How did you live the war: Geo-Politics and Technology
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Issue 6: The Right Stuff
New Orleans, Louisiana
December 18 1871
Judah P. Benjamin looked through his window and didn’t like what he saw. His estate had been vandalized through the night waking both him and his wife Nathalie. The attack had been brief but brutal and clearly was the work of the Ku Klux Klan. The city was becoming chaotic, the Ku Klux Klan had now for aim the biggest city of the Confederacy with Freemen and apparently not a lot of them would tolerate their presence as much as the Klan could tolerate anything with an inch of black skin…or now was going to the synagogue rather than the church.
Well he guess that being the one that gave one the British recognition to the Confederacy (briefly a bit before the Union had did it) didn’t make a difference, but at the end he probably that guy was just the bloodsucker of their fantasy rather than the ex-secretary of state and the guy on the two dollar bill, well maybe that little drawing on the money had made him the dark shadowy that manipulated the confederacy in ground. (He thoughts it was mostly because the Confederacy lacked figure to put on its money), but nowadays a two dollar bill wasn’t something you would see often, you needed more a weight of bills in order to have anything nice in the confederacy nowadays. He was amaze by the fact that people still could buy his service as a lawyer; well he did adjust his fee in accordance to the galloping inflation, maybe he was too above the middleman to be affected by it. The last time he ever saw anything fancy and fun in town was during the confederacy 10th anniversary. A lot said that the Confederacy was an aristocracy, he started to think they were right. Some Yankee newspapers said that if the Confederacy was sent into the ground enough the runaway sisters would go back to the United States. Well at least the U.S weren’t busy killing innocent people or each other’s instead of trying to find a solution to splat of mud that was now the nation, at least the United States were still superior even though they had lost the war. Out of the blue Nathalie came to him.
“Something on your mind?”
“Well I am thinking…about the future”
“What about the future?”
“It looks grim, like all that I done was for nothing”
“I’m sure you’ll figure out a way”
“How do you heal a nation?”
She shrugs a bit
“You take risk and do thing you think are right”
He thoughts deeply but for a brief moment, he then kissed her gently as surprisingly as she had pop in.
“You know you are a blessing”
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January 18 1872
“You wanna what?”
“Run for presidency”
Eric Randolph had been a late friend of Judah, but he knew he wasn’t the kind of man to say crazy thing. Did he actually thing he had a chance, things were at all an all out bad for the south. Apparently he did think a Jew could run for the highest office, win and try a new radical policy in country renown for its conservatism. Well in a way he nearly felts sympathy for Judah, he too was an outsider he was among the few to own a successful factory in the CSA.
“Well…”
He tried to sound like he didn’t found his idea totally ridiculous; maybe they were something to gain from it. Well as much as possibly it could do money for a man that own a man owning a shoe factory. He had met Judah when he needed legal representation, an unlikely friendship forming.
“You could do it have an inkling of a chance …a lot of people hate the Klan…too bad Negroes can’t vote…and of course with the whole no party thing its always a gamble at the election…and you have some name recognition…but I’m sure I can get you support of the more marginal rich in the confederacy, but it will be a though fight”
“Thank you…”
(The part from Kidblast, so thank him)
From The Jews in North America: Three Hundred Years
" Built on a foundation of plantation agriculture, after the Civil War the CSA was on its way to becoming a banana republic. Yields were falling, and the Republic was modernizing at a snails pace. Already poorer than the USA, the CSA was rapidly descending into a mire of inflation and recession.
Elected in 1872, Judah P. Benjamin had already expressed admiration for the industrial revolution in Britain. Believing in the inherent superiority of the South, Benjamin believed with the right incentives, the South could challenge the North on economic terms. He mandated the construction of infrastructure throughout the South, although each state had to pay for its own improvements. He also supported tax breaks for industrialists, and for new businesses. Soon cities across the South were booming, and the new steel industries of Birmingham, and Richmond were employing thousands.
Benjamin also introduced new banking laws that were far ahead of their time. Creating a federal insurance policy of the then record $100 per depositor, the CSA virtually ended the era of bank runs in the country.
An accomplished lawyer and statesman, Benjamin saw the need for new institutions for the CSA. He appointed the CSA's first Supreme Court, but limited its power by appointing himself as Chief Justice. Much of the South's legal system is owed to Benjamin.
Benjamin is also responsible for the massive influx of Jews to the CSA during the 1870s and 1880s. After the pogroms had displaced many Jews in the Empire of Russia, Benjamin made an active effort to allow them to come to the Country. Bringing banking expertise to the new nation, the new Jewish immigrants were crucial to the economic boom of the period.
Benjamin refused to answer the question of slavery believing that this was beyond his power. However, he was crucial in the Manumission of the 1890s.
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Discussion Questions
1. How did the economic policies of Judah P. Benjamin Contribute to the CSA's success?
2. Iron and Coal were vital to the new Industrial revolution, where did these minerals originate?
February 1 1872
Judah P. Benjamin announce he will run for Presidency of the CSA announcing that it was time for the confederacy to get economical independence from the USA.
April 5 1872
George Gordon announce he too will run, a major general (and known major member of the Ku Klux Klan) and claim he’s doing it to keep to keep “The nigger in place and the nation pure, and that it would be treason to god to elect a man name Judah at the office of a Christian nation”
July 9 1872
As the odd of Judah start to rise, the police burst a major attempt by the Klan to assassinate him. While Gordon connection never proved in to be implicated he looses steady support.
November 12 1872
Judah Benjamin is elected president
New Orleans, Louisiana
December 18 1871
Judah P. Benjamin looked through his window and didn’t like what he saw. His estate had been vandalized through the night waking both him and his wife Nathalie. The attack had been brief but brutal and clearly was the work of the Ku Klux Klan. The city was becoming chaotic, the Ku Klux Klan had now for aim the biggest city of the Confederacy with Freemen and apparently not a lot of them would tolerate their presence as much as the Klan could tolerate anything with an inch of black skin…or now was going to the synagogue rather than the church.
Well he guess that being the one that gave one the British recognition to the Confederacy (briefly a bit before the Union had did it) didn’t make a difference, but at the end he probably that guy was just the bloodsucker of their fantasy rather than the ex-secretary of state and the guy on the two dollar bill, well maybe that little drawing on the money had made him the dark shadowy that manipulated the confederacy in ground. (He thoughts it was mostly because the Confederacy lacked figure to put on its money), but nowadays a two dollar bill wasn’t something you would see often, you needed more a weight of bills in order to have anything nice in the confederacy nowadays. He was amaze by the fact that people still could buy his service as a lawyer; well he did adjust his fee in accordance to the galloping inflation, maybe he was too above the middleman to be affected by it. The last time he ever saw anything fancy and fun in town was during the confederacy 10th anniversary. A lot said that the Confederacy was an aristocracy, he started to think they were right. Some Yankee newspapers said that if the Confederacy was sent into the ground enough the runaway sisters would go back to the United States. Well at least the U.S weren’t busy killing innocent people or each other’s instead of trying to find a solution to splat of mud that was now the nation, at least the United States were still superior even though they had lost the war. Out of the blue Nathalie came to him.
“Something on your mind?”
“Well I am thinking…about the future”
“What about the future?”
“It looks grim, like all that I done was for nothing”
“I’m sure you’ll figure out a way”
“How do you heal a nation?”
She shrugs a bit
“You take risk and do thing you think are right”
He thoughts deeply but for a brief moment, he then kissed her gently as surprisingly as she had pop in.
“You know you are a blessing”
----
January 18 1872
“You wanna what?”
“Run for presidency”
Eric Randolph had been a late friend of Judah, but he knew he wasn’t the kind of man to say crazy thing. Did he actually thing he had a chance, things were at all an all out bad for the south. Apparently he did think a Jew could run for the highest office, win and try a new radical policy in country renown for its conservatism. Well in a way he nearly felts sympathy for Judah, he too was an outsider he was among the few to own a successful factory in the CSA.
“Well…”
He tried to sound like he didn’t found his idea totally ridiculous; maybe they were something to gain from it. Well as much as possibly it could do money for a man that own a man owning a shoe factory. He had met Judah when he needed legal representation, an unlikely friendship forming.
“You could do it have an inkling of a chance …a lot of people hate the Klan…too bad Negroes can’t vote…and of course with the whole no party thing its always a gamble at the election…and you have some name recognition…but I’m sure I can get you support of the more marginal rich in the confederacy, but it will be a though fight”
“Thank you…”
(The part from Kidblast, so thank him)
From The Jews in North America: Three Hundred Years
" Built on a foundation of plantation agriculture, after the Civil War the CSA was on its way to becoming a banana republic. Yields were falling, and the Republic was modernizing at a snails pace. Already poorer than the USA, the CSA was rapidly descending into a mire of inflation and recession.
Elected in 1872, Judah P. Benjamin had already expressed admiration for the industrial revolution in Britain. Believing in the inherent superiority of the South, Benjamin believed with the right incentives, the South could challenge the North on economic terms. He mandated the construction of infrastructure throughout the South, although each state had to pay for its own improvements. He also supported tax breaks for industrialists, and for new businesses. Soon cities across the South were booming, and the new steel industries of Birmingham, and Richmond were employing thousands.
Benjamin also introduced new banking laws that were far ahead of their time. Creating a federal insurance policy of the then record $100 per depositor, the CSA virtually ended the era of bank runs in the country.
An accomplished lawyer and statesman, Benjamin saw the need for new institutions for the CSA. He appointed the CSA's first Supreme Court, but limited its power by appointing himself as Chief Justice. Much of the South's legal system is owed to Benjamin.
Benjamin is also responsible for the massive influx of Jews to the CSA during the 1870s and 1880s. After the pogroms had displaced many Jews in the Empire of Russia, Benjamin made an active effort to allow them to come to the Country. Bringing banking expertise to the new nation, the new Jewish immigrants were crucial to the economic boom of the period.
Benjamin refused to answer the question of slavery believing that this was beyond his power. However, he was crucial in the Manumission of the 1890s.
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Discussion Questions
1. How did the economic policies of Judah P. Benjamin Contribute to the CSA's success?
2. Iron and Coal were vital to the new Industrial revolution, where did these minerals originate?
February 1 1872
Judah P. Benjamin announce he will run for Presidency of the CSA announcing that it was time for the confederacy to get economical independence from the USA.
April 5 1872
George Gordon announce he too will run, a major general (and known major member of the Ku Klux Klan) and claim he’s doing it to keep to keep “The nigger in place and the nation pure, and that it would be treason to god to elect a man name Judah at the office of a Christian nation”
July 9 1872
As the odd of Judah start to rise, the police burst a major attempt by the Klan to assassinate him. While Gordon connection never proved in to be implicated he looses steady support.
November 12 1872
Judah Benjamin is elected president
Issue 7: Don’t panic
17 February 1874
Blaine farm, Southern Missouri
All of them where gather around the tomb of Bruno (well more of a hole with a dead body in it), it was sad he had been a good worker all his life, rigorous seemingly never able to lack strength and now he was dead. The poor horse had died the day before late at night a few minutes before the veterinarian could even examine him. Mr. Henry Blaine had atomically suspected something strange when the horse seemed to have suddenly loosed all his strength during the morning when he went to feed him.
Henry was a bit worry if the disease would spread to the other animals of the farm, he was barely able to pay all the money he spent a year loosing too much would make him even more broke than he was right now. Well for the moment none seemed to be affected but since it seem that it didn’t long to act and spread…he thought about the dreaded Veteran Fever, but it had been something like 10 years since the last case had been spot, could it be back? He didn’t feel bad…for now. He was better to checks on the kids and on Catherine, they all had been at one time or another near Bruno, so they were at risk and the veterinarian he might have caught it. This sounded like a nightmare come true.
The whole nation had gone a bit frantic about epidemic since the war. Although now they knew a lot more and were a lot more prepare. He remembered when he and Catherine had took over after his father death, pamphlets were deliver by a new government group call the “Missouri Epidemic Prevention Committee” about how the Veteran’s Fever was spread, sometime they were still getting it, it warmed about goods from certain place that might be contaminated and which goods were the good one to buy, while he had never had seen an epidemic since the war he had been watching them carefully.
He went to see his first daughter Edith, she was fine, Clara was fine also, but his fear was confirm when he went to his son Jeremy as he already had start to have fever (although it didn’t seem to affect him much). He felt like he was devastated.
29 April 1874
Fort Boreman, Maryland
For Jacob White, Fort Boreman really was worth its name, he was bore like hell, he wish he could play solitaire but it was too dark for anything to be seen in the watchtower, he wondered if they were really a disease at all. He just stood in his watchtower waiting for something to happen. He didn’t even know if the guy on the other side were from West Virginia or were rebs or even of the federal army. For the little action or even grudge that was the American continent it was unbelievably guarded for nothing. Well all around pretty much any state you could find State army fort, but when it came to border with Canada and the Confederacy it was federal fort, to make sure no “border incident” (more like drunk fight) would happen like in the old day they had strict order not to go to the other forts. Considering Maryland position it could be any of the trees because the Rebs were in proximity so some feds would probably watch them and West Virginia was nearby. Well in the assignation lotto he had hit being a state army man rather than a fed; which was nothing more than being a custom guard with guns and cannon who were largely under paid. That stupid plague didn’t even come around here to make thing a bit more exciting. Suddenly a little fire seem to come from the neighboring fort. In a blink of an eye a cannon ball had hit the lower part of the Fort. It was an attack! He started to ring the alarm.
“WE ARE ATTACK
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29 April 1874 (a bit later)
Fort Paca, West Virginia
David Summer was shock and embarrass, he already was sanction to clean the cannon for how he answered Major Harked but now…he had accidentally started it…well not really y more that he had been dare to shoot one for a bet, but he didn’t believe he could have actually done it. He just hoped that nobody except the guy he had bet (he had forget the name it was a private) had seen or heard this. Anyway what were the odds it would hit something? They were a West Virginian fort nearby but it surely wasn’t directly in the way of the shot.
A few minute he was quickly running to his quarter hoping none would spot him, suddenly a cannon ball pierced through the corridor leaving a giant hole in the wall. He looked into the hole and saw dozens of soldier walking his way. He panicked.
“We are under attack!”
He ran through the fort continually yelling the message.
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1873
In order to support the industrialization of the CSA, President Benjamin starts to open the border of the CSA to immigration with wide controversy amongst the population (mostly in Texas), despite overall good result for the economy.
March 1874
New cases of Veteran fever start to arrive in Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas. The old protection measures of the civil war are put again (except for the soldier exclusion). The State army militarizes their border.
30 April- 4 June 1874
The Boreman affair shock the nation a fight between a state fort of Maryland and one West Virginia, erupt killing 30 state soldiers (and heavily damaging the West Virginia fort). Federal inquiry pronounces that Maryland was the one who produce the fight (as they started the assault) and must give reparation to West Virginia which they accept after heavy protestation.
17 February 1874
Blaine farm, Southern Missouri
All of them where gather around the tomb of Bruno (well more of a hole with a dead body in it), it was sad he had been a good worker all his life, rigorous seemingly never able to lack strength and now he was dead. The poor horse had died the day before late at night a few minutes before the veterinarian could even examine him. Mr. Henry Blaine had atomically suspected something strange when the horse seemed to have suddenly loosed all his strength during the morning when he went to feed him.
Henry was a bit worry if the disease would spread to the other animals of the farm, he was barely able to pay all the money he spent a year loosing too much would make him even more broke than he was right now. Well for the moment none seemed to be affected but since it seem that it didn’t long to act and spread…he thought about the dreaded Veteran Fever, but it had been something like 10 years since the last case had been spot, could it be back? He didn’t feel bad…for now. He was better to checks on the kids and on Catherine, they all had been at one time or another near Bruno, so they were at risk and the veterinarian he might have caught it. This sounded like a nightmare come true.
The whole nation had gone a bit frantic about epidemic since the war. Although now they knew a lot more and were a lot more prepare. He remembered when he and Catherine had took over after his father death, pamphlets were deliver by a new government group call the “Missouri Epidemic Prevention Committee” about how the Veteran’s Fever was spread, sometime they were still getting it, it warmed about goods from certain place that might be contaminated and which goods were the good one to buy, while he had never had seen an epidemic since the war he had been watching them carefully.
He went to see his first daughter Edith, she was fine, Clara was fine also, but his fear was confirm when he went to his son Jeremy as he already had start to have fever (although it didn’t seem to affect him much). He felt like he was devastated.
