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MOSES T. FOWLER CAMP #1721

SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS

407 N Weston Street

FOUNTAIN INN, SOUTH CAROLINA 29644-1627

March, 2008

VOLUME XIII, ISSUE IIl

Compatriots:

There will not be a regular newsletter this month but our meeting will be on Monday, March 17th,

in the Social Hall of Fairview Presbyterian Church starting at 6:30 p.m. with a meal. I am not sure yet what we will have to eat but it is always good.

Our speaker for the evening starting at 7:00 p.m. or abouts will be just past Lt. Commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans,South Carolina Division, Mr. Gene Hogan. His topic will be "Recruiting members for the SCV. Please, come on out and hear Gene with this special topic.

Remember, visitors are always welcome to our meetings. Members are expected to attend.

Sorry, I didn't get an official newsletter out this month but it slipped up on me. Will promise to do better in the future.

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If any of you new members or old ones are interested in becoming a Guardian, please let your Commander or Adjutant know.

Also, in you are interested in obtaining an automobile tag with the SCV logo on it. Just go to the Highway Department and show them your ID card. This is a must. The tags are about $30.

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QUOTES FROM AND ABOUT ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Below is a collection of quotes from the United States 16th President, Abraham Lincoln. These quotes have been divided divided as best we could, into topical categories, with little to no commentary added as they adequately stand alone in their meaning.

I hope you find this to be a good starting point for further research on the view and beliefs of this most famous of American Presidents.

Lincoln on Slavery and Emancipation:

We know that some Southern men do free their slaves, go North and become tip-top abolitionists, while some Northern Men go South and become most cruel masters.

When Southern people tell us that they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we are, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said the institution exits, and it is very difficult to get rid of in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying. I surely will not blame them for not doing what I should not know what to do as to the existing institution. My first impulse would possibly be to free all slaves and send them to Liberia to their own native land. But a moment's reflection would convince me that this would not be best for them. If they were all landed there in a day they would all perish in the next ten days, and there is not surplus money enough to carry them there in many times ten days. What then? Free them all and keep them among us as underlings. Is it quite certain that this would alter their conditions? Free them and make them politically and socially our equals? My own feelings will not admit of this, and if mine would, we well know that those of the great mass of whites will not. We cannot make them our equals. A system of gradual emancipation might well be adopted, and I will not undertake to judge our Southern friends for tardiness in this matter.

I acknowledge the constitutional rights of the States, not grudgingly, but fairly and fully, and I will give them any legislation for reclaiming their fugitive slaves.

The point the Republican party wanted to stress was to oppose making slave states out of the newly acquired territory, not abolishing slavery as it then existed.

Lincoln in speeches at Peoria, Illinois

Lincoln on Secession:

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government and to form one that suits them better. Nor is this right confined to cases in which the people of an existing government may choose to exercise it. Any portion of such people that can, may make their own of such territory as they inhabit. More than this, a majority of any portion of such people may revolutionize, putting down a minority intermingling with or near them who oppose their movement.

Lincoln on the floor of Congress, 13 January 1848

Congressional Glove, Appendix

1st Session 30th Congress, page 94

Lincoln on Racial Equality:

I am not now, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social or political equality of the white and black races. I am not now nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office,nor of intermarriages with white people. There is a physical difference between the white and the black races which will forever forbid the two races living together on social or political equality. There must be a position of superior and inferior, and I am in favor of assigning the superior position to the white man.

Lincoln in his speech to Charleston, Illinois, 1858

I have no purpose directly or indirectly to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.

Lincoln's Inaugural Addressing

Do the people of the South really entertain fear that a Republican administration would directly or indirectly interfere with their slaves, or with them about their slaves? If they do, I wish to assure you as once a friend, and still, I hope, not an enemy, that there is no cause for such fears. The South would be in no more danger in this respect than it was in the days of Washington.

Letter from Lincoln to Alexander H. Stephens

Public and Private Letters of Alexander Stephens, p. 150

The Fountain Pen is a monthly non-profit publication of the Moses T. Fowler Camp #1721, Fountain Inn, SC. James Rodgers is editor and publisher.

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GUARDIAN PROGRAM - I would like for as many as possible of the Moses T. Fowler Camp members to become Guardians. To become a Guardian you have to look after a Confederate Soldier's grave. That is keep it clean, flag on Memorial Day, etc. This is an honorable program and if any of you are interested in doing this, please see our Adjutant, James Rodgers, and he will have the form for you.

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P. S. It is becoming very expensive to mail Newsletters by snail mail. I know there must be some of you out there with an email address that I don't have. If you would, please send it to me. Just be sure you put in the subject line Moses T. Fowler Camp so I know who you are or it will not be opened. Thank you in advance to this matter.

