New Confederate States
25-07-2006, 12:23
The summer breeze was cool, contrasting with the beating sun that cast its fires upon Columbia, the State Capital of South Carolina. The blistering heat had called forth any number of insects, who swarmed the open areas of the city like a plague, searching for nutrition among the human populace.
The crowd assembled outside the South Carolina State House were unpeturbed, however. The chatted loudly, laughing and waving flags in the hot sun. Several thousand people thronged the area around the building, with numerous examples of two flags waving across the sea of faces; the flag of South Carolina...
...and the flag of the Confederate States.
The spectacle continued for several minutes, and was finally interrupted by the appearance of Governor Paul Jackson, the Executive of South Carolina. A large cheer went up from the crowd as supporters of the Governor voiced their approval, and flags waved wildly.
Flanking the Governor was a tall, quiet man in a dark, three-peice suit. Carrying himself tall, he smiled at the crowd as they welcomed their beloved Governor on an occasion that would change history.
The man looked across the front row of the crowd. No doubt, he assumed, low-level intelligence personnel from several countries across the world would be observing, quietly taking photographs of the first public appearence of the President of the Commonwealth outside his own state. Even as Governor of Georgia before the seccession, he had avoided most public appearences, for several reasons related to his past.
Governor Jackson stepped up to the podium and raised his hands, a gesture thanking the crowd at the same time as quietening them. "My fellow South Carolinians," he declared. "The time of history is upon us!"
He paused momentarily for dramatic effect. The suited man observed the Governor's stage presence with quiet interest. Jackson then continued. "Through several years, we have seen the economy, the society, and the dignity of our state and our fair nation ruined by the Central Government in Washington."
Several boos and cries of "shame" against the Amercian government were heard. Jackson nodded his head sadly in agreement. "The people of South Carolina can no longer support a group of totalitarian elitists bent on the destruction of our way of life," he continued with feverish anger in his voice. The suited man wondered whether it was real or staged, and then dismissed the question as irrelevent.
"But we have a new Washington to look to!" Jackson continued, hammering his fist on the podium. "Not a group out for its own interests, nor a group intent on destroying our society. An individual, possibly the most important thing in this world, who will allow us to govern our own affairs and support South Carolina in times of need."
Jackson paused as the crowd cheered once more. "I have just finished an emergency session with the South Carolina General Assembly," he said somberly. "With a near-unanimous agreement, I have hereby signed an agreement with Georgia, seceeding from the United States and formerly requesting application to join the Commonwealth. This has been accepted."
Jackson stepped back from the podium as the crowd went mad with shouts and cheers, flags waving at a dizzying pace. The suited man paused as a loudspeaker introduced him across the crowd.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the Commonwealth of the New Confederate States of America, Jethro Washington."
The man smiled quietly as the crowd screamed, before stepping to the podium.
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Commonwealth Government Statement
Today, the Commonwealth of the New Confederate States of America gained a new member State, when South Carolina officially seceeded from the United States of America.
President Washington was met with massive support from the South Carolinians present, and promised to build the Confederate States into "a nation to be envied, feared and admired."
South Carolina will be allowed to maintain its own General Assembly for managing affairs involving that State, and will immediately hold elections to send representatives to the National Assembly in Georgia.
The South Carolina General Assembly will also hold elections, in order to allow the newly-formed South Carolina Confederate Party to participate in the legislative process.
The crowd assembled outside the South Carolina State House were unpeturbed, however. The chatted loudly, laughing and waving flags in the hot sun. Several thousand people thronged the area around the building, with numerous examples of two flags waving across the sea of faces; the flag of South Carolina...
...and the flag of the Confederate States.
The spectacle continued for several minutes, and was finally interrupted by the appearance of Governor Paul Jackson, the Executive of South Carolina. A large cheer went up from the crowd as supporters of the Governor voiced their approval, and flags waved wildly.
Flanking the Governor was a tall, quiet man in a dark, three-peice suit. Carrying himself tall, he smiled at the crowd as they welcomed their beloved Governor on an occasion that would change history.
The man looked across the front row of the crowd. No doubt, he assumed, low-level intelligence personnel from several countries across the world would be observing, quietly taking photographs of the first public appearence of the President of the Commonwealth outside his own state. Even as Governor of Georgia before the seccession, he had avoided most public appearences, for several reasons related to his past.
Governor Jackson stepped up to the podium and raised his hands, a gesture thanking the crowd at the same time as quietening them. "My fellow South Carolinians," he declared. "The time of history is upon us!"
He paused momentarily for dramatic effect. The suited man observed the Governor's stage presence with quiet interest. Jackson then continued. "Through several years, we have seen the economy, the society, and the dignity of our state and our fair nation ruined by the Central Government in Washington."
Several boos and cries of "shame" against the Amercian government were heard. Jackson nodded his head sadly in agreement. "The people of South Carolina can no longer support a group of totalitarian elitists bent on the destruction of our way of life," he continued with feverish anger in his voice. The suited man wondered whether it was real or staged, and then dismissed the question as irrelevent.
"But we have a new Washington to look to!" Jackson continued, hammering his fist on the podium. "Not a group out for its own interests, nor a group intent on destroying our society. An individual, possibly the most important thing in this world, who will allow us to govern our own affairs and support South Carolina in times of need."
Jackson paused as the crowd cheered once more. "I have just finished an emergency session with the South Carolina General Assembly," he said somberly. "With a near-unanimous agreement, I have hereby signed an agreement with Georgia, seceeding from the United States and formerly requesting application to join the Commonwealth. This has been accepted."
Jackson stepped back from the podium as the crowd went mad with shouts and cheers, flags waving at a dizzying pace. The suited man paused as a loudspeaker introduced him across the crowd.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the Commonwealth of the New Confederate States of America, Jethro Washington."
The man smiled quietly as the crowd screamed, before stepping to the podium.
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Commonwealth Government Statement
Today, the Commonwealth of the New Confederate States of America gained a new member State, when South Carolina officially seceeded from the United States of America.
President Washington was met with massive support from the South Carolinians present, and promised to build the Confederate States into "a nation to be envied, feared and admired."
South Carolina will be allowed to maintain its own General Assembly for managing affairs involving that State, and will immediately hold elections to send representatives to the National Assembly in Georgia.
The South Carolina General Assembly will also hold elections, in order to allow the newly-formed South Carolina Confederate Party to participate in the legislative process.