29 April 1874
Fort Boreman, Maryland
For Jacob White, Fort Boreman really was worth its name, he was bore like hell, he wish he could play solitaire but it was too dark for anything to be seen in the watchtower, he wondered if they were really a disease at all. He just stood in his watchtower waiting for something to happen. He didn’t even know if the guy on the other side were from West Virginia or were rebs or even of the federal army. For the little action or even grudge that was the American continent it was unbelievably guarded for nothing. Well all around pretty much any state you could find State army fort, but when it came to border with Canada and the Confederacy it was federal fort, to make sure no “border incident” (more like drunk fight) would happen like in the old day they had strict order not to go to the other forts. Considering Maryland position it could be any of the trees because the Rebs were in proximity so some feds would probably watch them and West Virginia was nearby. Well in the assignation lotto he had hit being a state army man rather than a fed; which was nothing more than being a custom guard with guns and cannon who were largely under paid. That stupid plague didn’t even come around here to make thing a bit more exciting. Suddenly a little fire seem to come from the neighboring fort. In a blink of an eye a cannon ball had hit the lower part of the Fort. It was an attack! He started to ring the alarm.
“WE ARE ATTACK
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29 April 1874 (a bit later)
Fort Paca, West Virginia
David Summer was shock and embarrass, he already was sanction to clean the cannon for how he answered Major Harked but now…he had accidentally started it…well not really y more that he had been dare to shoot one for a bet, but he didn’t believe he could have actually done it. He just hoped that nobody except the guy he had bet (he had forget the name it was a private) had seen or heard this. Anyway what were the odds it would hit something? They were a West Virginian fort nearby but it surely wasn’t directly in the way of the shot.
A few minute he was quickly running to his quarter hoping none would spot him, suddenly a cannon ball pierced through the corridor leaving a giant hole in the wall. He looked into the hole and saw dozens of soldier walking his way. He panicked.
“We are under attack!”
He ran through the fort continually yelling the message.
---
1873
In order to support the industrialization of the CSA, President Benjamin starts to open the border of the CSA to immigration with wide controversy amongst the population (mostly in Texas), despite overall good result for the economy.
March 1874
New cases of Veteran fever start to arrive in Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas. The old protection measures of the civil war are put again (except for the soldier exclusion). The State army militarizes their border.
30 April- 4 June 1874
The Boreman affair shock the nation a fight between a state fort of Maryland and one West Virginia, erupt killing 30 state soldiers (and heavily damaging the West Virginia fort). Federal inquiry pronounces that Maryland was the one who produce the fight (as they started the assault) and must give reparation to West Virginia which they accept after heavy protestation.
Issue 8: Why not us?
(Damn Blackmage did a pretty kick ass job here, but I gotta contribute too)
Excerpt from The Lone Star Flies High, a biography of Richard Coke, governor of Texas 1872-1874, by Ross Townsend, (C) 1993.
'...no transcripts were made of Coke's meeting on the 18th of November with President Benjamin, but later accounts by both men indicates that the meeting was by no means civil. Certainly the unproductive nature of the meeting led to a rapid decline of federal-state relations.
Throughout 1873, relations had remained relatively stable; this can perhaps be attributed to the fact that Coke and Benjamin were relatively alike; both were former lawyers with a reputation for intellectualism (Coke at this time picked up the nickname of 'Old Brains', which was to stay with him for life). Additionally, both had only been elected to their respective offices the previous year, and as such lacked the acrimonious relationship that President Lee and Governor Roberts had developed. However, this was quickly to change, and the meeting began a trend which ended with a personal hatred between the two men, which was to prove disastrous.
The meeting's inconclusive nature did nothing to deal with the rapidly developing crisis over Texan immigration. Refugees from across the CSA continued flooding into Texas, and the Confederate government's indecision only deepened feelings of resentment within Texas. Texan infrastructure became stretched to its limits. Inevitably, many of the refugees from the Veteran's Fever outbreak carried the disease themselves; the first cases were recorded in early September, and by late November the disease had reached epidemic proportions in the cramped camps of the Confederate refugees. Faced with the prospect of the impending spread of the disease across Texas, Coke acted unilaterally. On the 25th of December, the Texan Protection Act was passed by the Texas Legislature, closing Texan borders to the outside world. It was, in effect, a declaration of unofficial secession. On the 25th of December, Coke delivered the Christmas Oration to crowds in Austin; the speech, noted for both its jingoism and for the origin of the phrase 'We decide who comes to this country, and the circumstances in which they come', which has been frequently repeated by many Texan politicians since.
The response from within the Confederacy was swift and decisive. On 31st of December, the Ku Klux Klan firebombed the State House. No one was hurt, but the action could not have been a greater insult to Texan pride and patriotism. As 1874 began, Texas and the CSA were effectively at war...'
Extracts from the Christmas Day Oration by Richard Coke, 25th of December, 1873, given in Austin, Texas
'Men and women of Texas.
I speak before you now at a time of grave peril for our great state. You need merely look out the window to see the horrors that have been wrought upon us this past year. Refugees starve in our streets. Roads are clogged and buildings creak as wave after wave of human casualties descend upon our fair state, interested in saving their own skin with no concern for anything or anyone but themselves. And all the while, Death stalks our city's hospitals and clinics, striking those down who have been unfortunate enough to contract the foreigner's plague.
I trust I do not need to elaborate further. We are facing a crisis of apocalyptic proportions. A Black Death is sweeping through our state, striking down all those in its path with no regard for man or woman, child or adult, even black or white. But there is a greater crisis before us: a human plague, a plague of spoilt minds and misplaced pity.
They say we should care for them. They say we should give them the shirts off their backs. They say that our tax dollars, the sweat off our brows, should go towards sating their every need! Well, I say this: we decide who comes to our state, and the circumstances in which they come!
Last night, the Texas Legislature passed the Texas Protection Act. This morning, Texas became closed to the world. We have said, 'No more!'
I am proud to be a citizen of the Confederate States. But I am first and foremost a Texan, and the needs of my great state and its people must come first.
We do not want war. We do not want secession. But we were an independent state for nine years, and yet we did not perish, but indeed prospered. We want only peace, but if it comes to it, we will fight to defend ourselves from the infectious rabble who even now threaten the very existence of Texas.
So go forth, men and women of Texas, and be proud. For your state has stood up to the world, and has declared itself not a mere vassal of a greedy central government, but a proud state ready to fight for its freedom to remain forever pure. We fought a war for our independence a mere decade ago; if history repeats itself, then we shall fight again, and we shall win!
Have a merry Christmas, and long live Texas!'
Excerpt from The Lone Star Flies High, a biography of Richard Coke, governor of Texas 1872-1874, by Ross Townsend, (C) 1993.
'Most of the members of the KKK in Texas were recent refugees, often living in desperate poverty. The Texan government's refusal to provide facilities for the refugees had led to the creation of vast shanty towns surrounding urban areas in Texas. Conditions within the towns often put third-world countries to shame; running water was unheard of, and cliques and factions effectively controlled access to resources. Of these, the KKK gained popularity amongst the refugees, not necessarily for its ideology but for the resources it wielded within the camps...
The KKK's ideology deserves a mention. Coke's ideology was in many ways compatible with the KKK; indeed, his insistence upon 'purity' was admired by many followers of the KKK, who often advocated the formation of camps to intern sufferers of the Veteran's Plague, so as not to infect the population. However, Coke's defiance of the CSA led to considerable ire amongst Klansmen, many of whom were former soldiers; he was seen as a 'race traitor' for not blindly serving the CSA, who the KKK believed to be the only hope of the survival of the white race...
Of the Texas Klansmen, the most famous is undoubtedly Ben Wilkerson. Wilkerson was a poor farmer from Georgia, who fled the state with his wife and two daughters after the outbreak of Veteran's Fever in that state. After arriving in Texas, he was unable to find lodgings or accommodations, and settled into the vast Houston Camp, where he became a major figure in the local KKK. Wilkerson has been largely cast as a villain, but in truth he resembles a more pathetic figure; he was of limited intellect and cunning, and seems to have been manipulated by those more intelligent than himself. He seems to have honestly believed that in working for the KKK, he was working to provide for his family...
On April 13, 1874, Coke was speaking to enthusiastic crowds in front of the Houston Town Hall. He was given limited security, and was only flanked by two bodyguards, with limited visibility. Wilkerson pushed his way through the crowds and shot Coke twice with a .22 revolver. Wilkerson's aim was bad; Coke was hit once in the shoulder and once in the torso. Wilkerson was immediately shot dead by guards. Unfortunately, Coke was shot in the back by one of his guards during the confusion; ironically, this one bullet may have caused more damage than Wilkerson's incompetent assassination attempt. It has long been questioned whether the unlucky security guard, John Randall, was in fact a KKK agent; although he denied it whenever questioned for the rest of his life, papers found in his house after his death indicate Confederate sympathies, and his wife related in a 1897 interview that he expressed a strong hatred towards Long before his death. However, this issue is likely to remain a mystery
Coke was rushed to hospital; there, his condition might not have proved fatal but for the incompetence of his doctors, who performed surgery with unsanitary equipment. Infection spread rapidly through Coke's body, and his damaged immune system led to pneumonia infection. In increasing pain, he spent his last few days with his family. He died on April 19, 1874. His last known words were, 'Oh my'.
With one shot, Wilkerson effectively declared Texan independence. The furious Texan people rioted in the streets over the shooting, and newly appointed Governor Richard Hubbard was in no mood to argue, having been a close friend of Coke. On April 23, 1874, the Texan government issued the Texan Declaration of Independence. The Republic of Texas was reborn.
...
In retrospect, Coke may seem a simple natives populist; something of a cross between President Long of Louisiana and Prime Minister John Howard of Australia. Yet, at the time, and even to this day, Coke's legacy in Texas remains almost mythical. He has become a martyr for Texas nationalism; from the moment he died, it became inevitable that Texas was fight for its freedom no matter the cost. No matter his flaws, Coke's role as the father of modern Texas remains inescapable, and a legacy to be proud of.'
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(Yeah that’s my part, I feel pretty insignificant today)
Excerpts taken from Richard Brandon: “A humoristic guide to the history of the American states”. (C) 1993: Reb and Yank edition used with permission of the Author.
The 1870-1890: The Pathetic secession
While the U.S used to say that the CSA separated over slavery, most people (including a great number Texans and Marylander) don’t know why their states separate; most of them say that it will was for the wealth and freedom of their people. While of course in both case it can be argue that they were in democratic and wealthy, and in Maryland case it came over a scandal, which proved that both Delaware and Maryland were, involve into smuggling slave into their territory (which you will admit a great step toward freedom of the people). That lack of a reason to change the political map of North America is the reasons why Texas and Maryland separation are call the pathetic secession.
For the case of Texas, a single man name Richard Coke was able to essentially to secure his hold on Texas as Judah Benjamin threaten to carve up his state (and his power) because of how imposing Texas was in the confederate balance. Forget the KKK, forget the plague, he was scare that he would only rule a third of a kingdom than all of it, but don’t mention that around Texans they will usually have you barbecue, but of course it isn’t the only reason around, but like I demonstrate in previous chapter, power justify most of thing.
14 June 1874 (a bit later)
Near Houston, Republic of Texas
Lieutenant Daltow looked in front of him and felt depress he and his man would have suppose to have be shooting there artillery at Houston but right now he was on the defensive and feeling humiliated by how the Texans were screwing the Confederate army. He cursed that Judah president as he was the one that had industrialize Texas and made it so thought to beat. Well anyway blaming people would do nothing he needed to win, well at least survive. Well the war on Texas had been a tie vote anyway; they were living in a country that had thrived in a way under separation, Well only the states that had voted for the war had given troops to fight in the army (and well even though he didn’t agree much with fighting a war, he had to admit an independent Texas might have been a threat to his home Louisiana). He wondered if the Yankee had felt the same…well the Yankee didn’t really fight a war they had been too scare to do anything. Well now he just felt on the edge of being seeing as a lame officer.
25th December 1873
Texas passes law to close its border
31th December 1873
Texas state house get firebomb
April 13, 1874
Richard Coke is shot
April 13, 1874
Richard Coke is declare dead
April 23, 1874
The Texas Republic is declare and the Confederacy invade the state
(Damn Blackmage did a pretty kick ass job here, but I gotta contribute too)
Excerpt from The Lone Star Flies High, a biography of Richard Coke, governor of Texas 1872-1874, by Ross Townsend, (C) 1993.
'...no transcripts were made of Coke's meeting on the 18th of November with President Benjamin, but later accounts by both men indicates that the meeting was by no means civil. Certainly the unproductive nature of the meeting led to a rapid decline of federal-state relations.
Throughout 1873, relations had remained relatively stable; this can perhaps be attributed to the fact that Coke and Benjamin were relatively alike; both were former lawyers with a reputation for intellectualism (Coke at this time picked up the nickname of 'Old Brains', which was to stay with him for life). Additionally, both had only been elected to their respective offices the previous year, and as such lacked the acrimonious relationship that President Lee and Governor Roberts had developed. However, this was quickly to change, and the meeting began a trend which ended with a personal hatred between the two men, which was to prove disastrous.
The meeting's inconclusive nature did nothing to deal with the rapidly developing crisis over Texan immigration. Refugees from across the CSA continued flooding into Texas, and the Confederate government's indecision only deepened feelings of resentment within Texas. Texan infrastructure became stretched to its limits. Inevitably, many of the refugees from the Veteran's Fever outbreak carried the disease themselves; the first cases were recorded in early September, and by late November the disease had reached epidemic proportions in the cramped camps of the Confederate refugees. Faced with the prospect of the impending spread of the disease across Texas, Coke acted unilaterally. On the 25th of December, the Texan Protection Act was passed by the Texas Legislature, closing Texan borders to the outside world. It was, in effect, a declaration of unofficial secession. On the 25th of December, Coke delivered the Christmas Oration to crowds in Austin; the speech, noted for both its jingoism and for the origin of the phrase 'We decide who comes to this country, and the circumstances in which they come', which has been frequently repeated by many Texan politicians since.
The response from within the Confederacy was swift and decisive. On 31st of December, the Ku Klux Klan firebombed the State House. No one was hurt, but the action could not have been a greater insult to Texan pride and patriotism. As 1874 began, Texas and the CSA were effectively at war...'
Extracts from the Christmas Day Oration by Richard Coke, 25th of December, 1873, given in Austin, Texas
'Men and women of Texas.
I speak before you now at a time of grave peril for our great state. You need merely look out the window to see the horrors that have been wrought upon us this past year. Refugees starve in our streets. Roads are clogged and buildings creak as wave after wave of human casualties descend upon our fair state, interested in saving their own skin with no concern for anything or anyone but themselves. And all the while, Death stalks our city's hospitals and clinics, striking those down who have been unfortunate enough to contract the foreigner's plague.
I trust I do not need to elaborate further. We are facing a crisis of apocalyptic proportions. A Black Death is sweeping through our state, striking down all those in its path with no regard for man or woman, child or adult, even black or white. But there is a greater crisis before us: a human plague, a plague of spoilt minds and misplaced pity.
They say we should care for them. They say we should give them the shirts off their backs. They say that our tax dollars, the sweat off our brows, should go towards sating their every need! Well, I say this: we decide who comes to our state, and the circumstances in which they come!
Last night, the Texas Legislature passed the Texas Protection Act. This morning, Texas became closed to the world. We have said, 'No more!'
I am proud to be a citizen of the Confederate States. But I am first and foremost a Texan, and the needs of my great state and its people must come first.
We do not want war. We do not want secession. But we were an independent state for nine years, and yet we did not perish, but indeed prospered. We want only peace, but if it comes to it, we will fight to defend ourselves from the infectious rabble who even now threaten the very existence of Texas.
So go forth, men and women of Texas, and be proud. For your state has stood up to the world, and has declared itself not a mere vassal of a greedy central government, but a proud state ready to fight for its freedom to remain forever pure. We fought a war for our independence a mere decade ago; if history repeats itself, then we shall fight again, and we shall win!
Have a merry Christmas, and long live Texas!'
Excerpt from The Lone Star Flies High, a biography of Richard Coke, governor of Texas 1872-1874, by Ross Townsend, (C) 1993.
'Most of the members of the KKK in Texas were recent refugees, often living in desperate poverty. The Texan government's refusal to provide facilities for the refugees had led to the creation of vast shanty towns surrounding urban areas in Texas. Conditions within the towns often put third-world countries to shame; running water was unheard of, and cliques and factions effectively controlled access to resources. Of these, the KKK gained popularity amongst the refugees, not necessarily for its ideology but for the resources it wielded within the camps...
The KKK's ideology deserves a mention. Coke's ideology was in many ways compatible with the KKK; indeed, his insistence upon 'purity' was admired by many followers of the KKK, who often advocated the formation of camps to intern sufferers of the Veteran's Plague, so as not to infect the population. However, Coke's defiance of the CSA led to considerable ire amongst Klansmen, many of whom were former soldiers; he was seen as a 'race traitor' for not blindly serving the CSA, who the KKK believed to be the only hope of the survival of the white race...
