((is Vallejo eligible to be VP? if so I would like to nominate him for VP to be confirmed by the Senate))
Citizens of the Confederacy,
Only today was I given word from the Yankee President that he has so far refused our Right to Secede from the United States, but he has at the same time called us The Confederacy and the Confederate States of America! This is a clear sign of de facto recognition by the Yankee President. From this point on, I proclaim our Southern Republic has recognition as a break-away rebel nation from the United States of America. Like the great Southerners before us, General Washington and President Jefferson before us, we will lead our nation into Freedom and bring about international help and recognition of the Great Powers of this planet. With our Southern Cotton, we can pursue the nations of the world out cause is necessary for the triumph of State's Rights and the Freedom of an Agrarian Society!
God Save the Confederate States!
President Davis
Citizens of the Confederacy,
Only today was I given word from the Yankee President that he has so far refused our Right to Secede from the United States, but he has at the same time called us The Confederacy and the Confederate States of America! This is a clear sign of de facto recognition by the Yankee President. From this point on, I proclaim our Southern Republic has recognition as a break-away rebel nation from the United States of America. Like the great Southerners before us, General Washington and President Jefferson before us, we will lead our nation into Freedom and bring about international help and recognition of the Great Powers of this planet. With our Southern Cotton, we can pursue the nations of the world out cause is necessary for the triumph of State's Rights and the Freedom of an Agrarian Society!
God Save the Confederate States!
President Davis
I clearly stated the the illegal CSA will not be recognized as a lawful nation. I used those terms to describe the traitorous institutions that you are the head of.
Mr. Davis, you will not be treated as a head of state by the USA, but as a traitor and will be hung when caught.
((During this time period if you mentioned the CSA or Confederacy by name, this was De Facto recognition. You used the word CSA and Confederacy, something Lincoln did not do, nor did members of his Administration. They called them "The Enemy" "Rebels" "Secessionists" but any Government Official never addressed them as the Confederacy, doing so would all but prove they see them as another Nation. Legal Definitions. I know 'em all.))
((that was my error then. I was using the terms for ease of reference. That is why I said the CSA occupied states, when I should of said rebel occupied. I purposely did not say the states of the CSA))
((This is why they invented edit post ))
((I'M BACK. Guess I need to create a new character, with Parker being dead))
Name: Eric Johnson
Office: Senator from Maryland
Party affiliation: irrelevant, with all parties having apparently collapsed.
Date of Birth: 1810
Background: The son of a Baltimore merchant family, Eric Johnson attended the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, graduating in 1832. Johnson would remain in the Navy through the Mexican war, resigning his commission in 1852 to take care of his family after his older brother's death. In 1856, Johnson would enter politics as an independent.
Veiws on Succession: "My fellow Marylanders, long have we regarded ourselves as part of the South. In living memory, we held slaves ourselves. In peacefully relinquishing our slaves, we have proven that it is, in fact, possible to transition from a slave-holding aristocratic society to a society where all men are free. Those southern states which attempt to succeede from our ever-glorious Union in order to defend their cherished Peculiar Institution are over-reacting. These rash actions threaten to destroy our august nation."-excerpt from a speech in Annapolis, July 1858
((Its Kin of ironic that the Confederacy has Seceeded on the 4th of July. But I Like Irony, it gives you more legitimacy sometimes)
Message to all loyal Americans living in rebel occupied territory
I urge all to resist conscription by the rebel armies. The US Army will accept all Americans who wish to fight for the nation against the rebels. If you are in a rebel occupied territory but are loyal to the USA, you are urged to join the US Army and fight for your nation.
((I've been waiting for someone else to notice that as well ))
Swift action must be made Mr President! What are your orders? Allow me to form up our Command Staff and we will be marching across the Virginian and Kentucky borders within the week! I would also recommend that the navy take up a blockading position around the Souther States' coast to prevent the continued selling of cotton to support their rebellion.
((I've been waiting for someone else to notice that as well ))
Swift action must be made Mr President! What are your orders? Allow me to form up our Command Staff and we will be marching across the Virginian and Kentucky borders within the week! I would also recommend that the navy take up a blockading position around the Souther States' coast to prevent the continued selling of cotton to support their rebellion.