Passing Parade: Memorial Day, April 26

Nelson A. Pryor: Guest Columnist During the fearful hours of our country’s peril, of the early 1860’s, a Congressman from Ohio, Alexander Long, proclaimed his deliberate convictions about State’s Rights. In his willingness to share his convictions, on how the Union stood, the Yankee contributor first saw the shortest and best survey of those times that tried men’s souls, in this speech. The War Between the States Shortly after being sworn in, on March 4th, 1861, Abraham Linco