Or perhaps the ridiculous "we must please the South, by bipartisan coalitions and centrist appeal" crap has become irrelevant because of the civil war.
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Or perhaps the ridiculous "we must please the South, by bipartisan coalitions and centrist appeal" crap has become irrelevant because of the civil war.
((Let's not call the election before it's started. What exactly were Vandrove's policies anyway, "besides burn the Southies!"))
I'm still waiting for ticket pics from Frymonmon, and a reply from a mod concerning a passage of the update, but in the meantime, the second part of Willie's story!
The Hundred Miles: Stories of the Civil War
Chapter 25: Willie
During training, which lasted three months, Willie met more new people than he’d seen in his entire life. Johnson was distantly related to the rebel general, but it only made him despise the rebels more. He said; “If they kent ekcept the equalite o’ d’ n---- o’ deir own accerd by nah, then it’s about damn tahm we showed ‘em that the kanstatushan ses that all men’s born equl”. In Willie’s opinion, it was hard to listen to him without the accent, such was the language Johnson used, but with it the task was impossible.
Miller was a quiet boy of Willie’s age, who became very talkative the one time Sergeant Nolte offered him a taste of the company’s liquor supply. The entire evening, and following night, went by listening to Miller’s disjointed and poetically phrased ramblings. “The Mexicans say on high hills went Young to see their line. Young’s a name curious to me. He don’t seem too young in the pictures I seen. Wrinkles all-round his face, like my grandma, she’s a fine old lady who moved here all the way from Ireland. The potato blight forced her out to the New World…”
Georgie became the best friend Willie ever had. He was two years younger than Georgie, but the deliriously happy young man from New York was more than willing to fill Willie in on the experiences one gathers in those two years. By the end of training, the two were inseparable. Neither could wait to stand abreast the other in heroic actions on the battlefield.
These heroic actions never came. After training, everyone had been expecting to go to Cincinnati, or the West, maybe even Virginia, but nothing happened. They stayed at camp three miles from Philadelphia for the better part of six months. Willie took to writing home to his father, often asking halfway through if he could deliver the next letter to Caroline, at the end of every day. The camp, for all the elements in which it was lacking, was never short of paper. The sergeants said it was to keep morale up. Willie wrote a letter to Caroline asking what the word morale meant.
On the fourth month, Georgie decided that they should have some actual fun. So he took Willie, Johnson and Miller to a bar in Philadelphia that he knew. The next morning, Willie woke up in a local jail, with a headache that he swore was the worst anyone had ever had, and Georgie and the others were nowhere to be seen. Sergeant Nolte came and told the officer to let him go. The officer gave Willie a mean look at the door.
Back at camp, Willie ended up locked in his tent for a month. He wasn’t allowed to leave for anything except rifle practice. Georgie brought him food and apologized profusely for not dragging Willie back to camp that night. Willie forgave him when news came that they were finally going to join the war. The Army of the Cumberland was heading for Virginia for some sort of big and important offensive, and they’d be at the tippity-tip of it. Right up there with veterans of battles that Willie and the boys had read of, like Cincinnati and Dayton. The men at the camp spent an entire day jumping up and down in excitement.
The next day, the regiment was assembled in fine rows. They were out of Pennsylvania by noon.
Chapter 25: Willie
During training, which lasted three months, Willie met more new people than he’d seen in his entire life. Johnson was distantly related to the rebel general, but it only made him despise the rebels more. He said; “If they kent ekcept the equalite o’ d’ n---- o’ deir own accerd by nah, then it’s about damn tahm we showed ‘em that the kanstatushan ses that all men’s born equl”. In Willie’s opinion, it was hard to listen to him without the accent, such was the language Johnson used, but with it the task was impossible.
Miller was a quiet boy of Willie’s age, who became very talkative the one time Sergeant Nolte offered him a taste of the company’s liquor supply. The entire evening, and following night, went by listening to Miller’s disjointed and poetically phrased ramblings. “The Mexicans say on high hills went Young to see their line. Young’s a name curious to me. He don’t seem too young in the pictures I seen. Wrinkles all-round his face, like my grandma, she’s a fine old lady who moved here all the way from Ireland. The potato blight forced her out to the New World…”
Georgie became the best friend Willie ever had. He was two years younger than Georgie, but the deliriously happy young man from New York was more than willing to fill Willie in on the experiences one gathers in those two years. By the end of training, the two were inseparable. Neither could wait to stand abreast the other in heroic actions on the battlefield.
