On September 22, 1862, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary proclamation that he would order the emancipation of all slaves in any state of the Confederate States of America that did not return to Union control by January 1, 1863. None returned, and the subsequent order, signed and issued January 1, 1863, took effect except in locations where the Union had already mostly regained control.
The Wise are silent, the Foolish speak, and children are thus led astray.
When one’s friends and enemies agree on any particular point they are usually wrong.
Saki, The Unbearable Bassington, first page (1912).
On September 21, 1897, the “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” editorial was published in the New York Sun. Note how long before Christmas this is. The Christmas season has long been a long affair.
Chief Joseph, of the Nez Perce, died on this day a few years later, in 1904.
On September 20, 480 BC, Greeks defeated Persian forces in the battle of Salamis.
And each, believing he was utterly and finally right, damned with equally positive conviction the rest of the world.
Algernon Blackwood, The Damned (1914).
We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other wedded couples they sometimes live apart.
Saki, The Unbearable Bassington, ch. 13 (1912).
On September 19, 1778, the Continental Congress passed the first budget of the United States.
Congress last passed a budget in 1997.
Oliver Stone’s movie is in the theaters now (see yesterday’s video page). But really, you were waiting for Paul Jacob’s take, weren’t you? Click on over to Townhall, then come back here because, well, this is where you belong.
Not easily may an individual escape the deep slavery of the herd.