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"Propositions to form an alliance with the United States," which was opposed by Mr. Billing, on the ground that the position of the United States in regard to the question of secession had been clearly defined in her war with the so-called Confederate States.
Congress [of the Republic of Jones County] at once declared that it would be a useless expenditure of time. An act was unamiously passed ordering all persons, male and female, who denied the inallenable right of secession, to leave the republic at once on pain of being published as spies....[the article ends with]...To many this may seem highly wrought, but nevertheless, it is true."
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David Upton