Friday, May 15, 2015

Editorial #7 ATLANTA IS BURNING

ATLANTA, GEORGIA.  Most Americans thought the war would be over by Christmas, 1863.  The South was reeling from two major defeats – Vicksburg and Gettysburg.  Reports say that many Southern soldiers are fighting barefoot – no shoes.  They have very little food and their ammunition is running low.  The North’s blockade is slowly strangling the South.

But Dixie won’t die.

The South’s spirit, their will to keep on fighting appears to be superhuman.  Robert E. Lee has fought a brilliant series of battles against General Grant.  Grant keeps throwing his troops at the rebel defenses like a fireman throwing buckets of water at a burning building.  And the flames crackle and consume.  Northern boys are dieing by the thousands.  The North is angry… at President Lincoln! 

 

This election of 1864 will be the most interesting in our history.  It looks like Lincoln might lose!  General George McClellan is running against him, and McClellan has promised to end this terrible war by making peace with the South… allowing them to become their own country.  Lincoln will never allow that.  He says, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”  Lincoln will NOT get rid of Grant… he likes his fighting spirit.

 

Only one thing might help Lincoln win the election and continue the war.  Atlanta.  General William Tecumseh Sherman has turned Georgia into a burning hell.  He devastates everything in his path – TOTAL WAR he calls it.  Sherman believes the only way to break the South’s spirit is to make them hate war.  He has captured Atlanta, the heart and soul of the South’s railroads.

Atlanta is burning and maybe the north will see the light, see that the war can be won and vote for Lincoln.

You in the North, will you vote for Lincoln?

You in the South, will you continue to fight?

 

28 comments:

  1. You southerners must give up now and end this war. We are now beating the bully and have captured Atlanta. Everyone needs to vote for Lincoln, he has guided us through the war and has got us victory twice. Do you really think that the south that will continue after two devastating losses and they're cities burning and falling apart. Lets continue the war and finally end this. Vote for Lincoln and stay strong.

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  2. They came burning Atlanta to day. We all dread it because they say that they will burn the last house before they stop. We are very feared to night we do not know when they will burn our house. If we had not set up our house would have ben burnt up for the fire was very near and the soldiers were going around setting houses on fire where they were not watched. For 3 hole days they came and burned Atlanta, we have no food left everyone is suffering.

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  3. We need to vote for Lincoln. He has helped us throughout this entire war and like what John Brown said he had guided us and led us to victory. It would be bosh if the South would continue to fight after its cities being burned to the ground. The North needs to keep fighting. We need to vote for Lincoln if you want our country to be run according to Hoyle.

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  4. Everyone needs to vote for Lincoln. I really believe that he will abolish slavery. Lincoln seems very determined to at least to try to abolish slavery. I don't know what General William Tecumseh Sherman is doing though. We need to beat the South by weakening their forces and then raiding the capital. I dont like the idea of General Sherman killing innocent people, even if they are in the South. If Lincoln does win, I think that our great nation will become one, not as two parts.

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  5. (Anyone and everyone needs to vote for Lincoln. Lincoln can end this war and win it. He will bring an end to all of these wars and will abolish slavery. Abraham Lincoln can destroy the South. Lincoln can not loose the election he would make a great president and the country will be better. William T. Sherman is trying to make the South hate war, I am not sure that will work the South will do anything to win. If you want the country to run in the best way it can you need to vote for Lincoln. Slavery and war will finally end.)

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  6. I cant believe this! Atlanta gone the north will play! We will not back down Grant will be the goner in this war and Lincoln will lose the election! Everyone needs to vote for McClellan he will help the south and end our suffering! atlanta might have gone up the spout but we will pull through and win this for the south for our familys! The north will give in soon...

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  8. Neither party expected for the war, the magnitude, or the duration, which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered; that of neither has been answered fully.Put you trust in me so we the union can end this terrible war.

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  9. I agree with the rest, this war should be over. I see grand things in the north and their blockade. Most of all I think Lincon is brilliant and his quote proves it. I, will vote for him. Also I want to keep north and south together and end slavery and his war. I feel that I am the only man to twig this war.

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  10. I thought this war would be over in a short amount of time. I am getting impatient and need to get my life moving and start a family. Hopefully when this ends there will be men left for me. As long as Lincoln ends the war i'm good, but one thing that cant change is slavery! Slavery should never end, all whites should realize how much we need slaves! I will vote for whoever will support slavery and who will put this war to an end because i need to build a life for myself as soon as possible!

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  11. (Every sensible person will vote for Lincoln. The South needs to be shown that they cannot just rebel and become their own country. They also need to realize that blacks are people too and need their freedom. If you vote for McClellan, you will be giving the South exactly what they want. To be their own country.)
    Vote for McClellan. It's none of my business what goes on up in the North but I have heard they are holding a presidential election and one of the candidates, General McClellan is promising to end the war by letting us be our own country.

