After learning about West Virginia’s struggles to secede
from Virginia and become a state, imagine that you are a citizen of then
western Virginia writing a letter to President Lincoln, pleading with him to
grant you and your fellow neighbors the honor of becoming your own state.
R: western Virginia citizen
A: President Lincoln
F: a letter
T: allowing your area to secede and become its own state
I understand that
it is your sincere wish that you no longer see this country be split a part,
but I truly believe that this is now the only option for me and my neighbors.
The issues that are causing us to want to leave our mother state are not new
and can no longer be overlooked. Virginia’s
decision to secede and then to fight against their own brothers, fathers, and
sons was the final straw.
As you may realize, the surrounding
circumstances for this request are quite unusual seeing as how we legally no
longer have a mother state to sign off on this declaration and Virginia no longer
acknowledges us due to our government agreeing to be a Union supporting state, so
I am begging you to please end our turmoil and give us our freedom.
Sincerely,
Johnny Reb
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