due Process In Elections, Allocation Of Resources, And Legal Proceedings. -- To An Educator Like Julia Tutwiler Or A Clergyman Like James F. Smith, Due Process Was A Question Of Simple Fairness Or Christian Principle. To Lawyers Like Benjamin F. Porter, Thomas Goode Jones, Or Henry D. Clayton, Devotion To Due Process Was Part Of The True Religion Of The Common Law. To A Former Populist Radical Like Joseph C. Manning, Due Process And A Free Ballot Were Requisites For The Transformation Of Society. --book Jacket. Harry Toulmin : A Frontier Justinian -- Benjamin F. Porter : Whig And Law Reformer -- Julia Tutwiler : Preparation For A Lifetime Of Reform -- James F. Smith : Ordination And Order -- Thomas Goode Jones : Personal Code Of A Public Man -- Joseph C. Mannin : Defender Of The Voteless -- Henry D. Clayton : Plantation Progressive On The Federal Bench. Paul M. Pruitt, Jr. ; With An Introduction By G. Ward Hubbs. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.