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  12. Do not vote for Abraham Lincoln! We will not accept abolishing slavery! Us southerners may be low on food and even clothing, but we will not give up on this. My vote will be for General George McClellan. He seems to know what is for the best, unlike Lincoln who can't just let the south be.
    (My vote will be for Abraham Lincoln. He actually understands that slavery needs to end and that blacks should be treated equally as whites! I am stumped as to what that McClellan is thinking, with his promises to let the south be its own country. Nothing good will come out of that decision. With Atlanta being captured, the south needs to accept that they're the goners already and end this war.)

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  13. You Northerners underestimate us Southerners. We have the spirit the North does not. We have the willpower to stand up for what is right. We will not back down till we get our way. My fellow people, we must stay strong. Show the North we have no weakness.

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  14. Of course we will continue to fight! We have courage and strength to fight for what we believe in. Robert E. Lee will keep fighting off the Northerners until you realize the huge mistake you're making. I'm going to vote for General George McClellen because he understands to let us become our own country without the need for all this bloodshed. Lincoln is a fool to believe he can win. The South will prevail!

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  15. This war must end. It has dragged further and further, leaving bloodshed in its pass. Perhaps the burning of Atlanta will fix things. I believe we should vote for Lincoln. He can end this war if he becomes president once again. Once the war is over, we can be one again, without slavery but as all of us as equals.

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  16. Abraham Lincoln has my vote. Splitting our country in two will only cause more violence. The North has the upper hand, and now the South is slowly suffering. With little supplies there is no way for them to win this war. The South now needs to accept that they have lost and understand that they are risking too much. Lives are at stake here, and it is no longer just those who are in battle.

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  17. I agree with Lincoln, if our country was to split than we would have more wars to come than this one. The South would want to control the North still, we would fight over borders, oceans, supplies, and people. Also I agree we should keep Grant! Why break something that is working for us? When u fight a battle you get your back up and fight like you mean it! Why fight for something that you will end up skedaddling and throw in the towel for? Keep it up Lincoln!

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  18. this war should be over and all slaves should be freed

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  19. The South will not give up. We will not back down. Don't vote for Abraham Lincoln. General McCllean is the boss and has promised to end this war by allowing to become our own country. (Vote for Abraham. This war should be over and splitting our country into two will directly cause more violence. Lincoln has lead the war and won victory. I am married to a freed slave man and I'm a freed slave so I know what it is like to be a slave. We northerners will not throw in the towel. Lincoln will abolish slavery.)

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  20. I am enraged hat Lincoln is even a candidate for presidency since this whole war was his fault because he didn't let us keep our traditions. All of the southeners problems are because of him. I promised my mother I would never enlist in the war because she was terrified of me being injured or worse, unfortunately I believe this is one promise I cant keep. I can no longer live with the guilt of knowing that I cant protect the place I love. Lincoln will pay for this.

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  21. If the southerners continue to fight, we can destroy them with our 4:1 ratio of manpower. We have burned one of their key cities, and there is no escape from our army. Lincoln will surely be elected, we have nothing to worry about.(Our fighting spirit will never let us down, we have slaughtered the union's troops by the thousands so manpower means nothing. They will never reach us.)

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  22. I hope Lincoln get's kicked out office. So George McClellan can come in and end the war in a few days by just making us are own country. See how easy it is but no Lincoln has to make it so much harder then it has to be which I'm balled up about. Which happens to be killing many lives on both sides which is BOSH! So hopefully the north realizes this, and votes for general McClellan. Because he will ends this war and this election will show us if the north wants war by electing Lincoln or if they don't want war so by electing McClellan.

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  24. Southerners... You must give up now if you already have lost 2 battles I don't know why you would keep trying to win. We all must vote for Abe he has been the one showing us what to do and it's all been working. We finally have captured Atlanta and have taken the one who has been bullying us. If the south won't give up then we need to finish the war! The south is just getting ripped apart and just falling down.

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  25. I will fight int ill I can no longer fight. I have killed many northerners so many now that I don't know its hard to keep count. What Sherman is doing is wrong. People in the north men have no moral code. My war against the north is not over. The angry I have to the soldiers will not fade.

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  26. Lincoln is the answer to our problems! vote for Lincoln look how much he's help us blacks. The south must be fools if they are continuing to fight.

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  27. Thank the lord one of these other generals had the backbone to bring the south to their knees! Atlanta will rightfully burn! Soon the rest of the confederacy shall hopefully follow...

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  28. we have to fight till the end. we have have the mentality they don't have. the whites need to get that we need slaves. and i shall vote for whoever will allow slavery. ( i will vote for abraham lincoln, he has helped the union all throughout the war and will free the slaves. the slaves need to be freed.)

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