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Intense Unionism.- …It will be admitted by all that we are living in troublous and exciting times Treason seems to stalk with impunity throughout the land….Black Republicanism, under the device of Unionism at-any-price, is making rapid encroachments in our midst, and New Orleans is fast gaining the reputation o being “a Northern city in the heart of a Southern community.” Can the sons of Louisiana and of the South, whose lot and whose fortunes have been voluntarily cast and commingled with our own, remain dupes any longer of heartless demagogues, and acquiesce in tame submission in the degrading fate which awaits them?.]

Now that's funny. 150 years later, that same thing is being said about Atlanta. No one considers it a "Southern" city anymore.

The odd thing about those times is, many people never attended a political rally. Some never read a paper because they didn't see one or they couldn't read. If they voted, some were doing so on the advice of a family member, friend, neighbor or best guess.

What of those citizens living in the territories? Did they vote? How long did it take to get their votes tallied and sent to where ever it was they sent them?

Pam