Of the Texas Klansmen, the most famous is undoubtedly Ben Wilkerson. Wilkerson was a poor farmer from Georgia, who fled the state with his wife and two daughters after the outbreak of Veteran's Fever in that state. After arriving in Texas, he was unable to find lodgings or accommodations, and settled into the vast Houston Camp, where he became a major figure in the local KKK. Wilkerson has been largely cast as a villain, but in truth he resembles a more pathetic figure; he was of limited intellect and cunning, and seems to have been manipulated by those more intelligent than himself. He seems to have honestly believed that in working for the KKK, he was working to provide for his family...
On April 13, 1874, Coke was speaking to enthusiastic crowds in front of the Houston Town Hall. He was given limited security, and was only flanked by two bodyguards, with limited visibility. Wilkerson pushed his way through the crowds and shot Coke twice with a .22 revolver. Wilkerson's aim was bad; Coke was hit once in the shoulder and once in the torso. Wilkerson was immediately shot dead by guards. Unfortunately, Coke was shot in the back by one of his guards during the confusion; ironically, this one bullet may have caused more damage than Wilkerson's incompetent assassination attempt. It has long been questioned whether the unlucky security guard, John Randall, was in fact a KKK agent; although he denied it whenever questioned for the rest of his life, papers found in his house after his death indicate Confederate sympathies, and his wife related in a 1897 interview that he expressed a strong hatred towards Long before his death. However, this issue is likely to remain a mystery
Coke was rushed to hospital; there, his condition might not have proved fatal but for the incompetence of his doctors, who performed surgery with unsanitary equipment. Infection spread rapidly through Coke's body, and his damaged immune system led to pneumonia infection. In increasing pain, he spent his last few days with his family. He died on April 19, 1874. His last known words were, 'Oh my'.
With one shot, Wilkerson effectively declared Texan independence. The furious Texan people rioted in the streets over the shooting, and newly appointed Governor Richard Hubbard was in no mood to argue, having been a close friend of Coke. On April 23, 1874, the Texan government issued the Texan Declaration of Independence. The Republic of Texas was reborn.
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In retrospect, Coke may seem a simple natives populist; something of a cross between President Long of Louisiana and Prime Minister John Howard of Australia. Yet, at the time, and even to this day, Coke's legacy in Texas remains almost mythical. He has become a martyr for Texas nationalism; from the moment he died, it became inevitable that Texas was fight for its freedom no matter the cost. No matter his flaws, Coke's role as the father of modern Texas remains inescapable, and a legacy to be proud of.'
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(Yeah that’s my part, I feel pretty insignificant today)
Excerpts taken from Richard Brandon: “A humoristic guide to the history of the American states”. (C) 1993: Reb and Yank edition used with permission of the Author.
The 1870-1890: The Pathetic secession
While the U.S used to say that the CSA separated over slavery, most people (including a great number Texans and Marylander) don’t know why their states separate; most of them say that it will was for the wealth and freedom of their people. While of course in both case it can be argue that they were in democratic and wealthy, and in Maryland case it came over a scandal, which proved that both Delaware and Maryland were, involve into smuggling slave into their territory (which you will admit a great step toward freedom of the people). That lack of a reason to change the political map of North America is the reasons why Texas and Maryland separation are call the pathetic secession.
For the case of Texas, a single man name Richard Coke was able to essentially to secure his hold on Texas as Judah Benjamin threaten to carve up his state (and his power) because of how imposing Texas was in the confederate balance. Forget the KKK, forget the plague, he was scare that he would only rule a third of a kingdom than all of it, but don’t mention that around Texans they will usually have you barbecue, but of course it isn’t the only reason around, but like I demonstrate in previous chapter, power justify most of thing.
14 June 1874 (a bit later)
Near Houston, Republic of Texas
Lieutenant Daltow looked in front of him and felt depress he and his man would have suppose to have be shooting there artillery at Houston but right now he was on the defensive and feeling humiliated by how the Texans were screwing the Confederate army. He cursed that Judah president as he was the one that had industrialize Texas and made it so thought to beat. Well anyway blaming people would do nothing he needed to win, well at least survive. Well the war on Texas had been a tie vote anyway; they were living in a country that had thrived in a way under separation, Well only the states that had voted for the war had given troops to fight in the army (and well even though he didn’t agree much with fighting a war, he had to admit an independent Texas might have been a threat to his home Louisiana). He wondered if the Yankee had felt the same…well the Yankee didn’t really fight a war they had been too scare to do anything. Well now he just felt on the edge of being seeing as a lame officer.
25th December 1873
Texas passes law to close its border
31th December 1873
Texas state house get firebomb
April 13, 1874
Richard Coke is shot
April 13, 1874
Richard Coke is declare dead
April 23, 1874
The Texas Republic is declare and the Confederacy invade the state
Sorry this is late, could never bring meself to get round to doing it till tonight. Tricky Dicky next!
Joseph Dzhugashvili:
1878 – 1939
Born into a family with a poor Georgian family, the hardships of Dzhugashvili’s life were further exemplified when his father was knocked down and killed by a horse and cart when Joseph was only three. With only his mother to raise him, Dzhugashvili is noted for being an enthusiastic Orthodox Christian from his early life, his mother’s sole influence telling on the young boy.
When Dzhugashvili was sent to a seminary school at the age of fourteen, he was at risk at falling under the influence of various ideologies that opposed the Tsarist state and Orthodox Church. When a meeting between the students of the seminary in order to discuss socialism was broken up and all students involved were expelled, Dzhugashvili decided against getting involved with such organisations and their ideologies.
Eventually graduating the top of his class in 1899, Dzhugashvili went into the Orthodox Church as a priest in his native Georgia. His first few years in the Church were noted for his rapid ascent up the hierarchy and by 1910, he had become the Bishop over a Georgian Eparchy. He was noted for his somewhat strange mixture of liberal and conservative views. While supporting the family unit, he supported having women in the work place. Dzhugashvili also supported greater autonomy for the regions of Russia, Georgia in particular.
A notable moment in Dzhugashvili’s life was when he refused to support the Russian government during World War One. Rather than go with the official line that the war was for the good of the Mother Land, Dzhugashvili saw it merely as a clash between the Great Powers over their own petty interests. Calling on his congregation to resist the calls to join the army, the Tsarist government leant heavily on the Orthodox to find some way to get Dzhugashvili to shut up.
Unfortunately for the Tsarist regime, they had little idea how much influence Dzhugashvili had in the Church. During the period 1910-1914, Dzhugashvili had been building up a key clique of supporters and allies within the Orthodox Church, using his influence to have some people promoted to Bishoprics who he knew would remember his actions. During this time, Dzhugashvili also gained the nickname ‘Stalin’ because of his actions concerning all those who opposed him. One particular incident is when a friend of Dzhugashvili’s was in serious debt to a money lender. Dzhugashvili used various favours to have the money lender excommunicated, arrested for fraud and all his business assets confiscated. The friend who Dzhugashvili had helped later went on to give him the support needed to clench the Patriarch-ship.
When the war ended with defeat for Russia, Dzhugashvili’s popular support sky rocketed and soon became popularly known by the Russian people as ‘Uncle Joe’ for his kindly disposition and fondness for children. Privately however, Dzhugashvili became more ruthless than ever as he used every bit of support he had to become the Patriarch of Russia. The period 1920-1924 is noted for being a turbulent time in the Orthodox Church as supporters of Dzhugashvili clashed on the streets with more conservative members of the Orthodox Church.
When a vote was held in 1925 to determine who would be the new Patriarch of Moscow, it was Dzhugashvili who won the vote by a surprisingly large margin. Those who voted against Dzhugashvili soon found themselves transferred to obscure and unimportant posts. Using his new influence, Dzhugashvili began to needle his way into the Tsarist Family. Tsar Nicholas tried his hardest to resist the encroaching influence of the new Patriarch but Prince Alexei was vulnerable to the spinning of Dzhugashvili’s webs. When Nicholas II died in 1929, the weakened Alexei assumed the throne and Dzhugashvili assumed the power behind it.
The early 1930’s saw the rise of Dzhugashvili’s influence over both the Royal Family and the general public. To the public, he was ‘Uncle Joe’, supporter of the common causes of the people, benevolent Patriarch of Moscow and committed Christian. To those who knew him however, he was ‘Stalin’, the puppet master of the Tsar, merciless to his enemies and the most cunning politician in all Mother Russia. But he was not without enemies however; the Aristocracy were soon getting tired of Dzhugashvili’s monopoly in power.
The final straw came in late 1938, when the Duma pushed for reform to gain more power over legislation. Having some nice stooges lined up (Including a former peasant named Khrushchev), Dzhugashvili started to pressure the Tsar into accepting the shift in the balance in power. The Aristocracy finally broke and on New Years Day 1939, a group of top Army generals broke into Dzhugashvili’s apartments and shot him several dozen times. According to legend, Dzhugashvili laughed in their faces before he was shot, calling out “You fools are so blind, can you not see what you are about to do?”
Dzhugashvili’s predictions were proven true when Tsar Nicholas, as a tribute to the late Patriarch, passed the bill which gave more power to the Duma. The people of Russia went into mourning over the death of ‘Uncle Joe’ and he was made a Saint of the Orthodox Church. Though the Aristocrats who murdered Dzhugashvili were never brought to justice, one by one, they all died in ‘accidents’ during World War Two. Dzhugashvili was interred in his native Georgia and his grave is still the site of many pilgrimages.
Joseph Dzhugashvili:
1878 – 1939
Born into a family with a poor Georgian family, the hardships of Dzhugashvili’s life were further exemplified when his father was knocked down and killed by a horse and cart when Joseph was only three. With only his mother to raise him, Dzhugashvili is noted for being an enthusiastic Orthodox Christian from his early life, his mother’s sole influence telling on the young boy.
When Dzhugashvili was sent to a seminary school at the age of fourteen, he was at risk at falling under the influence of various ideologies that opposed the Tsarist state and Orthodox Church. When a meeting between the students of the seminary in order to discuss socialism was broken up and all students involved were expelled, Dzhugashvili decided against getting involved with such organisations and their ideologies.
Eventually graduating the top of his class in 1899, Dzhugashvili went into the Orthodox Church as a priest in his native Georgia. His first few years in the Church were noted for his rapid ascent up the hierarchy and by 1910, he had become the Bishop over a Georgian Eparchy. He was noted for his somewhat strange mixture of liberal and conservative views. While supporting the family unit, he supported having women in the work place. Dzhugashvili also supported greater autonomy for the regions of Russia, Georgia in particular.
A notable moment in Dzhugashvili’s life was when he refused to support the Russian government during World War One. Rather than go with the official line that the war was for the good of the Mother Land, Dzhugashvili saw it merely as a clash between the Great Powers over their own petty interests. Calling on his congregation to resist the calls to join the army, the Tsarist government leant heavily on the Orthodox to find some way to get Dzhugashvili to shut up.
Unfortunately for the Tsarist regime, they had little idea how much influence Dzhugashvili had in the Church. During the period 1910-1914, Dzhugashvili had been building up a key clique of supporters and allies within the Orthodox Church, using his influence to have some people promoted to Bishoprics who he knew would remember his actions. During this time, Dzhugashvili also gained the nickname ‘Stalin’ because of his actions concerning all those who opposed him. One particular incident is when a friend of Dzhugashvili’s was in serious debt to a money lender. Dzhugashvili used various favours to have the money lender excommunicated, arrested for fraud and all his business assets confiscated. The friend who Dzhugashvili had helped later went on to give him the support needed to clench the Patriarch-ship.
When the war ended with defeat for Russia, Dzhugashvili’s popular support sky rocketed and soon became popularly known by the Russian people as ‘Uncle Joe’ for his kindly disposition and fondness for children. Privately however, Dzhugashvili became more ruthless than ever as he used every bit of support he had to become the Patriarch of Russia. The period 1920-1924 is noted for being a turbulent time in the Orthodox Church as supporters of Dzhugashvili clashed on the streets with more conservative members of the Orthodox Church.
When a vote was held in 1925 to determine who would be the new Patriarch of Moscow, it was Dzhugashvili who won the vote by a surprisingly large margin. Those who voted against Dzhugashvili soon found themselves transferred to obscure and unimportant posts. Using his new influence, Dzhugashvili began to needle his way into the Tsarist Family. Tsar Nicholas tried his hardest to resist the encroaching influence of the new Patriarch but Prince Alexei was vulnerable to the spinning of Dzhugashvili’s webs. When Nicholas II died in 1929, the weakened Alexei assumed the throne and Dzhugashvili assumed the power behind it.
The early 1930’s saw the rise of Dzhugashvili’s influence over both the Royal Family and the general public. To the public, he was ‘Uncle Joe’, supporter of the common causes of the people, benevolent Patriarch of Moscow and committed Christian. To those who knew him however, he was ‘Stalin’, the puppet master of the Tsar, merciless to his enemies and the most cunning politician in all Mother Russia. But he was not without enemies however; the Aristocracy were soon getting tired of Dzhugashvili’s monopoly in power.
The final straw came in late 1938, when the Duma pushed for reform to gain more power over legislation. Having some nice stooges lined up (Including a former peasant named Khrushchev), Dzhugashvili started to pressure the Tsar into accepting the shift in the balance in power. The Aristocracy finally broke and on New Years Day 1939, a group of top Army generals broke into Dzhugashvili’s apartments and shot him several dozen times. According to legend, Dzhugashvili laughed in their faces before he was shot, calling out “You fools are so blind, can you not see what you are about to do?”
Dzhugashvili’s predictions were proven true when Tsar Nicholas, as a tribute to the late Patriarch, passed the bill which gave more power to the Duma. The people of Russia went into mourning over the death of ‘Uncle Joe’ and he was made a Saint of the Orthodox Church. Though the Aristocrats who murdered Dzhugashvili were never brought to justice, one by one, they all died in ‘accidents’ during World War Two. Dzhugashvili was interred in his native Georgia and his grave is still the site of many pilgrimages.
Issue 9: You give me more but I prefer to take it all
4 august 1881
Maryland-Confederate border
Hubert Glass was traveling slowly, his cargo was heavy and was particularly delicate, he had done it five times before and had been nearly caught every time but the money coming from the smuggling slaves into the Union was very well worth the risk. A lot of Plantation owner in Maryland simply had effectively liberated their slaves from their actual state and most of them had fled further north hoping to never see something like a plantation again, they had tried to use local white labor to pick up the various crops but at the end, industrialization was the master word in the now south-free union, so most of them simply quitted and went to the factory, because you simply can’t say no to a dollar more of pay. Since they was no way they would pick up all this by themselves they started to use their old connection in the war to smuggle Negroes, already valuable in the confederacy worth a fortune in the United States. Luckily, they didn’t need as much slave as they used as they too had industrialize still dozens of slave were asked to him every month. He didn’t know if he was the only one doing that job, but he knew if it was the case they probably wasn’t a lot doing it.
After a few hours he saw a large structure, was it a federal fort, he sighs, he had took the wrong road, damn darkness. He knew he could bribe the State army checkpoint guy all he wants, but feds well…he didn’t know about the feds, well they would they check him for contraband? He couldn’t hide the fact he was transporting a cargo, but would they check what was in. He sighs.
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Excerpts taken from Malcolm Allen: “ The Struggle: Black slavery in the World”. (C) 1984: California University Press, used with permission of the Author.
The Maryland underground railroad
While the Underground Railroad is mostly remember in the American culture as the way the slave escape the south in the pre-secession period, the Maryland (and to a lesser extend) Delaware underground railroad is much more grimmer. Slaves were supposedly offered a way to the North (although that was arguably true) or were simply said they were sold to another plantation, all this to help re-install a backbone for black oppression in the two states before it was legally re-install as an institution.
The legality of the re-introduction of slavery was argued that states had full power over labor and racial law and that Federal couldn’t only forbid slave trade for the union as the liberation act wasn’t technically a constitutional law and therefore could be subject to modification with time. Winfield Hancock declared that to put economy before the freedom of a man was even more unconstitutional and within no time the war gloomed over slavery in the Union again. Many freemen in Maryland opposed the Re-introduction but soon all the freemen of the two states were ships down to Liberia.
The United States were eventually defeat as only a fraction of the federal army were ready for war and that none of the states sent their state army for the war. At the end only a small patch of land connecting Washington D.C to the Union remained.
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1881
Secret slavery road are install in Maryland, investigation the feds reveal involvement by several high-ranking Marylander political man.
