Tag Archives: Governor John Andrew

Revolutionary

Louisiana Joins the Revolutionary Crowd and Evicts Some Sick People As Civil War Daily Gazette has reported, 150 years ago today Louisiana officially seceded from the United States. A motion to let the people vote on secession was voted down. … Continue reading

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Let Them Go!

More Evidence of Dis-united North A month after South Carolina officially seceded from the Union Wendell Phillips, a well-known abolitionist, gave a speech in Boston. The main idea: if a state wants to secede, let it. From The New-York Times … Continue reading

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