These heroic actions never came. After training, everyone had been expecting to go to Cincinnati, or the West, maybe even Virginia, but nothing happened. They stayed at camp three miles from Philadelphia for the better part of six months. Willie took to writing home to his father, often asking halfway through if he could deliver the next letter to Caroline, at the end of every day. The camp, for all the elements in which it was lacking, was never short of paper. The sergeants said it was to keep morale up. Willie wrote a letter to Caroline asking what the word morale meant.
On the fourth month, Georgie decided that they should have some actual fun. So he took Willie, Johnson and Miller to a bar in Philadelphia that he knew. The next morning, Willie woke up in a local jail, with a headache that he swore was the worst anyone had ever had, and Georgie and the others were nowhere to be seen. Sergeant Nolte came and told the officer to let him go. The officer gave Willie a mean look at the door.
Back at camp, Willie ended up locked in his tent for a month. He wasn’t allowed to leave for anything except rifle practice. Georgie brought him food and apologized profusely for not dragging Willie back to camp that night. Willie forgave him when news came that they were finally going to join the war. The Army of the Cumberland was heading for Virginia for some sort of big and important offensive, and they’d be at the tippity-tip of it. Right up there with veterans of battles that Willie and the boys had read of, like Cincinnati and Dayton. The men at the camp spent an entire day jumping up and down in excitement.
The next day, the regiment was assembled in fine rows. They were out of Pennsylvania by noon.
This looks really interesting so I'd like to join in...
Character: Edward Wilkinson, Governor of the fine state of Indiana ((I figure as a Governor I can participate in primaries and elections just not votes on policy?)). Born 1822. Raised outside of Indianapolis his family left to Texas after it's admission to the Union and promptly left during the "Bloody Texas" period, during this time that he developed his strong anti-war (some would say pacifist) and anti slavery values. On his return his father was a small time producer of high quality steel ((artisan in game)) and a local champion of the Democratic party; even serving as under secretary of commerce in President Walsh's term. Edward continued his father's work as a lack of local capital has prevented him from being able to start his own factory prior to running for office. A strong believer in state involvement in industrialization and anti-discrimination. His strong anti war views during the civil war has brought him national attention. Party: New Democrats but is unsure of what that may even mean these days and as such sat out the recent primaries and conventions in Washington
Character: Edward Wilkinson, Governor of the fine state of Indiana ((I figure as a Governor I can participate in primaries and elections just not votes on policy?)). Born 1822. Raised outside of Indianapolis his family left to Texas after it's admission to the Union and promptly left during the "Bloody Texas" period, during this time that he developed his strong anti-war (some would say pacifist) and anti slavery values. On his return his father was a small time producer of high quality steel ((artisan in game)) and a local champion of the Democratic party; even serving as under secretary of commerce in President Walsh's term. Edward continued his father's work as a lack of local capital has prevented him from being able to start his own factory prior to running for office. A strong believer in state involvement in industrialization and anti-discrimination. His strong anti war views during the civil war has brought him national attention. Party: New Democrats but is unsure of what that may even mean these days and as such sat out the recent primaries and conventions in Washington
John Wilkinson? He was a fine undersecretary. I think he was tipped for Congress after that, in actual fact....
Welcome Mr Wilkinson. It is good to see another New Democrat. I hope we can work together in the future on a wide range of issues.
Thomas Howard
Senator of Massachusetts
Defender of Equality and the freedom of choice.
My running mate shall be Carlos Hound, the head of the Maryland Steel Workers Union. ((NPC, for the reason that I had to leave town and drop everything, and just now get to a computer. Haven't had time to find an actual VP, but if you send me a PM I'd be glad to consider it...once I check the computer again.))
((You can still vote on policy and bills for the purpose of this AAR. My Persona, General Davis, Authored and voted on bills for years while never once holding a elected position.))
Welcome Governor Wilkinson, good to have another Hoosier onboard.
General Maxmilian Mandrake
Army of the Cumberland
General Maxmilian Mandrake
Army of the Cumberland
Well, you've waited long enough. I'll post the update, and include the ticket pics when they arrive.