January 1882
The governors of Maryland and Delaware announce a joint measure re-introducing slavery. Federal expeditions try to depose the government but they are unsuccessful and make only a slow push into the state
May 1882
As the federal army push its way slowly in Maryland, the Confederacy announce that if the United States doesn’t recognize the independence they will declare war. The U.S decide to surrender.
June 1882
The treaty of Richmond is signs giving independence to the two states united in the Republic of Maryland.
4 august 1881
Maryland-Confederate border
Hubert Glass was traveling slowly, his cargo was heavy and was particularly delicate, he had done it five times before and had been nearly caught every time but the money coming from the smuggling slaves into the Union was very well worth the risk. A lot of Plantation owner in Maryland simply had effectively liberated their slaves from their actual state and most of them had fled further north hoping to never see something like a plantation again, they had tried to use local white labor to pick up the various crops but at the end, industrialization was the master word in the now south-free union, so most of them simply quitted and went to the factory, because you simply can’t say no to a dollar more of pay. Since they was no way they would pick up all this by themselves they started to use their old connection in the war to smuggle Negroes, already valuable in the confederacy worth a fortune in the United States. Luckily, they didn’t need as much slave as they used as they too had industrialize still dozens of slave were asked to him every month. He didn’t know if he was the only one doing that job, but he knew if it was the case they probably wasn’t a lot doing it.
After a few hours he saw a large structure, was it a federal fort, he sighs, he had took the wrong road, damn darkness. He knew he could bribe the State army checkpoint guy all he wants, but feds well…he didn’t know about the feds, well they would they check him for contraband? He couldn’t hide the fact he was transporting a cargo, but would they check what was in. He sighs.
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Excerpts taken from Malcolm Allen: “ The Struggle: Black slavery in the World”. (C) 1984: California University Press, used with permission of the Author.
The Maryland underground railroad
While the Underground Railroad is mostly remember in the American culture as the way the slave escape the south in the pre-secession period, the Maryland (and to a lesser extend) Delaware underground railroad is much more grimmer. Slaves were supposedly offered a way to the North (although that was arguably true) or were simply said they were sold to another plantation, all this to help re-install a backbone for black oppression in the two states before it was legally re-install as an institution.
The legality of the re-introduction of slavery was argued that states had full power over labor and racial law and that Federal couldn’t only forbid slave trade for the union as the liberation act wasn’t technically a constitutional law and therefore could be subject to modification with time. Winfield Hancock declared that to put economy before the freedom of a man was even more unconstitutional and within no time the war gloomed over slavery in the Union again. Many freemen in Maryland opposed the Re-introduction but soon all the freemen of the two states were ships down to Liberia.
The United States were eventually defeat as only a fraction of the federal army were ready for war and that none of the states sent their state army for the war. At the end only a small patch of land connecting Washington D.C to the Union remained.
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1881
Secret slavery road are install in Maryland, investigation the feds reveal involvement by several high-ranking Marylander political man.
January 1882
The governors of Maryland and Delaware announce a joint measure re-introducing slavery. Federal expeditions try to depose the government but they are unsuccessful and make only a slow push into the state
May 1882
As the federal army push its way slowly in Maryland, the Confederacy announce that if the United States doesn’t recognize the independence they will declare war. The U.S decide to surrender.
June 1882
The treaty of Richmond is signs giving independence to the two states united in the Republic of Maryland.
Sorry about the language in this one but then again, it is Nixon... Any ideas for who I should do next?
Richard Nixon:
1913 – 1982
Born and raised in the final days of the USA and CSA, Nixon grew up in a very conservative household. When the two nations collapsed into civil war, Nixon was noted for his condemnation of the seceding states and the incompetent federal troops, referring to Hoover as a “F*cking incompetent Kraut.” To a group of fellow students during a meeting between several politically active friends.
After graduating from a Quaker run College, Nixon entered the Californian bar, until the outbreak of war with Mexico. Nixon was a member of the reserves during the 1933-1938 Mexican-Californian War. Though he didn’t see any actual action, Nixon took part in the occupation of New Mexico, rising to the rank of Sergeant due to his notable organisational abilities and competence in administrating the region under Californian command.
Nixon returned to California in 1939 returned to the law profession, accepting a job as a prosecutor in San Francisco. Nixon became known during his time as a lawyer as being ruthless and excessively aggressive, sometimes actually overlooking civil liberties in order to get a conviction. Nixon was noted for being a mixed bag, while he had one of the most successful runs as a prosecutor (Getting a notable 92% conviction rate), many of his native Californians were outraged by his rampant abuse of civil rights. The Californian government even went so far as to try to have him expelled from the bar only to give up when Nixon earned his most famous conviction in 1943 against the leadership of the Bing Kong Tong Society, effectively destroying most of the links between the Tong gangs and the Triads and setting back Triad interests in the city by about fifteen years.
Fresh off his conviction of the Bing Kong Tong society, Nixon set his eyes on a political goal. Namely, getting the Mayor-ship of San Francisco. With the retirement of Angelo Rossi in 1944, the office was up for grabs and Nixon seized his chance. Under a campaign that made much of the better points of his time as a prosecutor, Nixon won the Mayor-ship by a clear majority as running for the United Party. During his eight year term, Nixon would become a controversial figure throughout California and even America.
The first three years of Nixon’s term as Mayor saw him capitalise on his previous triumph by running through various anti-crime measures that hit criminals hard. Nixon was popular for his first few years when his anti crime measures were having positive affects and his liberal views on race and economics were resulting in a minor economic boom.
Nixon’s second term as Mayor also saw him gearing up as a candidate to the Californian Senate. His campaign was running smoothly until 1951 when the worst race relations incident in San Francisco history occurred. A young Chinese man was arrested by police over a jaywalking. When the Chinese man tried to resist, the police actually beat him to the ground, resulting in devastating injuries and he had to remain in a wheelchair for six months. The beating was caught on camera and the photos were in every major Californian newspaper the next day. To make matters worse, it turned out the man was an illegal immigrant and as such, not applicable to Californian law.
When it was revealed that the police officers involved were not to be charged, riots broke out in every China Town in California. Nixon became known during this event for authorising any means necessary to break the riots. As a result, twenty people were seriously hurt and three actually died from the actions of the police. Nixon stood by his actions and changed part of his campaign as a Senator as to one of an anti-immigration stance as a result.
When the election for Senator for San Francisco took place, Nixon won by a slim majority, his victory as being as a thank you by many people whose homes and businesses were saved by the violence. The Chinese Community in California never forgave Nixon however and he was branded a racist by many within it. As Senator for San Francisco, Nixon now had direct contact with the Senate and formed his own faction within the United Party to vote as he saw fit. Because of his control over his own faction, the Illegal-Immigration Act of 1953 was passed, stating that all illegal immigrants who had been living in California for more than six months were to be sent back to their country of origin. Nixon also helped enforce measures empowering local Native American communities, allowing them their economic freedom.
Nixon was re-elected to the Senate in 1958 and with that, saw his chance to go for the biggest prize in California. He announced his intention to run for President of California in the 1960 election and with it, he splintered the voters of California into two group, for-Nixon and against-Nixon. For those that supported him, Nixon was seen as a tough figure against lawlessness, illegal immigrants and competent at managing economic affairs. Against him were accusations of racism, a rush to use violent means and very little experience in foreign matters. The election was a long, hard fought one with Nixon getting into office by the skin of his teeth.
Now that Nixon had got into office, he intended to make the most of it. In the face of Texan aggression in Aztlan, Nixon increased military presence in the Nevada area. In the face of rapid deforestation due to new industries being created, Nixon also formed the Environmental Ministry, aimed at protecting and restoring the Californian environment. One other major domestic policy enacted by Nixon was the Economic Regulation Act of 1962 which enforced guidelines over all economic practices; the Act is seen as Nixon’s furthest reaching political move.
On the foreign policy front, Nixon had to deal with every problem that the Californian President had to face. The Pacific was seen as the playground of the three powers of Britain, Japan and Russia with California and Pacifica having the unenviable position of having to please all three. Nixon completely went against this by choosing a single Great Power as an Ally, realising that the Great Powers wouldn’t go to war over California, Nixon went for a coup de grace and went to the Japanese Empire in order to Ally to Japan and reach an agreement over the large surge in Chinese immigration. Because of his staunch anti Asian immigration stance, Nixon was the only person who could have done this without looking like a tool of the Japanese Empire. The phrase “Only Nixon could go to Japan.” Still resonates in American politics to this day.
An agreement was reached between Nixon and the Japanese government whereby, Japanese police would crack down on illegal immigrants to America much more harshly than they had done previously. In return, Nixon would allow Japanese investors and officials favoured status in businesses in California. The move was seen as satisfactory by everyone concerned, especially for Nixon as the favoured status clause was kept secret to avoid public backlash.
The last few months of the Nixon Administration saw the rise of the Liberal Movement which was to almost completely destroy the forces of Conservatism in California. Wanting to avoid any extreme Liberal government which he feared would wreck his entire legacy; Nixon had every last major Liberal Activist followed by the Californian Investigative Agency (CIA) in a bid to find some way to discredit them. None was found and in 1964, Nixon was forced to watch as the Californian Popular Front took power and turned his foreign policy on its head, openly allowing all immigrants from China and instead allying with Britain.
Nixon still remained an active force in Californian politics, being elected as the San Francisco Member of the newly created Californian Parliament in 1966. He remained an MP for the city until 1974 when he was voted out of office as the wave of Liberalism finally reached San Francisco and Nixon, a man known as ‘The Last Great Conservative’ was voted out of office. Going into retirement, Nixon enjoyed a relaxed lifestyle in the quiet Californian countryside, publishing his memoirs in 1979. All this was broken however in 1982 when documents were found concerning the role of the CIA in shadowing leading Liberals in 1964.
Nixon’s illegal use of government resources sported a huge public backlash with his memoirs being burnt in the streets and effigies being strung up. When a crowd of protestors actually went to his house and started to chant various slurs against Nixon and his tastes for barnyard animals, Nixon strode out and confronted them. A TV camera recorded the last moments of Nixon’s life and his final speech:
“You haven’t got a f*cking clue have you? While you f*ckers were still sucking on your mother’s t*ts, I was working my f*cking balls off to make sure this nation didn’t go down the f*cking toilet! And you dare attack me now? Well you can all go and…”
What Nixon was going to say next was never known (Though a shrewd guess can be taken). A rock thrown by a Chinese immigrant by the name of Wu Fei connected with Nixon’s skull and he fell to the ground, dead before he hit it. Wu Fei was convicted and sentenced to life in prison (With a minimum of twenty years). Nixon was interned in a Quaker cemetery in San Francisco, the city he had spent so many years of his life working for. Though Nixon remains to this day a highly controversial figure, his economic and environmental policies were to have a good long term impact on California. A fact recently acknowledged by the Californian government by the opening of the Richard Nixon Library in Los Angeles in 2003.
Richard Nixon:
1913 – 1982
Born and raised in the final days of the USA and CSA, Nixon grew up in a very conservative household. When the two nations collapsed into civil war, Nixon was noted for his condemnation of the seceding states and the incompetent federal troops, referring to Hoover as a “F*cking incompetent Kraut.” To a group of fellow students during a meeting between several politically active friends.
After graduating from a Quaker run College, Nixon entered the Californian bar, until the outbreak of war with Mexico. Nixon was a member of the reserves during the 1933-1938 Mexican-Californian War. Though he didn’t see any actual action, Nixon took part in the occupation of New Mexico, rising to the rank of Sergeant due to his notable organisational abilities and competence in administrating the region under Californian command.
Nixon returned to California in 1939 returned to the law profession, accepting a job as a prosecutor in San Francisco. Nixon became known during his time as a lawyer as being ruthless and excessively aggressive, sometimes actually overlooking civil liberties in order to get a conviction. Nixon was noted for being a mixed bag, while he had one of the most successful runs as a prosecutor (Getting a notable 92% conviction rate), many of his native Californians were outraged by his rampant abuse of civil rights. The Californian government even went so far as to try to have him expelled from the bar only to give up when Nixon earned his most famous conviction in 1943 against the leadership of the Bing Kong Tong Society, effectively destroying most of the links between the Tong gangs and the Triads and setting back Triad interests in the city by about fifteen years.
Fresh off his conviction of the Bing Kong Tong society, Nixon set his eyes on a political goal. Namely, getting the Mayor-ship of San Francisco. With the retirement of Angelo Rossi in 1944, the office was up for grabs and Nixon seized his chance. Under a campaign that made much of the better points of his time as a prosecutor, Nixon won the Mayor-ship by a clear majority as running for the United Party. During his eight year term, Nixon would become a controversial figure throughout California and even America.
The first three years of Nixon’s term as Mayor saw him capitalise on his previous triumph by running through various anti-crime measures that hit criminals hard. Nixon was popular for his first few years when his anti crime measures were having positive affects and his liberal views on race and economics were resulting in a minor economic boom.
Nixon’s second term as Mayor also saw him gearing up as a candidate to the Californian Senate. His campaign was running smoothly until 1951 when the worst race relations incident in San Francisco history occurred. A young Chinese man was arrested by police over a jaywalking. When the Chinese man tried to resist, the police actually beat him to the ground, resulting in devastating injuries and he had to remain in a wheelchair for six months. The beating was caught on camera and the photos were in every major Californian newspaper the next day. To make matters worse, it turned out the man was an illegal immigrant and as such, not applicable to Californian law.
When it was revealed that the police officers involved were not to be charged, riots broke out in every China Town in California. Nixon became known during this event for authorising any means necessary to break the riots. As a result, twenty people were seriously hurt and three actually died from the actions of the police. Nixon stood by his actions and changed part of his campaign as a Senator as to one of an anti-immigration stance as a result.
When the election for Senator for San Francisco took place, Nixon won by a slim majority, his victory as being as a thank you by many people whose homes and businesses were saved by the violence. The Chinese Community in California never forgave Nixon however and he was branded a racist by many within it. As Senator for San Francisco, Nixon now had direct contact with the Senate and formed his own faction within the United Party to vote as he saw fit. Because of his control over his own faction, the Illegal-Immigration Act of 1953 was passed, stating that all illegal immigrants who had been living in California for more than six months were to be sent back to their country of origin. Nixon also helped enforce measures empowering local Native American communities, allowing them their economic freedom.
Nixon was re-elected to the Senate in 1958 and with that, saw his chance to go for the biggest prize in California. He announced his intention to run for President of California in the 1960 election and with it, he splintered the voters of California into two group, for-Nixon and against-Nixon. For those that supported him, Nixon was seen as a tough figure against lawlessness, illegal immigrants and competent at managing economic affairs. Against him were accusations of racism, a rush to use violent means and very little experience in foreign matters. The election was a long, hard fought one with Nixon getting into office by the skin of his teeth.
Now that Nixon had got into office, he intended to make the most of it. In the face of Texan aggression in Aztlan, Nixon increased military presence in the Nevada area. In the face of rapid deforestation due to new industries being created, Nixon also formed the Environmental Ministry, aimed at protecting and restoring the Californian environment. One other major domestic policy enacted by Nixon was the Economic Regulation Act of 1962 which enforced guidelines over all economic practices; the Act is seen as Nixon’s furthest reaching political move.
On the foreign policy front, Nixon had to deal with every problem that the Californian President had to face. The Pacific was seen as the playground of the three powers of Britain, Japan and Russia with California and Pacifica having the unenviable position of having to please all three. Nixon completely went against this by choosing a single Great Power as an Ally, realising that the Great Powers wouldn’t go to war over California, Nixon went for a coup de grace and went to the Japanese Empire in order to Ally to Japan and reach an agreement over the large surge in Chinese immigration. Because of his staunch anti Asian immigration stance, Nixon was the only person who could have done this without looking like a tool of the Japanese Empire. The phrase “Only Nixon could go to Japan.” Still resonates in American politics to this day.
An agreement was reached between Nixon and the Japanese government whereby, Japanese police would crack down on illegal immigrants to America much more harshly than they had done previously. In return, Nixon would allow Japanese investors and officials favoured status in businesses in California. The move was seen as satisfactory by everyone concerned, especially for Nixon as the favoured status clause was kept secret to avoid public backlash.
The last few months of the Nixon Administration saw the rise of the Liberal Movement which was to almost completely destroy the forces of Conservatism in California. Wanting to avoid any extreme Liberal government which he feared would wreck his entire legacy; Nixon had every last major Liberal Activist followed by the Californian Investigative Agency (CIA) in a bid to find some way to discredit them. None was found and in 1964, Nixon was forced to watch as the Californian Popular Front took power and turned his foreign policy on its head, openly allowing all immigrants from China and instead allying with Britain.
