Editorial #3 A
HOUSE DIVIDED
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.
The United States… are united no more.
On February 4th, delegates from seven states, seven SOUTHERN
states, seven SECEDED states, seven servants of that tyrant, KING COTTON,
mutinously gathered like bloody pirates and created a new ship of state – The
Confederate States of America. And
why? Because a REPUBLICAN was elected
president. A no-name country lawyer from
Illinois with the folksy moniker of “Honest Abe.” Honest?
We shall see. Honest Abe has
promised not to abolish slavery where it already exists. He promises this despite the howls from the
self-righteous abolitionists who claim to know what is better for the black man
than the black man himself. Lincoln
promises the abolitionists that he will not let slavery spread. Isn’t this enough to appease the Quakers, the
Ministers, the Moralists? No. no one is happy. NO ONE IS HAPPY. And now our beautiful country lies broken and
wounded. One can only imagine the
salivating wolves like Mexico and Great Britain ready to pounce upon America’s
helpless carcass and tear us into further pieces. What are we to do with these 7 rebellious
states? How can we shut the shrill
voices of the abolitionists crying for blood?
Will it be war?
EDITOR’S NOTE !!! It has come to the attention of this
publication that spies for both North and South are already afoot. Specifically, there is talk of a plot against
our new President’s life. This paper
urges all Americans to be vigilant.
I agree the country is broken and wounded but not because Lincoln plans to stop slavery from spreadin but because slavery is here in the first place. Us blacks have had to go through the mill while whites sit back and enjoy the sun shining down. If anything Abe needs to end slavery all together. If he doesn't we are all just gonna run and run and resist the chains of slavery.
ReplyDeleteWe southerners do not sit back and enjoy the sun shining down. We are the people that provide food and shelter to you. How did the shelter get there in the first place? Us whites had to make those shelters. What about the food that was here when you first got here? We had to plant and harvest that. We white owners do more than you think.
DeleteThe shelter got there by blacks building it. The food u give us is required cuz if u didn't we all be dead and you would have no one to work for ya. You take our children from us and sell them for petty money. You treat us like animals and walk around like your heavens angels.
DeleteI agree the country is broken and wounded but not because Lincoln plans to stop slavery from spreadin but because slavery is here in the first place. Us blacks have had to go through the mill while whites sit back and enjoy the sun shining down. If anything Abe needs to end slavery all together. If he doesn't we are all just gonna run and run and resist the chains of slavery.
ReplyDeleteAug 22. Mon. I got up this morning and helped Mama pact up to move. We were glad to get out of our small cellar. We have a nice large cellar here where we can run as much as we please and enjoy it. Mama says that we make so much noise that she can't here the shells. (Cellar of house on Alabama street between Pryor and Central Avenue). Aug. 23. Tues. We feel very comfortable since we have moved but Mama is fretted to death all the time for fear of fire. There is a fire in town nearly every day. I get so tired of being housed up all the time. The shells get worse and worse every day. O that something would stop them. Aug 24. Wed. We have ben frightened twice to day by fire. I have ben wanting to go home all day to get some grapes but it has ben too dangerous.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Harriet Tubman. Abe Lincoln is all down but nine. Our country is broken because we aren't trying to completely stop slavery. We are just trying to keep it from spreading which is just bosh. Im sure there is a heap more of people out there who are at sea with Abe's decision.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy for Abraham Lincoln because he is a proud abolitionists and he isn't afraid to fight for what he believes in.
ReplyDeleteLincoln is president of a broken nation. He cannot let slavery spread, but at minimum keep this country united. America is god's land for us and we are destroying it. God wants us united above the torutre of slaves. Never would the lord want America to be completely enslaved so Lincoln must be the boss and also keep slavery limited. In conclusion, slaves are bad but a broken country is worse. Lincoln must be a Curly wolf and stop the bosh our nation is going through.
ReplyDeleteEveryone who is sensible will go to the side of the Confederacy. The Union is putting up quite a fuss about this whole thing. They should just let us be separate from them and let us have our own beliefs.