The Presidential Election of 1861
In the aftermath of the implosion of the Democratic and National Republican parties, Washington was left a mess. Throughout Cameron’s year in office, bills and budget proposals were subjected to a brutal process to gain support. Without parties to back them up, politicians would have to go through every potentially influential individual in the capital. This contributed to the general stagnation in internal affairs that characterized 1857 for the average citizen. To many, Cameron was gallivanting about the world, while the federal government that they had given more power slowly stagnated.
With Cameron’s death, politicians hoped that Williams might bring back a modicum of order. The first months of his presidency did not seem to fulfill that promise. The new president spent most of his time desperately trying to contain the Secession Crisis; instead of going through with the promise he had given on January 25th to streamline the federal government [1]. The Civil War changed this.
With the executive powers given to him by Congress on March 1st, Williams merged numerous departments and created new ones out of the corpses of old ones by giving them new purpose. In the maelstrom of change, he also officially created the Republican Party, thus filling the first part of the void left by Cameron and Davis’ 1856 surprise alliance.
By being the only organized group, the Republicans gained an indisputable position in the new federal government. By December 1858, with the will to support the war beginning to enter the decay of 1859, it had become clear to many that there needed to be someone to act as a counterweight to “The President’s Party”. On December 25th, senators and congressmen from the west, led by those from California, formed the New Democratic Party [2].
These two parties immediately set upon tearing each other apart in legislative battles all through 1859. Neither the president or Ignacio Vallejo of the New Democrats could pull their parties off of each other long enough to alert them to the emergence of the Libertarian Party.
The Libertarians were a collection of liberals and American socialists alienated by the Republican enforcement of policies like conscription and New Democratic leniency to the South. Together, they hoped to combine socialist ideas, like President Cameron’s health care, and the liberal ideals of individual freedom. The party slowly gained ground in Washington, becoming the first viable third party since the SNP in time for the National Conventions of 1860.
1. The last senate meeting before the national Conventions of 1860.
The Republicans quickly settled with the President. The only potential nominee who gained a noticeable amount of votes was Colonel Terrence Sanders. Williams chose as his running mate Ignacio Vallejo. Vallejo had been selected as a temporary VP in December 1858, after an attempt made on Williams’ life convinced the president he needed to avoid the new President Pro Tempore becoming president in the case of Williams’ death.
In the New Democratic Convention, former industrialist Michael Jamous took to the stage with a more lenient policy toward the South. With the charisma he had used to get into Southern business as a Northerner in the hostile climate of the early 1850’s, he now secured the New Democratic nomination as a man who preached mercy in the question of reconstruction. He also managed to get defeated Libertarian hopeful Eamon Callahan as his VP.
The Libertarians, despite their position as supporters of peace and non-intervention, were the only party to end up with a military man. In the ballots of the National Convention, the former commander of the Freedom battalion, Eric Vandrove, took the nomination. Vandrove’s running mate was chosen by general consensus to be Carlos Hound, head of the Maryland Steel Workers’ Union.
While the campaigning began, the war was still in full swing. In the west, the Army of the Rio Grande continued its merciless drive into Texas. The state that had once opposed Federal Power long and hard enough to force the government to concede was now helpless to stop the Union force burning it to the ground.
In the east, the bloodied remnant of the Army of Carolina was pushed from Alabama into Florida. While Davis and the Confederate Government, along with any combat-capable men, retreated to Charleston and Fort Sumter, Johnson was denied any chance of saving Georgia by the Union attack at Blountstown. The battle cost Andrew Haldane’s Union force 1,742 dead, and forced Johnson’s force, which suffered 659 dead to retreat as far as Gainesville for proper supplies.
2. The battle of Blountstown, as seen by William Holstein.
While Johnson retreated further into Florida, the Armies of the Ohio and Cumberland descended on Georgia. With Mandrake now in full command of both forces, he and his subordinates seemingly decided that all possible retribution be dealt out now, in case such actions were restricted by a potential election win of Jamous’. The months of December and January saw the worst destruction of personal property of the entire Civil War as Young adopted Mandrake’s view as general policy [4].
The cities of Savannah, Tallahassee, Austin and Augusta were all burned to the ground under this new policy. Some 200,000 Southerners are estimated to have been left homeless in Georgia alone [5]. To this date, neither any Union state nor the federal government has issued any apology to the states affected by “Mandrake’s March”.
