Former Texas Governor Sam Houston, since his removal from office a month ago as a result of his refusal to pledge an oath of allegiance to the Confederate Constitution, has often been asked why he refuses to support the Confederacy. Today Houston, a Baptist, is in Galveston, where a crowd gathers outside his hotel. Leaning…
President Abraham Lincoln sends a message to South Carolina Governor Francis W. Pickens stating that he will attempt to send supplies to Fort Sumter: …an attempt will be made to supply Fort Sumter with provisions only, and that if such attempt be not resisted, no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition will be…
Samuel Boykin (photo), editor of Georgia Baptists’ Christian Index, expresses the growing Christian Nationalist sentiment among Baptists and other citizens of the South: “We have declared allegiance, and which we look upon as our own of RIGHT – a heritage from the God of nations to a people that knows its rights and liberties, and…