As I sit in holy contemplation 'neath th'old dogwood tree,
A melody of liberty the angels doth sing to me;
The hevn'ly host cries out for glory, honor and liberty—
For Virginia do we sing!
Oh,
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
And,
Glory, glory, to Virginia!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
For freedom do we sing!
— Excerpt from "Old Glory," a common Virginian marching song during the Second War of Nullification (or, the "Crusade for Liberty")
(1886; set to the tune of a traditional American hymn)
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Remember ole Virginny,
how she flew her field of blue,
O'er Baltimore and Cincinnati,
comrades tried and true;
Remember dear old Providence,
remember too her crew!
Our Union marches on!
Oh,
Glory, glory to our Union!
Glory, glory to our Union!
And down with,
Gory, gory ole Virginia!
To Richmond we march on!
— Excerpt from "Letter to Richmond," a satire of "Old Glory" especially popular among the Armed Forces of Pennsylvania and Ohio
(1887; as published in the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette )
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A little scenario I knocked out between reading for classes. Based on the long-term consequences of an
amended Articles of Confederation. Let's say Roger Sherman couldn't make it to the so-called "Constitutional Convention." Instead of the Convention as we know it, the framers instead merely established a stronger taxing power for certain enumerated powers, but remained strictly a Congress of listed, enumerated powers to ensure internal commerce and provide for mutual defense (rather than a central federal government with sweeping implied powers). Additionally, any power delegated to the Congress remained delegated by the States, rather than by the people of the states.
Depicted is the moment of the seminal Fourth Amendment, issued after a vicious industrial war between the states. The Fourth Amendment would (a) forbid secession and (b) establish the powers of Congress as "non-contradictable." While the Amendment itself was narrow in scope, it had vast implications for the nature of the relationship between Congress and the States, and would serve as the basis for future amendments' creation of a true federal system further into the century.