3. A painting of the havoc wreaked by the Union move into Georgia.
As Election Day neared, Union troops entered the outskirts of Charleston. In Florida, Johnson was pushed down into the peninsula proper by Haldane at the battle of Newberry, where Union dead numbered as little as 961, compared to the 3,375 Confederate dead. The Civil War would soon be over.
[1] – It was during this speech that Williams announced the scheduled demise of the Secretariat of the South that prompted secession.
[2] – The New Democrats’ more lenient attitude toward the South is attributed to the home states of its founders having suffered considerably less from the Civil War in terms of damage to land and population.
[3] – Today, the party would have been categorized as Social Liberals. In 1860, no such distinction existed, and they were simply called American Socialists by Americans, or “Vinogradists” by Europeans. Vinogradist was a wildly inaccurate term used by Marxists, referring to American socialism’s most famous radical, Caesar Vinograd. Vinograd was a radical, while the Libertarians were moderate socialists at best.
[4] – Though the policy has recently been questioned, most scholars, contemporaries and history teachers agree with Mandrake’s statement that; “the destruction was necessary to prove to the South, and to all those who thought of secession, that crimes against the United States shall not go unpunished. With our actions in the last months of the war, we broke the back of the rebellion and ensured that there would never be another Civil War”.
[5] – These numbers are of course from the state of Georgia’s files, which are undoubtedly on the high end due to a desire for more monetary aid and vilification of the perceived aggressors.
The Candidates/Tickets of 1861
Election Manifesto of the Republican Party
Presidential Candidate: Jeremiah Williams
Vice-Presidential Candidate: Ignacio Vallejo
Presidential Candidate: Jeremiah Williams
Vice-Presidential Candidate: Ignacio Vallejo
Our nation has been through more than anyone could have imagined four short years ago. But we have survived and although there is much work to do in rebuilding and reuniting the nation, the future of America is bright. This republic will be the world's strongest, most prosperous and freest nation on earth. I ask all for your continued support in achieving this goal.
Thank you for your consideration
Policies:
The Rebellion:
All members of the rebel "government" shall be tried for treason. All officers in the rebel army shall also be tried for treason or other applicable crimes. All others shall only be tried for specific unlawful acts committed. All those who attempt to flee the USA to avoid justice will be brought back for trial.
African-American rights:
Measures will be taken to ensure that former slaves and all members of the Afro-American culture shall be guaranteed the right to vote and run for office. Education will be provided to all on equal basis. Those who formerly held the slaves in bondage will no longer be allowed to treat African-Americans as property; they will be forced to treat them as fellow American citizens and equals.
Military:
We will end all conscription and build a strong army of voluntary soldiers of all cultures. The Navy will be increased with modern ships to be built for a Pacific Fleet. Navy bases will be built or expanded along the Pacific coast and in Hawaii and where needed elsewhere.
Foreign policy:
We will press Spain to not provide safe haven for any American fugitives and will demand extradition. We will continue to improve our relations with the UK and France. We will expand our influence over South and central America. We will seek to colonize unclaimed islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Economic:
In general, I support a laissez faire economic policy. But because of the war, these are extraordinary times and government intervention is required. Subsidies to open and expand factories in the south will be used to expand the industrial base and provide jobs. Labor Crews as authorized by the War Veterans Assistance Act will provide jobs and rebuild the nation's infrastructure.
Veterans Assistance:
I support the War Veterans Assistance Act as amended with the addition of Labor Crews.
Health Care and Pensions:
We should continue to expand on the reforms made by President Cameron in Health Care. We should establish a Pension system to provide for those unable or too old to work.
Immigration:
We should continue to welcome immigrants to our nation. All should have the rights of Full Citizenship. The Department of Citizenship will be fully funded.
Homesteading:
A Homesteading Act encouraging settlement in the West will be passed. Land and assistance will be given to Americans and immigrants who settle in the west.
Religious Freedom:
All Americans have the right to practice the religion of their choice. No discrimination against religious minorities will be tolerated.
Election Manifesto of the New Democratic Party
Presidential Candidate: Michael Jamous
Vice-Presidential Candidate: Eamon Callahan
Presidential Candidate: Michael Jamous
Vice-Presidential Candidate: Eamon Callahan
I, Michael Jamous, Industrialist and Senator from the soon to be re-instated state of Virginia, humbly ask you, the people of America, give me your trust to rebuild our ravaged nation from the savagery of war. I believe myself to be the most suitable candidate for this role with the policies I have selected to pursue if granted the opportunity to be President of our great nation. I have chosen to assist me in this regard, a respected Officer of the U.S. Army and notable Libertarian, Eamon Callahan.
