A mere twenty-four hours after Abraham Lincoln takes the U. S. presidential oath, the Confederate States of America, disdainful of the “black” U. S. president (as they call Lincoln), unveils the “Stars and Bars,” the first Confederate flag, while Texas formally accepts Confederate statehood. White Baptist reaction in the South is mixed. While Basil Manly,…
The Texas Secessionist Convention reconvenes, and friction remains between Texas Governor Sam Houston, a Baptist committed to the Union, and the Texas legislature. Houston’s days in office are numbered. By way of contrast, Joseph Brown – Georgia’s Baptist governor – continues enhancing his state’s military preparedness against the United States. Meanwhile, the United States Congress…
The Texas legislator, having previously voted for secession on February 1, today by popular vote affirms Texas’ secession from the United States of America. By a vote of 46,153 for and 14,747 against secession, the popular vote echoes the legislator’s earlier lopsided vote. Afterwards, legislators rewrite the Texas Constitution. Changes to the Constitution include replacing…