The "four-minute men" were a group of volunteers who gave four minute speeches on relevant topics in society such as the American war effort during WWI. They were shown in movie theaters when the reels would be changed.
They feared a strong federal government
A strong federal government according to these delegates would exercise absolutism and dictatorship. One of the delegates who did not attend the conference were the Rhodesians.
Francis Lubbock (1815 – 1905) was the governor of Texas between 1861 and 1863, and therefore he was in office during the Civil War (1861-1865).
During his ruling, he promoted the conscription (draft) so that every non-disabled men joined the Confederate States Army. He appointed how slaves should replace working white men so that they could join the army. He even made the aliens who lived in Texas subjects of the draft. In general, he worked hard to ensure the mility abilities of Texas.
He rejected reelection in 1863 in order to join the Confederate Army himself. In 1864 Lubbock was named assistant of Jefferson Davis and traveled to Richmond. He had a close relationship with Jefferson Davis, the only President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. Both would be captured together by the Union authorities.
