Tallahassee Museum Feb 12, 2011

“What do you propose, gentlemen of the free soil party? Do you propose to better the condition of the slave? Not at all. What then do you propose? You say you are opposed to the expansion of slavery. Is the slave to be benefited by it? Not at all. What then do you propose? It is not humanity that influences you in the position which you now occupy before the country. It is that you may have an opportunity of cheating us that you want to limit slave territory within circumscribed bounds.

It is that you may have a majority in the Congress of the Untied States and convert the government into an engine of Northern aggrandizement. It is that your section may grow in power and prosperity upon treasures unjustly taken from the South, like the vampire bloated and gorged with the blood which it has secretly sucked from its victim. Your desire to weaken the political power of the Southern states, - and why? Because you want, by an unjust system of legislation, to promote the industry of the New England States, at the expense of the people of the South and their industry.”

--Senator Jefferson Davis 1860
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Wanted to let all know we will be at the Jr Museum February 12 at the Murat House.

http://www.tallahasseemuseum.org/

The local groups, the Leon Rifles and The Ladies Sewing Society do a civilian living history presentation every year and demonstrate cooking, periods games, civilian life and clothing.

We maybe also doing cannon demonstrations if you wanted to come out and train on cannon or even go through infantry drills. There are plenty of activities for children and adults with the old style farm, animals and other demonstrations.

Hope to see you there.

Your servant,
Jamey B Creel

http://www.floridasecessionreenactment.org/ committee chairman
Sons of Confederate Veterans, FL Div, 3rd Brigade cmdr
Camp 1614 Finley's Brigade http://www.finleysbrigadescv.org/
CSS Tallahassee Marine Guard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/csstallahassee/
Dept of the Gulf - 2nd FL Co D Leon Rifles

Confederate Ancestors:
Duncan S & John Creel (CSMC)
Lt Preston Creel, Sgt James F Creel, Levi Creel (29th AL Co K)
George S Pickle, AE Averitt & Joshua Harris(51st GA, Co A)