Nixon still remained an active force in Californian politics, being elected as the San Francisco Member of the newly created Californian Parliament in 1966. He remained an MP for the city until 1974 when he was voted out of office as the wave of Liberalism finally reached San Francisco and Nixon, a man known as ‘The Last Great Conservative’ was voted out of office. Going into retirement, Nixon enjoyed a relaxed lifestyle in the quiet Californian countryside, publishing his memoirs in 1979. All this was broken however in 1982 when documents were found concerning the role of the CIA in shadowing leading Liberals in 1964.
Nixon’s illegal use of government resources sported a huge public backlash with his memoirs being burnt in the streets and effigies being strung up. When a crowd of protestors actually went to his house and started to chant various slurs against Nixon and his tastes for barnyard animals, Nixon strode out and confronted them. A TV camera recorded the last moments of Nixon’s life and his final speech:
“You haven’t got a f*cking clue have you? While you f*ckers were still sucking on your mother’s t*ts, I was working my f*cking balls off to make sure this nation didn’t go down the f*cking toilet! And you dare attack me now? Well you can all go and…”
What Nixon was going to say next was never known (Though a shrewd guess can be taken). A rock thrown by a Chinese immigrant by the name of Wu Fei connected with Nixon’s skull and he fell to the ground, dead before he hit it. Wu Fei was convicted and sentenced to life in prison (With a minimum of twenty years). Nixon was interned in a Quaker cemetery in San Francisco, the city he had spent so many years of his life working for. Though Nixon remains to this day a highly controversial figure, his economic and environmental policies were to have a good long term impact on California. A fact recently acknowledged by the Californian government by the opening of the Richard Nixon Library in Los Angeles in 2003.
Issue 10: ship down
27 November 1889
Somerset County, Federal Union of Maryland
The sheriff office was surprisingly clean compare to the rest of the Princess Anne as the city had been previously been sack by Negroes a few nights ago. It had taken him too much time to come from here to Baltimore, for the little size of the newly found republic he wondered why the heck transport were so bad, probably cause all the money that was spent in military rather than road. Well Sam Bolgen didn’t really know what had happen in detail and that’s why he went to sheriff place as he had lead the offensive against them, pretty much killing everyone of them with the use of the local militia, surprisingly efficient soldier despite them being. It was more like riot than an actual uprising but like always some politician would use that in order to further bash Negroes into their zone. He remembered a cartoon about the federal union president William T. Hamilton pushing down legions of Negroes down the coast of Delaware (well not now it was Maryland but it was still seen as Delaware, although been technically the state had been dissolute into the Federal union where its counties would stand equal to those of Maryland) by most into the water. Well he guessed that was kind of right, all the black people in Maryland shortly after had been put out of slavery (winning his bet that Maryland would end slavery before the CSA), the Freemen had been push into the Worcester county and left to themselves to cope with it (while although they still had to pay taxes despite getting nada, thought they were no eligible for draft, some more radical stupider element claimed that Hamilton was a nigger-lover cause of that, actually it was mostly to keep them to gain anything).
The Sheriff Goetz finally arrives and sits at his office and deposed his feet on the desk.
“So what journal are you from already?”
“Baltimore Star”
“aaah, hum anyway that what happen”
The Baltimore Star wasn’t particularly like cause it was known for its pro-united states during the War, they had barely manage to survive the various trashing that had happen to the journal.
“Well what happen was that some Nigger thought the servant was some smuggled slaves stir up the trouble at those at the nearby village and they wrecked stuff killing the Mr. Robbin”
“What happen to the servant”
“Hum…they disappeared”
He was writing down his article, he wouldn’t only meet him today. He needed to find more than that and anyway he hadn’t asked any question yet.
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15 March 1890
Annapolis, Maryland Parliament
Even if the construction had been done for over 5 years the parliament of Maryland looked a bit like a creepy old mansion and the protestor out didn’t help at all. President Hamilton was on his last year in power, he could not have care, but no way he was going to be a lame duck, Downey back in the U.S shaped the country in a fraction by his decision to put down barrier on California, so he better do the same and never consider a year of power less important than another. He was what many considered a populist a rather radical populist but anyway. He had his inner affair secretary with him, with the repeated attack from freemen (or just plain sighting of them) out of their county, he had grown steadily unpopular, but anyway liked he care the constitution forbid him to run again and anyway he was a founding father in a way, he would at least get a statue, but anyway the manifestation outside were supporter of the rejoining the CSA much like Texas once did with the U.S (well no longer, now, which had now ranked Texas to be label a traitorous nation once in Mexico, then U.S than confederates). Not the option he liked he wanted to have a legacy.
“So what are are labels on the sign?”
“Nigger out! And Back to Africa!”
“Jesus-Christ, well if that what they want, anyway not like black can vote anyway”
He started wrote down on a paper.
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29 November 1890
Monrovia, Liberia
Sammy clay looked in front on him he had all lost his home, men came decided he no longer anything to do in Maryland, he felt humiliated after he had run from the dreaded confederacy into the new form federation, damn he wasn’t the only one pretty much all the person in Destiny, but now well he was stuck into that hellish desert place he knew nothing and but he was a good man, he would work hard and make his place no matter what for his family, otherwise he still would have been picking up tobacco.
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September 1889
Slave trade is taken out in Maryland, but black population is sent into Costal region of Maryland into isolation.
November 1889
Several crashes between Maryland Klan member and the black population happen.
January 1890
Protest asking for deportation of the black start to show in Maryland
May 1890
The law asking for deportation to liberia of black is voted.
27 November 1889
Somerset County, Federal Union of Maryland
The sheriff office was surprisingly clean compare to the rest of the Princess Anne as the city had been previously been sack by Negroes a few nights ago. It had taken him too much time to come from here to Baltimore, for the little size of the newly found republic he wondered why the heck transport were so bad, probably cause all the money that was spent in military rather than road. Well Sam Bolgen didn’t really know what had happen in detail and that’s why he went to sheriff place as he had lead the offensive against them, pretty much killing everyone of them with the use of the local militia, surprisingly efficient soldier despite them being. It was more like riot than an actual uprising but like always some politician would use that in order to further bash Negroes into their zone. He remembered a cartoon about the federal union president William T. Hamilton pushing down legions of Negroes down the coast of Delaware (well not now it was Maryland but it was still seen as Delaware, although been technically the state had been dissolute into the Federal union where its counties would stand equal to those of Maryland) by most into the water. Well he guessed that was kind of right, all the black people in Maryland shortly after had been put out of slavery (winning his bet that Maryland would end slavery before the CSA), the Freemen had been push into the Worcester county and left to themselves to cope with it (while although they still had to pay taxes despite getting nada, thought they were no eligible for draft, some more radical stupider element claimed that Hamilton was a nigger-lover cause of that, actually it was mostly to keep them to gain anything).
The Sheriff Goetz finally arrives and sits at his office and deposed his feet on the desk.
“So what journal are you from already?”
“Baltimore Star”
“aaah, hum anyway that what happen”
The Baltimore Star wasn’t particularly like cause it was known for its pro-united states during the War, they had barely manage to survive the various trashing that had happen to the journal.
“Well what happen was that some Nigger thought the servant was some smuggled slaves stir up the trouble at those at the nearby village and they wrecked stuff killing the Mr. Robbin”
“What happen to the servant”
“Hum…they disappeared”
He was writing down his article, he wouldn’t only meet him today. He needed to find more than that and anyway he hadn’t asked any question yet.
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15 March 1890
Annapolis, Maryland Parliament
Even if the construction had been done for over 5 years the parliament of Maryland looked a bit like a creepy old mansion and the protestor out didn’t help at all. President Hamilton was on his last year in power, he could not have care, but no way he was going to be a lame duck, Downey back in the U.S shaped the country in a fraction by his decision to put down barrier on California, so he better do the same and never consider a year of power less important than another. He was what many considered a populist a rather radical populist but anyway. He had his inner affair secretary with him, with the repeated attack from freemen (or just plain sighting of them) out of their county, he had grown steadily unpopular, but anyway liked he care the constitution forbid him to run again and anyway he was a founding father in a way, he would at least get a statue, but anyway the manifestation outside were supporter of the rejoining the CSA much like Texas once did with the U.S (well no longer, now, which had now ranked Texas to be label a traitorous nation once in Mexico, then U.S than confederates). Not the option he liked he wanted to have a legacy.
“So what are are labels on the sign?”
“Nigger out! And Back to Africa!”
“Jesus-Christ, well if that what they want, anyway not like black can vote anyway”
He started wrote down on a paper.
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29 November 1890
Monrovia, Liberia
Sammy clay looked in front on him he had all lost his home, men came decided he no longer anything to do in Maryland, he felt humiliated after he had run from the dreaded confederacy into the new form federation, damn he wasn’t the only one pretty much all the person in Destiny, but now well he was stuck into that hellish desert place he knew nothing and but he was a good man, he would work hard and make his place no matter what for his family, otherwise he still would have been picking up tobacco.
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September 1889
Slave trade is taken out in Maryland, but black population is sent into Costal region of Maryland into isolation.
November 1889
Several crashes between Maryland Klan member and the black population happen.
January 1890
Protest asking for deportation of the black start to show in Maryland
May 1890
The law asking for deportation to liberia of black is voted.
Issue 11: Lone Star Rising
(a big thank you to black mage for the following part)
Excerpts from The Lamar Party: The Knights of Liberty by George Bush, 1999 (C)
'After Texas won its independence in the Texan War for Liberty, the nation became divided over the future for the fledgling nation. Some, of whom President Hubbard was a major supporter, favoured the expansion of Texan territory through annexation of parts of the Confederate States of America and Mexico; this, they argued, was the only way to ensure Texan sovereignty in the face of enemies on all sides. Others, including many former Ku Klux Klan members, favoured peaceful relations with neighbouring nations; their most prominent activist, Elisha M. Pease, favoured reintegration with the United States. Pease ran for President in 1876 against Hubbard, but lost heavily, gaining only 27% of the vote due to Hubbard's large-scale popularity. Taking this as validation of his hawkish foreign policy, Hubbard sent a geographic expedition into New Mexico to assert Texan territorial claims to the land, causing an increase in tensions between the CSA and Teaxs.
In a speech to the Texan legislature about the growing war clouds, Hubbard declared, 'Texan sovereignty will not be guaranteed through talk and diplomacy, but by the bayonet and by force of arms. This government will not back down on measures needed to ensure the safety of the Texan people. If that required New Mexico, if that requires Arizona, if that requires the entire continent fly under the Lone Star, then rest assured that we will fight for the protection and preservation of our country'. This speech was later included as part of the Lamar Party charter.
The final straw came on May 19, 1876. A Texan scouting party encountered a Confederate border patrol; after a tense standoff, the Confederates took the Texan party into custody in Santa Fe. The next day, Texan forces crossed the border into New Mexico, ostensibly to rescue the scouting party but in reality to annex the territory.
The war was, in retrospect, somewhat misguided; the Confederacy was undergoing a period of rapid industrialisation under Judah P. Benjamin, whereas Texas suffered in diplomatic and economic isolation. The Texan invasion force were routed in the Battle of Santa Fe, while Confederate troops took Dallas on July 2 and Houston on July 24. Austin was left defenceless; the Texan government was moved to San Antonio in anticipation of the rapid collapse of the capital. However, it was not to be; a rapid program of conscription raised a militia to defend Austin, while the United States, anxious to prevent Confederate expansion, supplied Texas with arms and logistics. The unprepared Texan army met the Confederates on September 3 at Waco.
Little more needs be said about the battle than has been said already; dubbed 'Texas' baptism of fire', the underequipped, untrained militia managed to halt the advance of the superior Confederate force. At the same time, attacks by new recruits managed to cut Confederate supply lines to Dallas and Houston, forcing a hasty withdrawal. The Treaty of Austin was signed on the 8th of November, ending the war; Texas was forced to pay a heavy indemnity to the CSA, but compared to the impending collapse of the nation just a few months earlier, this seemed a small price to pay.
While the war ended in the return of the status quo in geographic terms, politically it was devastating. The Texan Legislature split over the issue of the war; those in favour called themselves Lamarites, those against called themselves Houstonists, echoing the names of famous Texan leaders of times past. In the 1880 election, Hubbard, running on the Lamarite ticket, was roundly defeated by the more moderate John Ireland. Yet even in defeat he secured a lasting legacy for his successors. The Lamar Party was born.'
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Campaign advertisement for the 1884 Texan election, mailed to homes around the Greater Houston Area.
'Men and women of Texas! Your country needs you!
For too long, we have been humilated by our enemies, who surround us on every front. For too long, we have allowed our past defeats to go unpunished, and for other nations to push us around? 'Who do they think they are?', they think? Well, it's time we tell them!
Texas has a proud history, and a great destiny. Don't let Confederate lies fool you; during the First Texan Republic, we controlled an empire stretching across North America, including Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Wyoming. [1]. We had a proud future ahead of us, as a power to make the world tremble!
But this was taken from us! The traitor Sam Houston, who even now his namesake party honours (when in truth he should be burnt in effigy in front of every house in the country!), sold us to the United States. Like we were Rhode Island or Wyoming! Well, it's time to tell them they're wrong. We're Texas, and we kneel to no one!
A vote for John Ireland is a vote for servitude! A vote for Lawrence Ross is a vote for Texas!
Lawrence Ross: Rebuilding Texas
[1]: Well, sorta. They CLAIMED parts of those states, which isn't quite the same thing. But it's an anonymous campaign ad, so truth isn't quite necessary.
Campaign advertisement for the 1884 Texan election, mailed in response to the previous advertisement anonymously around the Greater Houston area.
September 3, 1876. A great day in our nation's history. Waco Day, instituted last year by the Ireland administration, ensures that Texas shall forever remember the sacrifice of the 3rd Texan Militia.
But just think, gentle citizen. What if that battle never happened at all? What if 7 000 Texan soldiers hadn't been forced to spill their blood that day? What if 7 000 husbands, fathers, brothers and sons were still with us?
It's not so farfetched. It only requires a single leap of thought; that the corrupt, bloodthirsty Hubbard government of the Lamar Party was thrust into the dustbin of history. Without the mad doctrine of endless war and bloodshed that they thrust on this country, the 15 000 Texans who died in the mad War of 1876 would still be with us today.
You may have received some mail from an anonymous source for the Lamar Party, who we have strong evidence to suggest is linked with the United States government [2]. Needless to say, its claims are utterly false. There never was a Texas greater or more prosperous than it is today under John Ireland, and any attempt to create a so-called Texan Empire would only cause untold human suffering. The lies of the Lamar Party would only plunge us into a war which would destroy our great nation, and cause untold human suffering. Look at your father, your son, your brother, your friend. The Lamar Party would erase them from your life through pointless war and bloodshed, as thoroughly as if they had never existed.
The Houston Party cares for Texas. We wish to prevent this immense tragedy, and to protect Texas from a war which it could never win. But there's only one way to do that: throw the Lamar Party back in the dustbin of history, where it belongs.
A vote for Ross is a vote for bloodshed. A vote for Ireland is a vote for salvation.
John Ireland: Believing In Texas
[2]: The USA is widely distrusted in Texas, equalled only by the CSA. Since no one would ever believe that the Lamar Party was funded by the Confederacy, this'll have to do.
Excerpt from fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texan_presidential_election, 1884
The Texan presidential election, 1884 pitted incumbent John Ireland of the Houston Party against Lawrence Ross of the Lamar Party. The campaign was marked by attempts by the Lamar Party to propagate the belief in a 'Texan Empire', based on historical claims. Although the claim was widely ridiculed at the time, it later gained greater credence in Texas.
The Ireland administration had suffered a series of scandals relating to their close relations with the United States. Although their most prominent reintegration activist, Elisha M. Pease, had died in 1883, his influence was still felt strongly within the party. Capitalising on this discontent, the Lamar Party won the election with 52% of the vote, with the Houston Party on 44%, with prominent re-integration activist Albert Jennings Fountain gaining 4% of the vote as an independent. He would later run for the Houston Party in 1888.
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Excerpts from an editorial by the Houston Post, 27 July, 1888
'For the safety of Texas, it is imperative that Albert Fountain not gain the nomination of the Houston Party. The ideal of integrationism is an idle fantasy, discredited by history; Texas is an independent nation and Texas will remain an independent nation. A Fountain presidency would lead to the death of our republic in its infancy. Recent economic troubles are no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater'
Excerpts from an article by the San Antonio Express, 4 August
'The Houston Party presidential primary has become a tight race between prominent integrationist activist Albert Jennings Fountain and Attorney-General Jim Hogg. At present, the 37-year-old Hogg appears to command the support of more than half the delegates, largely thanks to the support of former President John Ireland; however, his controversial views on race relations and his extreme youth may count against him. If he gains the nomination and wins the election, he will be the youngest President in the history of the nations of North America. Albert Jennings Fountain enjoys support from amongst the more radical wings of the Houston Party, but is still a controversial figure; it remains to be seen whether his views on reintegration into the United States will prove platable to moderates disillusioned with Jim Hogg's views on race. Voting will be held tomorrow, and the result is expected to be close.'