Economic Policy:
My administration would work together with the industrialists and businessmen of our nation, as well as the Congressional budget committee, to ensure that the years of war that have ravaged our nation are healed by years of prosperity. We will assist the capitalists and industrialists operating factories where they see fit, but will also encourage them in expanding industry in the South and West to compensate for the increase in labor competition that abolition and demobilization generate. Government funding shall also give to any factory that may be on the brink of bankruptcy and closure to ensure that the employment of this nation's people does not decrease for lack of post-war investment. Large scale upgrades to the Northern industrial sector shall not be neglected.
To encourage true competition in our economy I will set a maximum of 1% tariffs across the board unless a fiscal emergency arises.
Diplomacy:
I will work with our diplomats to ensure that our good relations with Great Britain are improved and seek to create more trade deals between her colonial empire and our rising industry. We will also move to create friendlier ties with the other nations of Europe, such as Prussia, to ensure that we have no mortal enemies in the Old World, and may perhaps bring about some lasting peace across the Atlantic. We shall continue our enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine and ensure that all of the America's are under our influence and are open to our markets. With the newly acquired state of Hawaii, we shall open the door to influencing the Pacific Island nations and mainland Asia in hopes that our interests in the area are kept safe and secured, with the Island Nation of Japan being of top priority for influencing.
Military Policy:
In our lifetimes, we have seen two great wars shake this continent, The Mexican-American War and the War Between the States. I will look to bring four years of peace to our union. I will demobilize the conscripts and citizen-soldiers and reinstate the volunteer Army that has served us for so long. Rather than weakening the military might of our nation, a reduced -but more professional- army would serve to reduce casualties on the field and provide for a more robust defense of our nation. Expansion of our Army will continue only to meet the need to defend ourselves on the continent.
Our navy, on the other hand, will be greatly expanded to meet our new sphere of influence in the Pacific. With the introduction of Hawaii, we have gained access to a natural deep sea port, and we shall use that to our advantage. We shall begin construction of a large naval base at Pearl Harbor, and begin the construction and refitting of large, modern Pacific and Atlantic Fleets. It is time to give attention to the navy, which has for a long time been given the scraps left by the Army budget.
Social Policy:
Industrial war might has brought new problems to our shores. Unemployment and poverty are the seeds of extreme politics, and demobilized veterans on both sides will need assistance in their reintegration to the economy. To this end, my administration will work with existent charities to create a Department of
Labor, to crack down on the harsh conditions that today's workers face in the modern industries. This department will work to ensure that the newly unemployed are able to sustain themselves until work is found, and that children may never again be forced to work in the factories, miss out on an education due or die in poverty. Factories will also be held to the highest standard of safety, in order to reduce the amount of unnecessary injuries. An injured worker hurts his family and America. Our education system will receive full funding and will no longer discriminate against the minorities of our nation.
Southern Policy:
My administration will not allow citizens of the United States of America accused of treason and other deplorable crimes to flee a just trial. If the rebels’ ships are allowed to land at Cuba, we will demand of the Cuban Governor to them peacefully. If the Spanish Crown interferes we will finally bring liberty to Cuban shores, by arms. I do not wish to bring this war weary nation into another war, but if I must in order to end the disease of secessionism, I will do all I must.
For the captured members of the rebel "government" and military:
1. Rebel enlisted men are to be immediately released to their homes unless they had given an oath to the Union government and therefore will be reinstated into the Armed Forces. These personnel will be made to stand trial for crimes made under arms.
2. Rebel Officers that had deserted the Union army for the rebel army are be given a court martial for desertion of their posts and treason against the United States, as well as any crimes that they may have committed under arms. The sentencing given will follow standard military procedures.
3. Rebel Officers that joined the rebel military after the beginning of hostilities, are to be tried by a civilian court for acts of treason against the United States, as well as any crimes they may have committed during the war, the sentence to be decided set by the judge and confirmed by a jury of their peers.
4. Leaders of the rebel "government" are to stand trial in a civilian court for acts of treason against the United States, as well as any crimes during the war they may have brought about or given authority to, the sentence to be decided by the Supreme Court upon a guilty sentence by the jury.