ReplyDelete(I truly believe in the Union and have commited my self to it. I swore an oath to the Union and promise to keep that oath as long as I live.)
I died December 2, 1859 by hanging from an unsuccessful raid. I agree with both Harriet and Frederick. We are a broken because we aren't trying to completely stop slavery. Slavery needs to end and Abe will help do it. We would not have this problem is slavery wasn't created in the first place. Slaves are the only reason that you slave masters have such a good life. They do almost everything for you with very little reward. Lincoln must stop this nonsense and stop what our nation is going through.
ReplyDeleteI'm shocked people care about the blacks. They are nothing more than workers, and that's all they deserve to be treated as. What would happen if we let black people go free? They have zero education, so they would just go back to building and farming! There is no point in fighting for the blacks. We give them shelter and food, if they went out into the world as free men/women, they would just starve.
ReplyDeleteWe Southerners do not just lay around being waited on hand and foot by our slaves! We have worked hard to provide food and shelter for our slaves and in return we expect them to work just as hard for us! No matter who this silly Abe Lincoln dude thinks he is, I hope he can solve this broken nation. (Hopefully Pres. Lincoln with talk some sense into these southerners. They are tearing families apart! Slavery needs to stop immediately!)
ReplyDeleteWe should not care about the slaves and just being waited on by our slaves. (I believe not abolishing slavery where it already exists is a mistake and a bad idea. Slaves should be free and have the same right as us. It doesn't make a difference if the slaves are free or not. But they should be able to do things that we are able to do. I believe we should do something about the president. There should be no war, but we should agree on something.)
ReplyDeleteI agree the nation is broken and it will stay that way if the north or south does not come up with a compromise which is a bunch of bosh. Some of that has to do with Abraham Lincoln (I believe he is a goner) He is the president of the united states he is supposed to stop war not make it worse. In my eyes president Lincoln should be impeached. (I believe there should be no war but the north and the south can't come to a compromise which i'm balled up about it shouldn't be that hard but apparently it is and this is were Lincoln should step in and fix it to prevent war and as you see that worked out so well.)
ReplyDeleteMy state of Maryland would have joined the confederates if we could. Lincoln knew that allowing Maryland to go would leave Washington D.C. defenseless. He ordered the imprisonment of all pro secession leaders. This means our state is forced to stay put, and cannot rebel with the rest of our comrade states. Despite what happened, Many fellow Marylanders and I agree with Judge Roger B. Taney's decision that what Lincoln did was down right unconstitutional.
ReplyDeleteAbraham Lincoln needs to take action on the seven states that have success. These foolish states are taking it further then it needs to be. The abolitionist will refuse to throw in the sponge and thus war seems inevitable. (We are no longer a group who can be pushed aside by the whites, we are a heap of people who stand up for what we believe in. This issue has split our country and now the seven succeeded states are the symbol of America's corruption. Abraham Lincoln should abolish slavery forever.)
ReplyDeleteI don't really care if the south separating themselves from us but we still need them to have our perspective of the north and to end slavery.
ReplyDeleteThe can divide all they want but it doesn't mean we will stop asking them to change their ways dividing doesn't help them continue slavery so this is ridiculous, We abolitionists will keep rebeling.
What is that President Abraham Lincoln thinking? Not spreading slavery? Slaves aren't anything more than property to work for us so slavery should've been allowed throughout the whole union. Electing Abraham Lincoln as President isn't doing anyone any good. No wonder this union has broken part with such shoddy President. (Abraham Lincoln should not be allowing any states to allow slavery and make all states a free state. The union has already broken apart because of this issue concerning slavery. As President, he needs to do something about this before a war begins or else this Union is never going to be united again.)
ReplyDeleteOur nation is falling apart and President Lincoln is just making it worse. He might say that he wants to abolish slavery but I'm not very convinced. I want a nation without slavery and all us abolitionists are doing everything we can to end this cruelty. So we should be happy that President Lincoln is now president. But no, we aren't. President Lincoln doesn't seem like an abolitionist at all. If we can't fix this issue that America can and will fall apart.