Excerpts from a speech by Albert Jennings Fountain to the Houston Party National Convention, 6 August
'Members of the Houston Party and fellow Texans, I am proud to accept this party's nomination to President.
...
There has been much controversy of late about my views on the independence issue; to resolve any confusion on the matter, let me speak frankly. I am not in favour of subjugation. I am not in favour of isolation. I am in favour of Texas, whatever that means or implies. If independence is more profitable to our state, then so be it. But if reintegration will bring greater happiness and benefits to the people of Texas, then as their representative I would be sworn to pursue that option.
Many have accused me of hypocricy, running for an office in a nation they claim I do not believe in. I did not support secession 14 years ago, and the independence of our nation is still a serious issue now. But whether our nation be a republic or a state or an empire, I would still wish to serve the people of Texas to the best of my ability. If that means that I would run for President to better serve their needs, then the name of the office hardly matters.
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Once again, thank you for your support, fellow delegates. Now let's kick out Hubbard, and restore Texas!
Excerpts from the Purity Manifesto, mailed by Texan Unity to letterboxes around Texas, 12 August
'The dirty traitor Albert Fountain wants to sell our nation to the nigger-loving USA. He wants to drag down Texas, God's chosen nation, to be down there with the Satan-worshiping [sic] Yankees when Tribulation sends them all to hell! Well, we're going to stand up for Texas. We fought off the USA and we fought off the CSA. And we're going to fight off AJF.
Tomorrow, when Fountain appears in Houston to preach to his addled Yankee supporters, we call on all true Texans to take the fight for our nation to the streets. We will fight in every city and every street to wipe out the Houstonites and keep Texas pure!
We don't want war. But if they insist, they'll get one!!! [sic]'
Excerpts from a police interview with Lachlan Parker, security guard, from 14 August, 1888
Interviewer: What time did Fountain arrive?
Parker: About 9:30.
Interviewer: OK. And when did the crowds start gathering?
Parker: When he started giving his speech, at 10.
Interviewer: And what was their response?
Parker: Oh, they were crazy for him. They were his guys, at first. We had to get more guys for the barricades to hold them back, they were that crazy about him.
Interviewer: When did people negative to Fountain start appearing?
Parker: What?
Interviewer: People who didn't like him.
Parker: Oh. They started marching up at about quarter past.
Interviewer: Quarter past ten, that is?
Parker: Yep.
Interviewer: And by marching, do you mean in a military formation?
Parker: Yeah. They had banners and uniforms and everything. Real organised. They started pushing into Fountain's people, knocking people around.
Interviewer: And did your men do anything to stop it?
Parker: [Laughter] What, and get beaten to death? We just kept to the line.
Interviewer: How did Fountain react?
Parker: He just kept giving his speech. Didn't react much at all.
Interviewer: When did the shooting start?
Parker: About five minutes after they arrived, but I can't give you an exact figure. I wasn't exactly watching the clock.
Interviewer: 'They' being the group identifying themselves as Texan Unity?
Parker: Who?
Interviewer: The men opposed to Fountain.
Parker: Ah. Yeah, them.
Interviewer: And who shot first?
Parker: No idea. People started screaming, fighting each other.
Interviewer: What happened next?
Parker: Well, this Texan Unity group, as you say, started to push through the crowd. They were better organised, so they beat the Jennings guys into a pulp. We managed to hold the line against them, but there was hundreds of them and only a few dozen of us.
Interviewer: How did Fountain react?
Parker: He tried to get out. Started shouting at me to get him out of there. He practically (inaudible)
Interviewer: I'm sorry, could you repeat that?
Parker: Never mind. He was damn scared.
Interviewer: And what did you do?
Parker: Well, we started trying to push through the mob. I was at the front of the line, trying to push away some of the nutty ones, when we heard a shot. I turned around and Fountain was dead.
Interviewer: How do you know he was dead?
Parker: Well, it's damned hard to live without half your face, isn't it?
Excerpts from an article by the Houston Post, 14 August, 1888
'Fountain Killed In Riot
Controversial Houston Party candidate for the presidency, Howard Jennings Fountain, was assassinated in a riot in the streets of Houston yesterday. Houston was addressing a crowd of his supporters when a group identifying themselves as Texan Unity attacked the rally, which escalated into the use of firearms. Fountain was killed by an unidentified assailant as he attempted to escape the besieged podium. In addition, 7 people were killed and scores wounded in the fighting.
The Houston Party immediately released a statement accusing the Lamar Party of complicity in the assassination. President Ross strongly denied this; while expressing his condolences for Fountain' family, he stated that the Lamar Party had no links with the assassination or with Texan Unity.
In a prepared statement given anonymously to the police, Texan Unity identified themselves as the perpetrators of the assassination, and warned of 'cleansing still to come'.'
Excerpts from a speech by Jim Hogg, Houston Party vice-presidential candidate, upon receiving the Houston Party nomination to the presidency.
'In 133 BC, a great man, Tiberius Gracchus, attempted to help the poor of the Roman Republic. This noble cause was selfishly put to an end by the interests of a corrupt and entrenched autocratic oligarchy, and he was slaughtered. His death marked the beginning of a deluge of civil wars, which eventually plunged the Republic into dictatorship. Delegates, Texas has found its Tiberius Gracchus in Albert Jennings Fountain; now, the only question is how to deal with the extreme danger his death raises for our nation.
Because what kind of nation is this when the primary instrument of politics is not the vote, but militias? Where it is not left up to the people to decide government, but up to those who can afford for armies to enforce their will?
I have no doubt the Lamar Party administration were behind this henious act. For the safety of Texan democracy, we must demand that President Ross be removed from office immediately, for murdering a great man. We will not rest until Albert Fountain is avenged.'
Excerpt from an article by the Houston Post, 21 August, 1888
'On the streets of Houston, the overwhelming consensus is that Albert Jennings Fountain's death was a positive step for Texas. Lance Morgan, 63, applauded the slaying, saying 'It's people like Fountain who have kept our nation from achieving the glory it deserves. Yankee-lovers like him have no place in Texas.
There is generally little support for the idea, proposed by Jim Hogg, that the death of Fountain was a premediated act; Theresa Moore spoke for many when she said, 'President Ross wouldn't do a thing like that. He's a great man, and he keeps our country safe'.
Overall, support for the Lamar Party remains high. Ross is expected to win the next election, despite economic turbulence due to sanctions from the CSA over his stance on New Mexico.
Excerpts from The Scoop, autobiography of Reinzi Johnston, former political correspondant for the Houston Post, published posthumously
'I first met Yankee Doodle in circumstances so hackneyed they sounded like they came straight from a dimestore novel. It was the 3rd of September; Hogg wasn't making any traction with the voters, who'd hated Fountain, anyway, and Ross was well on his way to winning the election. I returned to my office after a long lunch only to find a telegram, waiting for me. It was blunt; he said he had information implicating Ross in a major scandal, but he'd only tell me if I met him that night in his house in Houston. For reasons of confidentiality, I still can't say where. Well, no one could refuse a scoop like that, so I headed out there.
Once I got there, he met me at the front door. I'd brought a bodyguard with me; from the darkness he shoved a gun in my face and told me that if I didn't get the bodyguard to clear off there was no deal. That pretty much settled it; you can't write much without much of a head, although some journalists I've met would differ.
Anyway, once we got inside, he told me his story. He was a former Lamar Party highup, who'd gotten wind of a plan to kill Fountain. The whole idea seemed stupid, seeing as not even his own party could stand Fountain, but apparently Ross was worried Fountain was getting CSA support, and Ross had spent the last 4 years irritating them. Of course, this was all a story I'd heard before in pubs and the like, but without proof, it was just a story. Yankee Doodle had something different: a telegram, indisputably from Ross, implicating him in setting up Texas Unity.
Well, once I saw THAT, I knew Ross was dead. Literally.
Excerpt from an article by the Houston Post, from the 4th of September
Ross Implicated In Fountain Assassination
Evidence has come to light that President Lawrence Ross may have been involved in the assassination of Albert Fountain Jennings on the 13th of August. A source from within the Lamar Party, identifying himself only as 'Yankee Doodle', has given exclusive telegram transcripts to the Houston Post identifying Ross as the founder and chief mover of Texan Unity, the organisation which has claimed responsibility for the murder of Fountain'
Excerpt from an article by the San Antonio Express, 12th of October
Ross Impeached
Lawrence Ross was today impeached and removed from office by the Texan Congress on a charge of conspiracy to commit murder. The motion passed with the support of nearly half the Lamar Party, which has been shattered and divided by the allegations, published in the Houston Post, that Ross was responsible for the murder of Houston Party candidate Albert Fountain Jennings. Ross was taken into custoday shortly after leaving Congress.
Vice-president Barnett Gibbs was today sworn in as President, but pledged not to run for re-election; the Lamar Party has not yet announced who their candidate for the upcoming election will be. Gibbs talked up the chances of a Lamar Party victory, despite the scandal, saying, 'We are sure that Texas will know that the Lamar Party looks out for their interests, and will re-elect us in a landslide over the discredited Houston Party opposition.'
Excerpt from an article by the Houston Post, 6th of November, 1888
It's A Landslide
Excerpts from The Scoop, autobiography of Reinzi Johnston, former political correspondant for the Houston Post, published posthumously
'Of course, until now you haven't known who Yankee Doodle REALLY was. Well, here's the scoop: he was a Confederate. A spy in Ross' office, who faked the telegram and everything associated. Because it wasn't Fountain who was the agent, it was Hogg. I don't know if the CSA were behind Texan Unity, but I wouldn't bet against it.
So now you know the real truth, or at least what very reputable sources tell me to be the real truth. The story of the century, which got Ross imprisoned for life, the Lamar Party kicked out of office for 16 years, and Texan politics turned upside down, was all a plot by the CSA. And I went along with it. I guess it wasn't such a great scoop after all.'
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(here are my humble additions)
20 october 1903
Santa Fe, Republic of Aztlan
The only thing standing proundly in Santa Fe was the newly made purple flag made to represent the republic of Aztlan, the rest was either destroyed or feeling depress and even there it was that glorious, Daphne didn’t even knew what that meant but she didn’t felt like thinking too much. Her husband had died in the war as he had the very bad idea to fight for the Confederacy. She was now left alone with her daughter Victoria and with no job, the bombardment of city. She wondered if anyone she knew was dead, she felt like she was the only alive that wasn’t Texans or Mexican in the city. It was weird to see them side by side not killing each other.
Her daughter asks
“Why did they change the flag?”
“We are no longer Confederate”
“Why?”
“We got beaten”
“and now we are what?”
“Azlanite I guess”
“What does that mean?”
“That we are good enough to be Texan according to them”
“What will we do mom”
“No idea, but I’ll figure out, it can’t go more bad than now”
They both walked out toward whatever they left of the street, unknowing of the recent counter offensive from the Mexican army (the city not entirely under Texans control) and they would be right in the middle of a counter offensive.
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Excerpts taken from Micheal C. Jester’s “The First American War of the Century: The Second-Texan-Confederate War ”. (C) 1986: Washington University Press, used with permission of the Author.
Like a most war, the second Texan-Confederate war can find its origin in the First one. While having gain independence in the first one, it’s secondary objective of conquest had failed. The “Greater Texas” idea (Who appeared in small propaganda leaflet during the First war whether or not Coke was really following that ideology still remain bit of mystery) that who take all the neighboring CSA states to become a Major power in North America was not dead in the head of most right-wingers in Texas. After 2 decades of industrialization and with a CSA trying to adapt it is way to the new century the opportunity, seemed well timed.
The Lamar Party Election was quick to degrade relationship with the Confederacy, as the political ancestor of the Lamar had been the one who fought remake their republic. The Confederates was relatively unready to fight a war, but they could have sought allies in there war and they founded it in the Republic of Mexico. As Confederate/Mexican relation went better the Texas/Confederate, degrade quickly until the Invasion of New Mexico and Oklahoma by Texas in early march 1903.
Oklahoma border to Texas was much larger than the one it had with the Confederacy. It was vital for the Confederacy as it was it only connection to the New Mexico. Therefore, the Entire War effort of the CSA had been concentrate to that region.
The Mexican supported the CSA by invading both the Invaded territory and Texas, but they were I’ll equipped and there invasion of the Texas was crushed within a month after reaching San Antonio (The massacre of over 50 000 Mexican soldier at that battle is still commemorate Nowadays). But there invasion of the occupy confederates territory was much more effective as they helped strengthen by Confederates position.
By the end of the year, Texas called for peace it had a complete hold Oklahoma but a weak on New Mexico and Arizona. The Confederates forced the Texans to retired themselves from the territory, but later Texas would push a secession of the two states in order to create Aztlan and independent country that would fall under Texas sphere of influence and also Oklahoma would become an integral part of Texas.
Aztlan inner politic were purposely oriented by both Texas and Mexico in order to dilapidate the wealth amassed during the Confederate era, out of the Democrat and Whig party were made the Patriot and National party candidates carefully selected by the two nations (Patriots for Texan and National for Mexico, later that allegiance switched to the Marxist) are arms were given to each side in order further destabilize the country. Making Aztlan one of the poorest nations on Earth even nowadays.
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28 February1903
Texas claim it’s right on Oklahoma and the New Mexico territory and declare that if the Confederacy doesn’t surrender war will happen
March 3 1903
Invasion of the Confederacy by Texas, it is quick to establish its dominance
April 21 1903
Mexico decides to invade Texas and New Mexico in Support for the Confederacy, its force get beaten badly but they manage to weaken the Republic.
December 1 1903
The war End, the republic of Aztlan recognize by all the major country, it is put under Texan influence.
(a big thank you to black mage for the following part)
Excerpts from The Lamar Party: The Knights of Liberty by George Bush, 1999 (C)
'After Texas won its independence in the Texan War for Liberty, the nation became divided over the future for the fledgling nation. Some, of whom President Hubbard was a major supporter, favoured the expansion of Texan territory through annexation of parts of the Confederate States of America and Mexico; this, they argued, was the only way to ensure Texan sovereignty in the face of enemies on all sides. Others, including many former Ku Klux Klan members, favoured peaceful relations with neighbouring nations; their most prominent activist, Elisha M. Pease, favoured reintegration with the United States. Pease ran for President in 1876 against Hubbard, but lost heavily, gaining only 27% of the vote due to Hubbard's large-scale popularity. Taking this as validation of his hawkish foreign policy, Hubbard sent a geographic expedition into New Mexico to assert Texan territorial claims to the land, causing an increase in tensions between the CSA and Teaxs.
In a speech to the Texan legislature about the growing war clouds, Hubbard declared, 'Texan sovereignty will not be guaranteed through talk and diplomacy, but by the bayonet and by force of arms. This government will not back down on measures needed to ensure the safety of the Texan people. If that required New Mexico, if that requires Arizona, if that requires the entire continent fly under the Lone Star, then rest assured that we will fight for the protection and preservation of our country'. This speech was later included as part of the Lamar Party charter.
The final straw came on May 19, 1876. A Texan scouting party encountered a Confederate border patrol; after a tense standoff, the Confederates took the Texan party into custody in Santa Fe. The next day, Texan forces crossed the border into New Mexico, ostensibly to rescue the scouting party but in reality to annex the territory.
The war was, in retrospect, somewhat misguided; the Confederacy was undergoing a period of rapid industrialisation under Judah P. Benjamin, whereas Texas suffered in diplomatic and economic isolation. The Texan invasion force were routed in the Battle of Santa Fe, while Confederate troops took Dallas on July 2 and Houston on July 24. Austin was left defenceless; the Texan government was moved to San Antonio in anticipation of the rapid collapse of the capital. However, it was not to be; a rapid program of conscription raised a militia to defend Austin, while the United States, anxious to prevent Confederate expansion, supplied Texas with arms and logistics. The unprepared Texan army met the Confederates on September 3 at Waco.
Little more needs be said about the battle than has been said already; dubbed 'Texas' baptism of fire', the underequipped, untrained militia managed to halt the advance of the superior Confederate force. At the same time, attacks by new recruits managed to cut Confederate supply lines to Dallas and Houston, forcing a hasty withdrawal. The Treaty of Austin was signed on the 8th of November, ending the war; Texas was forced to pay a heavy indemnity to the CSA, but compared to the impending collapse of the nation just a few months earlier, this seemed a small price to pay.