Many candidates have said that they would treat the South harshly for the actions of the rebel "government" and the war. Others have said that they will let the South pick themselves up and not do anything to assist. I am proud to say that I do not support either. Though they tried to separate from us, the people of the South are still United States citizens, and they deserve to be treated as such. My administration will work with all strength to heal the damage done to the nation through war and prove to them that they do belong with the Union and under our Constitution. We will not let the world think us barbarians, but as the civilized nation that we are. The South's economy has been devastated by both the disbanding of their regiments and the sudden emancipation of their former slaves. We must work to ensure that no long lasting enmity is created from this devastation and work to ensure that both white and black southerners may prosper and thrive in our nation of many peoples. We will work quickly to get factories running to elevate the soon to be numerous unemployed from impoverishment. We will also encourage a program of share cropping, to enable the black man and white man to work together, side by side in the cotton fields and bring production back up to antebellum levels.
Election Manifesto of the Libertarian Party
Presidential Candidate: Eric Vandrove
Vice-Presidential Candidate: Carlos Hound
Presidential Candidate: Eric Vandrove
Vice-Presidential Candidate: Carlos Hound
Reconstruction:
Complete centralization of the southern states until loyalty is insured, rebuilding of the damaged southern industry to surpass past capacity. Trials on the charges of treason for all former Confederate Officers and Confederate Politics, and a $500 dollar fines for all Confederate army volunteers. All former slave owners are to compensate their former slaves according to years of work, and size of family. All freed slaves are to be given temporary shelter, work, and payment until they are able to support themselves.
Workers Rights:
A shorter universal work day for all American laborers across the nation. Factories are to apply new federal safety regulations. A minimum wage is to be put into place to ensure all laborers have enough money to support themselves.
Equality:
A new bureau, The Federal Bureau of Equality, is to be created to deter racism, hate, and discrimination, especially in the federally administered southern states. This new bureau is to enforce equal rights for all minorities and immigrants across the nation.
Military:
The military is to be slightly increased, by about 15 percent, purely for the defense and administration of the southern states. Army service, as well as officer recruitment, is to be open to all races, creeds, and nationalities, provided they are a citizen.
Economy:
The federal government will put emphasize on the enlargement of industry, and intervene if necessarily in places that are possibly facing closure. This is to ensure that the national economy does not suffer, and that families do not starve as men are out of work.
Foreign Policy:
The Unites States of America will remain a peace loving nation, and will not raise arms against a foreign power unless we are attacked first.
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Exceptional Situation(s):
Vote, you shall. Hm-mmmm.
As for the final fate of the Confederate Government and the evacuation to Cuba, that will be explained in the final Civil War update.
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LIFE. Wow. W and L aren't even next to each other. Freudian slip or something. I'm changing it now.
((Ah, my cabinet list got left out
Oh well, if I win the update for the next term would probably be a more apropriate place for it))
Americans, we must unite and show the South and the world that even with General Mandrake's vicious march through Georgia, we will unite with the South and allow them back into our Union without further punishment to the innocent civilians. I have laid out my policies and I woul ask that if you support them, than you would vote for me and my administration.
And Mr Vallejo, I respect your decision to run along side President Williams and still offer you a position in my administration if I do win this election.
Oh well, if I win the update for the next term would probably be a more apropriate place for it))
Americans, we must unite and show the South and the world that even with General Mandrake's vicious march through Georgia, we will unite with the South and allow them back into our Union without further punishment to the innocent civilians. I have laid out my policies and I woul ask that if you support them, than you would vote for me and my administration.
And Mr Vallejo, I respect your decision to run along side President Williams and still offer you a position in my administration if I do win this election.
Thank you, Senator Jamous. We all understand that the United States needs peace and stability in these days (which I fully believe a fairly and soundly voted for ticket as given by the Republicans or the New Democratic Party can provide, given the testing of their ideals and platform in the realm of public confidence), not partisan rhetoric.
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Jeremiah Williams
(suggestion for BBB, if the Republics win by a landslide perhaps attribute it to freedmen given the right to vote (who will thus vote for those who freed them)? Add a little flare)
(suggestion for BBB, if the Republics win by a landslide perhaps attribute it to freedmen given the right to vote (who will thus vote for those who freed them)? Add a little flare)