ReplyDeleteAbraham Lincoln must take immediate action upon this. Now that the slave states are unregulated by us, they might spread slavery wherever they wish. The slaves will only become more mistreated and overworked as time goes on. We must unite this country again so we are not prayed on by our weakness.(The nation is still broken but it will be impossible to prevent bloodshed. The abolitionists will only get angrier as time goes on, they will never stop rebelling over slavery. We should not start the war, but we should prepare for it.)
ReplyDeleteMy father was in the revolutionary war. I was in the Mexican war and from the looks of it i will be in the slavery war as well. I have not decided what side i don't have a opinion on slavery for i live in the north but call south home. But i will tell you this if the war happens its not going to be one quick battle no, people are to motivated they will stand up once more and fight. this was is going to last a long time.
ReplyDeleteI don't have an opinion on slavery but i do have an opinion on the north. All of the soldiers in the north are going to pay for what they've done. for every three people i kill i will put a notch on my rifle. I'm dropping bodies in the north.
ReplyDeleteThe fools that lead this so called "rebellion" are just blood thirsty cotton barons and slavery supporters! They can not think they will win? What do they seek to gain? This rebellion will do nothing more then weaken these already troubled lands!
ReplyDeleteI'm strongly positioned as an abolitionist. Blacks must be treated equal as whites, but I believe that we may not last long in this situation. Either we will destroy ourselves, or someone (or something) will destroy us. I don't believe that this ending will be a happy one, where this situation is going. Many fathers in my family served fought in wars, serving themselves for the Union, and if it comes to war, I will fight for the Union as well.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the United States is no longer united. It will not be until the north and south can come to a compromise. Until the union and the confederate are in agreement. But if that agreement is not to end slavery then there will be war.
ReplyDeleteI knew this would happpen! I predicted this in the last news post. I knew that if the south didn't get their way they would just quit all together! I am tired of this It needs to stop! Ya'll don't know what's coming to you for betraying your country. When I was just joining the army in 1861, I thought that we would be fighting other countries, not dealing with our own petty disagreements!
ReplyDeleteThe only thing wrong with this country is those darn abolitionists, thinking they can just try and make a change about slavery? They need to stop because they dont realize that we actually need slavery. They do everything for us so that we dont have to do it ourselves. Im not tired of this at all the only thing stopping this country from being good is the abolitionists. I want a president who will support slavery!
ReplyDeleteA house divided against it self can not stand.Even though war did not need to happen it did so there will be war and i will lead the union to victory.The south are willing to fight for something they believe is right.we will see if it was the right idea for the south to leave the union.The south are miororly children disobeying their parents but soon they will realize that there parents[the North] were right.I will treat this like a war when its really a rebellion .
ReplyDeleteyes I agree with you Harriet. Our country is breaking apart because of slavery. Lincoln just needs to put a stop to slavery right this Instint! No one is happy but once there is a stop to slavery everyone will be happy. We abolitionists will try to do anything we can to try to change Abe's mind to abolish slavery all together.
ReplyDeleteI could feel this coming in my bones! come on folks we all had to see this coming. Slavery has caused so much unnecessary problems. If we just ended it now then we wouldn't have this problem! Lincon needs to put an end to slavery. We can't let out country drift even farther apart its already gone too far!
ReplyDeleteWell this is not good. I just hope I can keep my family safe through this madness. I hope that we can just put slavery behind us and move on. People should just worry about themselves and not about whats happening hundreds of miles away. Its doubtful that well be able to put our differences aside. A war is coming and I don't think I'll be able to stay neutral.
ReplyDeleteUs southerners don't just sit here and do nothing. our slaves put the clothes on your backs and put the food on your table. and in return we give them shelter. Now, hopefully "honest" abe can pay us back by repairing this country that is falling apart.
ReplyDelete(Abe needs to act fast. he's watching his country burn and needs to do something about it. maybe get some smart into these southerners.)