While the war ended in the return of the status quo in geographic terms, politically it was devastating. The Texan Legislature split over the issue of the war; those in favour called themselves Lamarites, those against called themselves Houstonists, echoing the names of famous Texan leaders of times past. In the 1880 election, Hubbard, running on the Lamarite ticket, was roundly defeated by the more moderate John Ireland. Yet even in defeat he secured a lasting legacy for his successors. The Lamar Party was born.'
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Campaign advertisement for the 1884 Texan election, mailed to homes around the Greater Houston Area.
'Men and women of Texas! Your country needs you!
For too long, we have been humilated by our enemies, who surround us on every front. For too long, we have allowed our past defeats to go unpunished, and for other nations to push us around? 'Who do they think they are?', they think? Well, it's time we tell them!
Texas has a proud history, and a great destiny. Don't let Confederate lies fool you; during the First Texan Republic, we controlled an empire stretching across North America, including Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Wyoming. [1]. We had a proud future ahead of us, as a power to make the world tremble!
But this was taken from us! The traitor Sam Houston, who even now his namesake party honours (when in truth he should be burnt in effigy in front of every house in the country!), sold us to the United States. Like we were Rhode Island or Wyoming! Well, it's time to tell them they're wrong. We're Texas, and we kneel to no one!
A vote for John Ireland is a vote for servitude! A vote for Lawrence Ross is a vote for Texas!
Lawrence Ross: Rebuilding Texas
[1]: Well, sorta. They CLAIMED parts of those states, which isn't quite the same thing. But it's an anonymous campaign ad, so truth isn't quite necessary.
Campaign advertisement for the 1884 Texan election, mailed in response to the previous advertisement anonymously around the Greater Houston area.
September 3, 1876. A great day in our nation's history. Waco Day, instituted last year by the Ireland administration, ensures that Texas shall forever remember the sacrifice of the 3rd Texan Militia.
But just think, gentle citizen. What if that battle never happened at all? What if 7 000 Texan soldiers hadn't been forced to spill their blood that day? What if 7 000 husbands, fathers, brothers and sons were still with us?
It's not so farfetched. It only requires a single leap of thought; that the corrupt, bloodthirsty Hubbard government of the Lamar Party was thrust into the dustbin of history. Without the mad doctrine of endless war and bloodshed that they thrust on this country, the 15 000 Texans who died in the mad War of 1876 would still be with us today.
You may have received some mail from an anonymous source for the Lamar Party, who we have strong evidence to suggest is linked with the United States government [2]. Needless to say, its claims are utterly false. There never was a Texas greater or more prosperous than it is today under John Ireland, and any attempt to create a so-called Texan Empire would only cause untold human suffering. The lies of the Lamar Party would only plunge us into a war which would destroy our great nation, and cause untold human suffering. Look at your father, your son, your brother, your friend. The Lamar Party would erase them from your life through pointless war and bloodshed, as thoroughly as if they had never existed.
The Houston Party cares for Texas. We wish to prevent this immense tragedy, and to protect Texas from a war which it could never win. But there's only one way to do that: throw the Lamar Party back in the dustbin of history, where it belongs.
A vote for Ross is a vote for bloodshed. A vote for Ireland is a vote for salvation.
John Ireland: Believing In Texas
[2]: The USA is widely distrusted in Texas, equalled only by the CSA. Since no one would ever believe that the Lamar Party was funded by the Confederacy, this'll have to do.
Excerpt from fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texan_presidential_election, 1884
The Texan presidential election, 1884 pitted incumbent John Ireland of the Houston Party against Lawrence Ross of the Lamar Party. The campaign was marked by attempts by the Lamar Party to propagate the belief in a 'Texan Empire', based on historical claims. Although the claim was widely ridiculed at the time, it later gained greater credence in Texas.
The Ireland administration had suffered a series of scandals relating to their close relations with the United States. Although their most prominent reintegration activist, Elisha M. Pease, had died in 1883, his influence was still felt strongly within the party. Capitalising on this discontent, the Lamar Party won the election with 52% of the vote, with the Houston Party on 44%, with prominent re-integration activist Albert Jennings Fountain gaining 4% of the vote as an independent. He would later run for the Houston Party in 1888.
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Excerpts from an editorial by the Houston Post, 27 July, 1888
'For the safety of Texas, it is imperative that Albert Fountain not gain the nomination of the Houston Party. The ideal of integrationism is an idle fantasy, discredited by history; Texas is an independent nation and Texas will remain an independent nation. A Fountain presidency would lead to the death of our republic in its infancy. Recent economic troubles are no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater'
Excerpts from an article by the San Antonio Express, 4 August
'The Houston Party presidential primary has become a tight race between prominent integrationist activist Albert Jennings Fountain and Attorney-General Jim Hogg. At present, the 37-year-old Hogg appears to command the support of more than half the delegates, largely thanks to the support of former President John Ireland; however, his controversial views on race relations and his extreme youth may count against him. If he gains the nomination and wins the election, he will be the youngest President in the history of the nations of North America. Albert Jennings Fountain enjoys support from amongst the more radical wings of the Houston Party, but is still a controversial figure; it remains to be seen whether his views on reintegration into the United States will prove platable to moderates disillusioned with Jim Hogg's views on race. Voting will be held tomorrow, and the result is expected to be close.'
Excerpts from a speech by Albert Jennings Fountain to the Houston Party National Convention, 6 August
'Members of the Houston Party and fellow Texans, I am proud to accept this party's nomination to President.
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There has been much controversy of late about my views on the independence issue; to resolve any confusion on the matter, let me speak frankly. I am not in favour of subjugation. I am not in favour of isolation. I am in favour of Texas, whatever that means or implies. If independence is more profitable to our state, then so be it. But if reintegration will bring greater happiness and benefits to the people of Texas, then as their representative I would be sworn to pursue that option.
Many have accused me of hypocricy, running for an office in a nation they claim I do not believe in. I did not support secession 14 years ago, and the independence of our nation is still a serious issue now. But whether our nation be a republic or a state or an empire, I would still wish to serve the people of Texas to the best of my ability. If that means that I would run for President to better serve their needs, then the name of the office hardly matters.
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Once again, thank you for your support, fellow delegates. Now let's kick out Hubbard, and restore Texas!
Excerpts from the Purity Manifesto, mailed by Texan Unity to letterboxes around Texas, 12 August
'The dirty traitor Albert Fountain wants to sell our nation to the nigger-loving USA. He wants to drag down Texas, God's chosen nation, to be down there with the Satan-worshiping [sic] Yankees when Tribulation sends them all to hell! Well, we're going to stand up for Texas. We fought off the USA and we fought off the CSA. And we're going to fight off AJF.
Tomorrow, when Fountain appears in Houston to preach to his addled Yankee supporters, we call on all true Texans to take the fight for our nation to the streets. We will fight in every city and every street to wipe out the Houstonites and keep Texas pure!
We don't want war. But if they insist, they'll get one!!! [sic]'
Excerpts from a police interview with Lachlan Parker, security guard, from 14 August, 1888
Interviewer: What time did Fountain arrive?
Parker: About 9:30.
Interviewer: OK. And when did the crowds start gathering?
Parker: When he started giving his speech, at 10.
Interviewer: And what was their response?
Parker: Oh, they were crazy for him. They were his guys, at first. We had to get more guys for the barricades to hold them back, they were that crazy about him.
Interviewer: When did people negative to Fountain start appearing?
Parker: What?
Interviewer: People who didn't like him.
Parker: Oh. They started marching up at about quarter past.
Interviewer: Quarter past ten, that is?
Parker: Yep.
Interviewer: And by marching, do you mean in a military formation?
Parker: Yeah. They had banners and uniforms and everything. Real organised. They started pushing into Fountain's people, knocking people around.
Interviewer: And did your men do anything to stop it?
Parker: [Laughter] What, and get beaten to death? We just kept to the line.
Interviewer: How did Fountain react?
Parker: He just kept giving his speech. Didn't react much at all.
Interviewer: When did the shooting start?
Parker: About five minutes after they arrived, but I can't give you an exact figure. I wasn't exactly watching the clock.
Interviewer: 'They' being the group identifying themselves as Texan Unity?
Parker: Who?
Interviewer: The men opposed to Fountain.
Parker: Ah. Yeah, them.
Interviewer: And who shot first?
Parker: No idea. People started screaming, fighting each other.
Interviewer: What happened next?
Parker: Well, this Texan Unity group, as you say, started to push through the crowd. They were better organised, so they beat the Jennings guys into a pulp. We managed to hold the line against them, but there was hundreds of them and only a few dozen of us.
Interviewer: How did Fountain react?
Parker: He tried to get out. Started shouting at me to get him out of there. He practically (inaudible)
Interviewer: I'm sorry, could you repeat that?
Parker: Never mind. He was damn scared.
Interviewer: And what did you do?
Parker: Well, we started trying to push through the mob. I was at the front of the line, trying to push away some of the nutty ones, when we heard a shot. I turned around and Fountain was dead.
Interviewer: How do you know he was dead?
Parker: Well, it's damned hard to live without half your face, isn't it?
Excerpts from an article by the Houston Post, 14 August, 1888
'Fountain Killed In Riot
Controversial Houston Party candidate for the presidency, Howard Jennings Fountain, was assassinated in a riot in the streets of Houston yesterday. Houston was addressing a crowd of his supporters when a group identifying themselves as Texan Unity attacked the rally, which escalated into the use of firearms. Fountain was killed by an unidentified assailant as he attempted to escape the besieged podium. In addition, 7 people were killed and scores wounded in the fighting.
The Houston Party immediately released a statement accusing the Lamar Party of complicity in the assassination. President Ross strongly denied this; while expressing his condolences for Fountain' family, he stated that the Lamar Party had no links with the assassination or with Texan Unity.
In a prepared statement given anonymously to the police, Texan Unity identified themselves as the perpetrators of the assassination, and warned of 'cleansing still to come'.'
Excerpts from a speech by Jim Hogg, Houston Party vice-presidential candidate, upon receiving the Houston Party nomination to the presidency.
'In 133 BC, a great man, Tiberius Gracchus, attempted to help the poor of the Roman Republic. This noble cause was selfishly put to an end by the interests of a corrupt and entrenched autocratic oligarchy, and he was slaughtered. His death marked the beginning of a deluge of civil wars, which eventually plunged the Republic into dictatorship. Delegates, Texas has found its Tiberius Gracchus in Albert Jennings Fountain; now, the only question is how to deal with the extreme danger his death raises for our nation.
Because what kind of nation is this when the primary instrument of politics is not the vote, but militias? Where it is not left up to the people to decide government, but up to those who can afford for armies to enforce their will?
I have no doubt the Lamar Party administration were behind this henious act. For the safety of Texan democracy, we must demand that President Ross be removed from office immediately, for murdering a great man. We will not rest until Albert Fountain is avenged.'
Excerpt from an article by the Houston Post, 21 August, 1888
'On the streets of Houston, the overwhelming consensus is that Albert Jennings Fountain's death was a positive step for Texas. Lance Morgan, 63, applauded the slaying, saying 'It's people like Fountain who have kept our nation from achieving the glory it deserves. Yankee-lovers like him have no place in Texas.
There is generally little support for the idea, proposed by Jim Hogg, that the death of Fountain was a premediated act; Theresa Moore spoke for many when she said, 'President Ross wouldn't do a thing like that. He's a great man, and he keeps our country safe'.
Overall, support for the Lamar Party remains high. Ross is expected to win the next election, despite economic turbulence due to sanctions from the CSA over his stance on New Mexico.
Excerpts from The Scoop, autobiography of Reinzi Johnston, former political correspondant for the Houston Post, published posthumously
'I first met Yankee Doodle in circumstances so hackneyed they sounded like they came straight from a dimestore novel. It was the 3rd of September; Hogg wasn't making any traction with the voters, who'd hated Fountain, anyway, and Ross was well on his way to winning the election. I returned to my office after a long lunch only to find a telegram, waiting for me. It was blunt; he said he had information implicating Ross in a major scandal, but he'd only tell me if I met him that night in his house in Houston. For reasons of confidentiality, I still can't say where. Well, no one could refuse a scoop like that, so I headed out there.
Once I got there, he met me at the front door. I'd brought a bodyguard with me; from the darkness he shoved a gun in my face and told me that if I didn't get the bodyguard to clear off there was no deal. That pretty much settled it; you can't write much without much of a head, although some journalists I've met would differ.
Anyway, once we got inside, he told me his story. He was a former Lamar Party highup, who'd gotten wind of a plan to kill Fountain. The whole idea seemed stupid, seeing as not even his own party could stand Fountain, but apparently Ross was worried Fountain was getting CSA support, and Ross had spent the last 4 years irritating them. Of course, this was all a story I'd heard before in pubs and the like, but without proof, it was just a story. Yankee Doodle had something different: a telegram, indisputably from Ross, implicating him in setting up Texas Unity.
Well, once I saw THAT, I knew Ross was dead. Literally.
Excerpt from an article by the Houston Post, from the 4th of September
Ross Implicated In Fountain Assassination
Evidence has come to light that President Lawrence Ross may have been involved in the assassination of Albert Fountain Jennings on the 13th of August. A source from within the Lamar Party, identifying himself only as 'Yankee Doodle', has given exclusive telegram transcripts to the Houston Post identifying Ross as the founder and chief mover of Texan Unity, the organisation which has claimed responsibility for the murder of Fountain'
Excerpt from an article by the San Antonio Express, 12th of October
Ross Impeached
Lawrence Ross was today impeached and removed from office by the Texan Congress on a charge of conspiracy to commit murder. The motion passed with the support of nearly half the Lamar Party, which has been shattered and divided by the allegations, published in the Houston Post, that Ross was responsible for the murder of Houston Party candidate Albert Fountain Jennings. Ross was taken into custoday shortly after leaving Congress.
Vice-president Barnett Gibbs was today sworn in as President, but pledged not to run for re-election; the Lamar Party has not yet announced who their candidate for the upcoming election will be. Gibbs talked up the chances of a Lamar Party victory, despite the scandal, saying, 'We are sure that Texas will know that the Lamar Party looks out for their interests, and will re-elect us in a landslide over the discredited Houston Party opposition.'
Excerpt from an article by the Houston Post, 6th of November, 1888
It's A Landslide
Excerpts from The Scoop, autobiography of Reinzi Johnston, former political correspondant for the Houston Post, published posthumously
'Of course, until now you haven't known who Yankee Doodle REALLY was. Well, here's the scoop: he was a Confederate. A spy in Ross' office, who faked the telegram and everything associated. Because it wasn't Fountain who was the agent, it was Hogg. I don't know if the CSA were behind Texan Unity, but I wouldn't bet against it.
So now you know the real truth, or at least what very reputable sources tell me to be the real truth. The story of the century, which got Ross imprisoned for life, the Lamar Party kicked out of office for 16 years, and Texan politics turned upside down, was all a plot by the CSA. And I went along with it. I guess it wasn't such a great scoop after all.'
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(here are my humble additions)
20 october 1903
Santa Fe, Republic of Aztlan
The only thing standing proundly in Santa Fe was the newly made purple flag made to represent the republic of Aztlan, the rest was either destroyed or feeling depress and even there it was that glorious, Daphne didn’t even knew what that meant but she didn’t felt like thinking too much. Her husband had died in the war as he had the very bad idea to fight for the Confederacy. She was now left alone with her daughter Victoria and with no job, the bombardment of city. She wondered if anyone she knew was dead, she felt like she was the only alive that wasn’t Texans or Mexican in the city. It was weird to see them side by side not killing each other.
Her daughter asks
“Why did they change the flag?”
“We are no longer Confederate”
“Why?”
“We got beaten”
“and now we are what?”
“Azlanite I guess”
“What does that mean?”
“That we are good enough to be Texan according to them”
“What will we do mom”
“No idea, but I’ll figure out, it can’t go more bad than now”
They both walked out toward whatever they left of the street, unknowing of the recent counter offensive from the Mexican army (the city not entirely under Texans control) and they would be right in the middle of a counter offensive.
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Excerpts taken from Micheal C. Jester’s “The First American War of the Century: The Second-Texan-Confederate War ”. (C) 1986: Washington University Press, used with permission of the Author.
Like a most war, the second Texan-Confederate war can find its origin in the First one. While having gain independence in the first one, it’s secondary objective of conquest had failed. The “Greater Texas” idea (Who appeared in small propaganda leaflet during the First war whether or not Coke was really following that ideology still remain bit of mystery) that who take all the neighboring CSA states to become a Major power in North America was not dead in the head of most right-wingers in Texas. After 2 decades of industrialization and with a CSA trying to adapt it is way to the new century the opportunity, seemed well timed.
