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hotelkilo Board Certified Sorcerer from In the Hole Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
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#1: Jul 20th 2011 at 7:24:27 PM

Outside the post office of small Troperton, New Hampshire a man in an old coat shuffled out the door with a large poster and a hammer. Spitting a tack into his hand the old timer held the paper against wood before pounding the fastener in with a surprisingly steady hand. Three more just like it and his job was finished. The post master stepped back to admire his work....

  • WHEREAS the laws of the United States have been, for some time past, and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law.

  • Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution and the laws, have thought fit to call forth, and hereby do call forth, the militia of the several States of the Union, to the aggregate number of seventy-five thousand, in order to suppress said combinations, and to cause the laws to be duly executed.

  • The details for this object will be immediately communicated to the State authorities through the War Department.

  • I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate, and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of our National Union, and the perpetuity of popular government; and to redress wrongs already long enough endured.

  • I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union; and in every event, the utmost care will be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any destruction of, or interference with, property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens in any part of the country.

  • And I hereby command the persons composing the combinations aforesaid to disperse, and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within twenty days from this date.

  • Deeming that the present condition of public affairs presents an extraordinary occasion, I do hereby, in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution, convene both Houses of Congress. Senators and Representatives are therefore summoned to assemble at their respective chambers, at twelve o'clock, noon, on Thursdays the fourth day of July next, then and there to consider and determine such measures as, in their wisdom, the public safety and interest may seem to demand.

Hastily printed below, ink barely dry was a small addition to the President's message:

In conjunction with the President's proclamation and Governor Ichabod Goodwin's order to raise TWO REGIMENTS of NINETY-DAYS VOLUNTEERS to see service in the defense of the Union, the TROPERTON GUARDS are ordered to assemble with equipment on the green before Captain Jonah Winder, commanding same, for muster into state service April 21st.

-Cpt. J. Winder

edited 20th Jul '11 7:26:54 PM by hotelkilo

Let God do His work, we will see to ours. Bring in the candles.
thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#2: Jul 26th 2011 at 2:12:56 PM

SIR YES SIR

So an American Civil War RP? Sounds interesting.

UN JOUR JE SERAI DE RETOUR PRÈS DE TOI
hotelkilo Board Certified Sorcerer from In the Hole Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
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#3: Jul 27th 2011 at 5:39:20 AM

Aye! I don't need a whole lot of characterization right now; just a name, general description, and trade.

Let God do His work, we will see to ours. Bring in the candles.
Dvdmacyoshi Since: Jul, 2011
#4: Jul 27th 2011 at 5:04:50 PM

Sounds great. Suffice it to say, I'm interested.

hotelkilo Board Certified Sorcerer from In the Hole Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
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#5: Jul 27th 2011 at 10:25:03 PM

Then 'list and fight my good men!

Let God do His work, we will see to ours. Bring in the candles.
deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
TailsDoll I have a plan. Since: Apr, 2012
I have a plan.
#7: Aug 19th 2011 at 12:09:26 PM

Sir yes sir!

"@[=g3,8d]&fbb=-q]/hk%fg"
hotelkilo Board Certified Sorcerer from In the Hole Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
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#8: Aug 19th 2011 at 12:28:36 PM

Good! Good! Now if I could trouble you gentlemen to make your mark upon the roster book....

Let God do His work, we will see to ours. Bring in the candles.
TailsDoll I have a plan. Since: Apr, 2012
I have a plan.
#9: Aug 19th 2011 at 1:25:16 PM

Name:Thomas Dene Walker Age:23 Trade:Carpenter Height:5'10 Hometown:St. Louis, Missouri

Is that enough?

"@[=g3,8d]&fbb=-q]/hk%fg"
hotelkilo Board Certified Sorcerer from In the Hole Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
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#10: Aug 19th 2011 at 2:18:30 PM

Except for hometown; for gaming purposes we're all from the town of Troperton, New Hampshire.

Let God do His work, we will see to ours. Bring in the candles.
red223 Gothmog_The_Balrog Since: Mar, 2010
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#11: Aug 19th 2011 at 3:36:50 PM

Name: Martin James Hilcox Age:27 Trade: Tailor Height: 6' 1 Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio

edited 19th Aug '11 3:43:06 PM by red223

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