Staatpresident Marthinus Pretorius van die Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek
Your legitimacy will be proven when your occupation survives more than twenty years without becoming a leech on the Union. This I doubt very much, however.
The Union reminds the Qing that the Southern states fired upon federal property and declared war while we asked for negotiations.
As a footnote, the Taiping government has been formally recognised by the executive office as a legitimate government. The government of the South has not.
OOC : Fry stated that the CSA independence was secured in the mini-update.
You recognized it and will sign a treaty, and if both of you don't come to an agreement Fry will make a treaty that will be worse than anything both of you could agree to (At least if i remember that's what he said)
Treaty of Philadelphia said:Treaty of Philadelphia1. The Confederate States of America shall be composed of the territories and states of: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and the Indian Territory.
2. The US and CSA shall allow a plebiscite to be held in the states and territories of: Western Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, and the Arizona Territory.
3. The US shall pay the amount of 1,500 gold to the CSA as compensation for the damages done to Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina.
4. The US and CSA shall respect the outcome of the plebiscites and will revoke any and all claims upon the lands composed of the other.