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	Home Newsletter Our Camp THE FOUNTAIN PEN MOSES T. FOWLER CAMP #1721 SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS 407 N Weston Street FOUNTAIN INN, SOUTH CAROLINA 29644-1627 March, 2008 VOLUME XIII, ISSUE IIl Compatriots: There will not be a regular newsletter this month but our meeting will be on Monday, March 17th, in the Social Hall of Fairview Presbyterian Church starting at 6:30 p.m. with a meal. I am not sure yet what we will have to eat but it is always good. Our speaker for the evening starting at 7:00 p.m. or abouts will be just past Lt. Commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans,South Carolina Division, Mr. Gene Hogan. His topic will be "Recruiting members for the SCV. Please, come on out and hear Gene with this special topic. Remember, visitors are always welcome to our meetings. Members are expected to attend. Sorry, I didn't get an official newsletter out this month but it slipped up on me. Will promise to do better in the future. *************************************************************** If any of you new members or old ones are interested in becoming a Guardian, please let your Commander or Adjutant know. Also, in you are interested in obtaining an automobile tag with the SCV logo on it. Just go to the Highway Department and show them your ID card. This is a must. The tags are about $30. ************************************************************* QUOTES FROM AND ABOUT ABRAHAM LINCOLN Below is a collection of quotes from the United States 16th President, Abraham Lincoln. These quotes have been divided divided as best we could, into topical categories, with little to no commentary added as they adequately stand alone in their meaning. I hope you find this to be a good starting point for further research on the view and beliefs of this most famous of American Presidents. Lincoln on Slavery and Emancipation: We know that some Southern men do free their slaves, go North and become tip-top abolitionists, while some Northern Men go South and become most cruel masters. When Southern people tell us that they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we are, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said the institution exits, and it is very difficult to get rid of in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying. I surely will not blame them for not doing what I should not know what to do as to the existing institution. My first impulse would possibly be to free all slaves and send them to Liberia to their own native land. But a moment's reflection would convince me that this would not be best for them. If they were all landed there in a day they would all perish in the next ten days, and there is not surplus money enough to carry them there in many times ten days. What then? Free them all and keep them among us as underlings. Is it quite certain that this would alter their conditions? Free them and make them politically and socially our equals? My own feelings will not admit of this, and if mine would, we well know that those of the great mass of whites will not. We cannot make them our equals. A system of gradual emancipation might well be adopted, and I will not undertake to judge our Southern friends for tardiness in this matter. I acknowledge the constitutional rights of the States, not grudgingly, but fairly and fully, and I will give them any legislation for reclaiming their fugitive slaves. The point the Republican party wanted to stress was to oppose making slave states out of the newly acquired territory, not abolishing slavery as it then existed. Lincoln in speeches at Peoria, Illinois Lincoln on Secession: Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government and to form one that suits them better. Nor is this right confined to cases in which the people of an existing government may choose to exercise it. Any portion of such people that can, may make their own of such territory as they inhabit. More than this, a majority of any portion of such people may revolutionize, putting down a minority intermingling with or near them who oppose their movement. Lincoln on the floor of Congress, 13 January 1848 Congressional Glove, Appendix 1st Session 30th Congress, page 94 Lincoln on Racial Equality: I am not now, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social or political equality of the white and black races. I am not now nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office,nor of intermarriages with white people. There is a physical difference between the white and the black races which will forever forbid the two races living together on social or political equality. There must be a position of superior and inferior, and I am in favor of assigning the superior position to the white man. Lincoln in his speech to Charleston, Illinois, 1858 I have no purpose directly or indirectly to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so. Lincoln's Inaugural Addressing Do the people of the South really entertain fear that a Republican administration would directly or indirectly interfere with their slaves, or with them about their slaves? If they do, I wish to assure you as once a friend, and still, I hope, not an enemy, that there is no cause for such fears. The South would be in no more danger in this respect than it was in the days of Washington. Letter from Lincoln to Alexander H. Stephens Public and Private Letters of Alexander Stephens, p. 150 The Fountain Pen is a monthly non-profit publication of the Moses T. Fowler Camp #1721, Fountain Inn, SC. James Rodgers is editor and publisher. *************************************************** GUARDIAN PROGRAM - I would like for as many as possible of the Moses T. Fowler Camp members to become Guardians. To become a Guardian you have to look after a Confederate Soldier's grave. That is keep it clean, flag on Memorial Day, etc. This is an honorable program and if any of you are interested in doing this, please see our Adjutant, James Rodgers, and he will have the form for you. *************************************************** P. S. It is becoming very expensive to mail Newsletters by snail mail. I know there must be some of you out there with an email address that I don't have. If you would, please send it to me. Just be sure you put in the subject line Moses T. Fowler Camp so I know who you are or it will not be opened. Thank you in advance to this matter. Home Top of Page This site is hosted by AWARDSPACE**