The Lamar Party Election was quick to degrade relationship with the Confederacy, as the political ancestor of the Lamar had been the one who fought remake their republic. The Confederates was relatively unready to fight a war, but they could have sought allies in there war and they founded it in the Republic of Mexico. As Confederate/Mexican relation went better the Texas/Confederate, degrade quickly until the Invasion of New Mexico and Oklahoma by Texas in early march 1903.
Oklahoma border to Texas was much larger than the one it had with the Confederacy. It was vital for the Confederacy as it was it only connection to the New Mexico. Therefore, the Entire War effort of the CSA had been concentrate to that region.
The Mexican supported the CSA by invading both the Invaded territory and Texas, but they were I’ll equipped and there invasion of the Texas was crushed within a month after reaching San Antonio (The massacre of over 50 000 Mexican soldier at that battle is still commemorate Nowadays). But there invasion of the occupy confederates territory was much more effective as they helped strengthen by Confederates position.
By the end of the year, Texas called for peace it had a complete hold Oklahoma but a weak on New Mexico and Arizona. The Confederates forced the Texans to retired themselves from the territory, but later Texas would push a secession of the two states in order to create Aztlan and independent country that would fall under Texas sphere of influence and also Oklahoma would become an integral part of Texas.
Aztlan inner politic were purposely oriented by both Texas and Mexico in order to dilapidate the wealth amassed during the Confederate era, out of the Democrat and Whig party were made the Patriot and National party candidates carefully selected by the two nations (Patriots for Texan and National for Mexico, later that allegiance switched to the Marxist) are arms were given to each side in order further destabilize the country. Making Aztlan one of the poorest nations on Earth even nowadays.
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28 February1903
Texas claim it’s right on Oklahoma and the New Mexico territory and declare that if the Confederacy doesn’t surrender war will happen
March 3 1903
Invasion of the Confederacy by Texas, it is quick to establish its dominance
April 21 1903
Mexico decides to invade Texas and New Mexico in Support for the Confederacy, its force get beaten badly but they manage to weaken the Republic.
December 1 1903
The war End, the republic of Aztlan recognize by all the major country, it is put under Texan influence.
Issue 12 : The back door to hell
Someplace in Alaska
14 November 1899
Alaska was the last place you ever wanted to be in the world, mostly in the winter, it was so fucking cold out here Ivan would have gladly demanded god to rips off his ball in exchange to be in a more pleasant place. But damn it god had preferred to give him the faith to be born into that hole and being too poor to move to let’s say Canada, which he was convince was something of a tropical location compare to here.
You had nothing to do in Sitka except getting out (or at least that was the only thing he found fun) and explore to see if they were anything more to the land. He used as a child to imagine the beautiful land that would one day show itself if he traveled far enough, he was pretty sure he was at the edge of the world, but he knew the edge better than anyone that’s why Matthew Jenkins had hired him to accompany him. He wondered why, nobody ever found anything in the snow. It was a lot more green during the summer, but apparently Jenkins was an idiot.
“So we looking for?”
His English was broken a bit; he had learned it from a preacher that had came here to convert the handful of orthodox they were into Protestantism. The entire village had needed to learn his language just in order to have an idea of what he talked about, but sadly he had lone gone in desperation and went back to the mainland.
“Gold”
Gold he had never mention gold. That or he had simply not understood when he mentioned it, but the good money he had given him had been enough to convince him to follow him and show him the way of the Russian north. They had been gone for three days it was a miracle they weren’t dead. He wondered how they were able to expect any gold at all or how that Jerkins expected to find gold despite the snow. That he remembered long ago another Jerkins had come to Sitka, when he was a kid, his uncle and three men had accompanied him. Only Jenkins had come back claming he would come back, well he wasn’t sure that his that his feet were totally frozen and it looked like he was covering a nasty disease, could that be the son...
Suddenly a little cross was shown, appearing in the snow, since he never had been that far he had no idea what that meant, maybe that was the warning sign of the promised land he had long awaited. Matthew ran toward and dug all he could with his hand. He revealed a frozen river with little spot in hit. Suddenly Matthew Jenkins was push very violently toward the ice, just strongly enough for his skull to be crush.
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Sitka, Alaska
19 April 1916
Theses few gold bar had been a benediction for both Alaska and Ivan Aimatov, now he was the richest man of the Russian North. He was the man pulling the string as soon as he had buy his way into the Russian America Company (an easy task as it had become a failure that pretty much anyone could buy), they were still new settler even 15 years after him founding a little fortune of gold in some river. The murder he needed to commit had been relatively accepted, either people had been buying his bogus story of stone cold death for Jenkins or they simply had strong suspicious but at the time they simply was not a cop in Alaskan and now well he was simply too powerful, he was literally owning a country, a few thousands people country but still. Either people were looking for fortune or they had been sent there for some reason, they were even some Canadian trying to evade the draft. His secretary (the only one in all Sitka) was married to one. He noticed on his schedule was that idiot Nikoay the emissary of the tsar, the guy was never much a good news bringer, but anyway it was his time so he let him in his office, he had large bag with him. Nikoay. He spoke before Ivan could say a thing, they were too familiar for him to find that rude. He was a straightforward man anyway
“We are buying the company”
He opened his bag and showed the greatest amount of money he had ever seen.
Someplace in Alaska
14 November 1899
Alaska was the last place you ever wanted to be in the world, mostly in the winter, it was so fucking cold out here Ivan would have gladly demanded god to rips off his ball in exchange to be in a more pleasant place. But damn it god had preferred to give him the faith to be born into that hole and being too poor to move to let’s say Canada, which he was convince was something of a tropical location compare to here.
You had nothing to do in Sitka except getting out (or at least that was the only thing he found fun) and explore to see if they were anything more to the land. He used as a child to imagine the beautiful land that would one day show itself if he traveled far enough, he was pretty sure he was at the edge of the world, but he knew the edge better than anyone that’s why Matthew Jenkins had hired him to accompany him. He wondered why, nobody ever found anything in the snow. It was a lot more green during the summer, but apparently Jenkins was an idiot.
“So we looking for?”
His English was broken a bit; he had learned it from a preacher that had came here to convert the handful of orthodox they were into Protestantism. The entire village had needed to learn his language just in order to have an idea of what he talked about, but sadly he had lone gone in desperation and went back to the mainland.
“Gold”
Gold he had never mention gold. That or he had simply not understood when he mentioned it, but the good money he had given him had been enough to convince him to follow him and show him the way of the Russian north. They had been gone for three days it was a miracle they weren’t dead. He wondered how they were able to expect any gold at all or how that Jerkins expected to find gold despite the snow. That he remembered long ago another Jerkins had come to Sitka, when he was a kid, his uncle and three men had accompanied him. Only Jenkins had come back claming he would come back, well he wasn’t sure that his that his feet were totally frozen and it looked like he was covering a nasty disease, could that be the son...
Suddenly a little cross was shown, appearing in the snow, since he never had been that far he had no idea what that meant, maybe that was the warning sign of the promised land he had long awaited. Matthew ran toward and dug all he could with his hand. He revealed a frozen river with little spot in hit. Suddenly Matthew Jenkins was push very violently toward the ice, just strongly enough for his skull to be crush.
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Sitka, Alaska
19 April 1916
Theses few gold bar had been a benediction for both Alaska and Ivan Aimatov, now he was the richest man of the Russian North. He was the man pulling the string as soon as he had buy his way into the Russian America Company (an easy task as it had become a failure that pretty much anyone could buy), they were still new settler even 15 years after him founding a little fortune of gold in some river. The murder he needed to commit had been relatively accepted, either people had been buying his bogus story of stone cold death for Jenkins or they simply had strong suspicious but at the time they simply was not a cop in Alaskan and now well he was simply too powerful, he was literally owning a country, a few thousands people country but still. Either people were looking for fortune or they had been sent there for some reason, they were even some Canadian trying to evade the draft. His secretary (the only one in all Sitka) was married to one. He noticed on his schedule was that idiot Nikoay the emissary of the tsar, the guy was never much a good news bringer, but anyway it was his time so he let him in his office, he had large bag with him. Nikoay. He spoke before Ivan could say a thing, they were too familiar for him to find that rude. He was a straightforward man anyway
“We are buying the company”
He opened his bag and showed the greatest amount of money he had ever seen.
Issue 13: Diplomats and businessmen
London, United-Kingdom
18 September 1905
Nestor announced the coming of the guest of the Prime Minister Balfour. He stood briskly and shouts (just at the right level not to be unpleasant). He had done that kind of stuff a thousand times, wouldn’t be the first nor the last time.
“Governors Fred Warner from Michigan member of the United States”
Nestor knew from the guest list that several other governors of the United States would come, but Warner had come early, like with his previous visit after his election. It was strange ever since he had the job he had the Governors from the U.S many time but the U.S president (and he had forgot his name while he knew the great lakes governors very well) had come only time and he didn’t even talk politic it’s seem more like courtesy visit, apparently the President of the U.S was more like a governor-general of some sort. A mostly honorific post nowadays, but while the Empire tried to put back some sense in the profession, England was about to get tear up by the debate between those who said the empire came first and those who said the first priority was the homeland. He toughs to side with whoever allowed him to keep his job. Warner then sat on a seat in front of the Prime minister.
“Glad to see you again Arthur
The prime minister seemed a bit embarrass by the familiarity of the governor, but he had to get strange bedfellow in order to get support for the probable coming conflict with Germany, who themselves had taken the same action. Right now Britain mostly talk about cooperation treaty with the Great lakes for better motorized technology and helps the officer of the empire more familiarize with it. The State army had started was the only one to have such large number of them, some said it was because industrialist pulled the string and had force the governors to buy the various machines they had made, a lot of generals were skeptical toward them, but the governors obliviously had an ace in his sleeves to show the prime minister.
“You know New Yorker have allowed German officers in West Point”
He raised an eye brown not entirely convinced.
“And why would I be interested by that?”
“Well they aren’t exactly there for formation actually”
Warner handed Balfour a file.
“The best way to plot against your left door neighbor is to hide in your right neighbor backyard”
The prime Minster found the analogy tedious but fitting in a way, but that was rather amazing apparently the states were watching each other with suspicions much like in Europe. He nearly though in a joke that he wished that England had that advantage during the American Revolution. Well he knew he would get the rest of the intelligence free, but he knew he would get something from this visit.
London, United-Kingdom
18 September 1905
Nestor announced the coming of the guest of the Prime Minister Balfour. He stood briskly and shouts (just at the right level not to be unpleasant). He had done that kind of stuff a thousand times, wouldn’t be the first nor the last time.
“Governors Fred Warner from Michigan member of the United States”
Nestor knew from the guest list that several other governors of the United States would come, but Warner had come early, like with his previous visit after his election. It was strange ever since he had the job he had the Governors from the U.S many time but the U.S president (and he had forgot his name while he knew the great lakes governors very well) had come only time and he didn’t even talk politic it’s seem more like courtesy visit, apparently the President of the U.S was more like a governor-general of some sort. A mostly honorific post nowadays, but while the Empire tried to put back some sense in the profession, England was about to get tear up by the debate between those who said the empire came first and those who said the first priority was the homeland. He toughs to side with whoever allowed him to keep his job. Warner then sat on a seat in front of the Prime minister.
“Glad to see you again Arthur
The prime minister seemed a bit embarrass by the familiarity of the governor, but he had to get strange bedfellow in order to get support for the probable coming conflict with Germany, who themselves had taken the same action. Right now Britain mostly talk about cooperation treaty with the Great lakes for better motorized technology and helps the officer of the empire more familiarize with it. The State army had started was the only one to have such large number of them, some said it was because industrialist pulled the string and had force the governors to buy the various machines they had made, a lot of generals were skeptical toward them, but the governors obliviously had an ace in his sleeves to show the prime minister.
“You know New Yorker have allowed German officers in West Point”
He raised an eye brown not entirely convinced.
“And why would I be interested by that?”
“Well they aren’t exactly there for formation actually”
Warner handed Balfour a file.
“The best way to plot against your left door neighbor is to hide in your right neighbor backyard”
The prime Minster found the analogy tedious but fitting in a way, but that was rather amazing apparently the states were watching each other with suspicions much like in Europe. He nearly though in a joke that he wished that England had that advantage during the American Revolution. Well he knew he would get the rest of the intelligence free, but he knew he would get something from this visit.
need more thing to add to the world war one issue (open to suggestion)
Issue 14 : The Great War
June 28, 1914
Sarajevo, Austro-Hungarian Empire
The Personal bodyguard Eduard Ulf of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand couldn’t believe he had failed his duty, but apparently he had failed to see the grenade slips under the car of the heir before it blew up sending the archduke and his wife crush their skull on the road. They were rumor in the city saying the assassin had been caught by the Police. He damned hoped so, he hoped that man is kill a million death, he had spent his life serving the empire and now he had just failed it greatly at the time it had needed him the most. He felt like crying as he exited the hospital room that had been sent in emergency for the royal heir, but he was just too much proud of him despite that it had been greatly hurt by the terrorist.
He considered all those who could have done that heinous act, the dual monarchy as maybe not the most powerful nation in Europe, but it had a lot enemy, Russia and Serbia among them. Their friendship with Germany had alienated Britain and France, but of course, he doubted them would that interested in the Empire as they were widely more paranoid over Germany rise as a world power, this should give Vienna the opportunity to take whatever punitive actions needed. Whatever would come from that crime would be justice and glory for the empire. The Dual monarchy might have lost their future ruler as it present one was dying, he knew that both those name would be remembered as men who change the course of history for the better.
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August 4, 1914
Élysée Palace. France
Raymond Pointcarré and his recently appointed minister of war Aldophe Messimy were discussing the recent turn out of the war as the Germany hold on Belgium was solidify and that France and Britain were moving in order to retake theses territory.
“So it looks like we are going to fight a mostly offensive war?” said the president
“For the moment, yes our troops are moving Alsace-Lorraine and we are about to invade Belgium.”
“What are our chances to take both in one shot?”
“Not very good and still Germany still can do a counter-strike”
“And how things look on the eastern Front”
“The Russian our best chance to beat the jerries, even better than the British”
Raymond nearly frowned
“How so?”
“Well first Russian can give much more meat to the grinder to offer than the British and our commanders had some of problem with British experimentation on the battlefield.”
”Experimentation?”
“They are using a new kind of vehicle they bought from America, they keep using it despite the very average result they have on the battlefield.”
“Let them use it they can’t do much trouble, that whole thing will be over soon anyway”
Issue 14 : The Great War
June 28, 1914
Sarajevo, Austro-Hungarian Empire
The Personal bodyguard Eduard Ulf of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand couldn’t believe he had failed his duty, but apparently he had failed to see the grenade slips under the car of the heir before it blew up sending the archduke and his wife crush their skull on the road. They were rumor in the city saying the assassin had been caught by the Police. He damned hoped so, he hoped that man is kill a million death, he had spent his life serving the empire and now he had just failed it greatly at the time it had needed him the most. He felt like crying as he exited the hospital room that had been sent in emergency for the royal heir, but he was just too much proud of him despite that it had been greatly hurt by the terrorist.
He considered all those who could have done that heinous act, the dual monarchy as maybe not the most powerful nation in Europe, but it had a lot enemy, Russia and Serbia among them. Their friendship with Germany had alienated Britain and France, but of course, he doubted them would that interested in the Empire as they were widely more paranoid over Germany rise as a world power, this should give Vienna the opportunity to take whatever punitive actions needed. Whatever would come from that crime would be justice and glory for the empire. The Dual monarchy might have lost their future ruler as it present one was dying, he knew that both those name would be remembered as men who change the course of history for the better.
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August 4, 1914
Élysée Palace. France
Raymond Pointcarré and his recently appointed minister of war Aldophe Messimy were discussing the recent turn out of the war as the Germany hold on Belgium was solidify and that France and Britain were moving in order to retake theses territory.
“So it looks like we are going to fight a mostly offensive war?” said the president
“For the moment, yes our troops are moving Alsace-Lorraine and we are about to invade Belgium.”
“What are our chances to take both in one shot?”
“Not very good and still Germany still can do a counter-strike”
“And how things look on the eastern Front”
“The Russian our best chance to beat the jerries, even better than the British”
Raymond nearly frowned
“How so?”
“Well first Russian can give much more meat to the grinder to offer than the British and our commanders had some of problem with British experimentation on the battlefield.”
”Experimentation?”
“They are using a new kind of vehicle they bought from America, they keep using it despite the very average result they have on the battlefield.”
“Let them use it they can’t do much trouble, that whole thing will be over soon anyway”