Virginia’s secession convention convenes in Richmond. At this point, there is no certainty that Virginia will secede from the Union, as Union sentiment is yet strong throughout much of the state. Yet many white Virginians and other white southerners, certain that Lincoln’s goal as president is to grant freedom to black slaves, are preparing to…
While the ongoing Confederate States convention is the talk of the Deep South, related issues are also on the mind of Southern Baptists. Baptist newspapers in Tennessee and Georgia this month call attention to a recently released (1860) revised translation of the Epistle of Philemon, published by the American Bible Union, headquartered in New York.…
United States president-elect Abraham Lincoln leaves Springfield, Illinois, to start his inaugural journey to Washington, D.C. Prior to boarding the special presidential train that will carry him to the nation’s capitol, Lincoln addresses his friends and neighbors: My friends, no one, not in my situation, can appreciate my feeling of sadness at this parting. To…