America: Home of the Brave

Spoiler :
With no opposition, Jefferson Davis and George B. McClellan have been chosen for the Unitarian and Democratic nominations, respectively.

Democratic 1-2, Republican 3-4, Unitarian 5-6


Election of 1864

Democratic Party

George B. McClellan

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Republican Party

Abraham Lincoln

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Unitarian Party

Jefferson Davis

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McClellan: 169

Lincoln: 82

Davis: 160 (Quebec and Ontario)

George B. McClellan has WON the presidency after a shocking upset by defeating the vastly popular Unitarian Party. Most accredit their success to the Midwest.

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Donovan Milkwright, ecstatic to see his party win the presidency, nominates himself as Vice-President to George McClellan.

Furthermore, he asks the president to step in to solve the States' Rights bill, citing that Oregon and Washington are willing to secede over the matter. Capitulation must be accepted by the minority parties, or an amendment must be drafted.
 
Milkwright of Oregon votes Yea on the Emergency Presidential Powers' Act, but also asks Jonathan Smith to support Milkwright's attempt at bipartisanship, and asks for him to change his vote on the States' Rights Bill.

Milkwright passes the Oregon Benefit Bill through the state senate, which would exempt Oregon from drafts or other federal issues until the region is sufficiently supplied with infrastructure, courthouses, and a strong state guard. He asks the president to recognize this bill and not veto it.

NEWS: There are reports that Donovan Milkwright is meeting with Texan Democrats to discuss secession plans. Milkwright dismisses these outrageous claims, stating he has never even been to Texas.

Milkwright Bill of 1864: Settlements should be made in the Rocky Mountains to allow safe passage to the Northwest before California is settled.
 
Levonyan votes Yea on the Emergency Presidential Powers' Act. As the rumours of secession spreads around the country, Levonyan of New York proposes to Democratic and Republicans leaders a National Union coalization, in exchange of their support for Jefferson Davis in the next election, or else the Unitarian leaders may have a discussion with the Vice President...
 
The Congressman from Massachusetts, Adlar Koch, casts his vote of Nay in regards to the "Emergency Presidential Powers' Act"

This act which seeks to allow the president premission to act as a dictator must contain clauses to allow the restoration of the powers of Congress immeditaly after the emergency has ended or if the president seeks to overthrow the government.

To this end the Congressman would propose an amendment requiring bi-weekly votes on the matter of the status of the emergency. All congressmen who wish to do so should also be allowed to receive weekly briefs on the status of the emergency.
 
Alexandre Guay- Quebec - Unitarian Party
Spoiler :
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Biography/Platform:
As a young man, Alexandre Guay experienced firsthand Quebec’s occupation and annexation by American forces. Largely critical of both British and American principles, Guay ran for political office. His most standout belief is his passion for New French autonomy.

However although he views the New French as a distinctive culture worthy of self-governance, he believes its survival is dependent on cooperation with the United States.

In terms of union politics, Guay identifies with the Unitarian party.

Alexandre Guay votes yea, on the Emergency Presidential Powers' Act. A strong union is a must, we need to eliminate any dissidence that threatens the nation as a whole.

Spoiler :
OOC:
I feel like we should add more minor events in between turns to expand lore and make the story last longer. Also I feel we should stray from the actual US timeline more, for example we should redraw certain state borders and not necessarily give every real state statehood.

Also here are some maps I made that you could use.
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(DC is a star but its hard to see on the second map)
 
OOC: Those are some good maps, but you have a little too much Canada to the east of Quebec there.

I'll also get to work on an update tomorrow; might not be a gameplay update. Who knows?


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Congressman and President of the U.P. Anton Levonyan welcomes Congressman Guay to Congress and the Unitarian party.
 
OOC: Thanks guys, I also updated the map to reflect a smaller Quebec and Ontario and fix the color issue.
 
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President McClellan has recognized the bill passed by the state of Oregon, but wishes to warn them that no state need special treatment.

Congressman Jon Noobsley II of Michigan votes Yea on the Milkwright Bill of 1864.

Yea: 5

Nay: 0

Passed

Congressman Jon Noobsley II tells Congress that we are not the ones to pick the next president of the United States; it is the people. Us picking our own leaders makes us no different than the monarchy we left a century earlier.

Congressman Jon Noobsley agrees for Congressman Milkwright as VP, and welcomes Congressman Guay into the fray.
 
The Conundrum in the Tundra

The states of Ontario and Quebec are getting quite restless under American control. The two states started seeing themselves as entirely different from the rest of the United States, even when they had just elected a Congressman. While America was continuing to settle west, the northern states seemed to be put to the wayside after the Americans had won their battle for independence.

What did Ontario and Quebec want, exactly? In the early 1860s, the two states wanted a stronger and more extensive system of roads to connect the cities and gather resources, and they wanted to be developed more, along with taking the rest of Britain's two cities on the North American mainland.

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However, Presidents McClellan and Van Buren both seemed to ignore their claims, so the Congressmen from Ontario and Quebec met together to discuss forming a union, along with sending officials to London to discuss joining together to get independence from America.

All of this was just another headache for President McClellan, who saw this as another task he had to deal with along with the rambunctious South. What is he to do? He cannot spare his workers to send to the North to develop the Northern States when he has to connect and develop the West to keep them from seceding. Not only that, but the South wants to make slavery legal again and practically become independent. What is he to do?

Is this the start of a divide in the United States? McClellan certainly hopes not, but it is starting to look a bit like it.​
 
Congressman Jon Noobsley II of Michigan votes Yea on the Infrastructure Development Act and the Strengthen and Protect America Act.

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Yea: 5

Nay: 0

Passed

SAPAA

Yea: 2

Nay: 2

Amended
 
Yea on the Infrrastructure Development act
Nay on the Strengthen and Protect America Act

As a Democrat, it is my duty to make sure the the will of the people are heard over the will of the federal government. I believe SAPAA is not in our best interests in the moment, as we have domestic issues to attend to.
 
Congressman Guay votes Yea on the Infrastructure Development Act.

Congressman Guay votes Yea on Milkwright Bill of 1864.

Congressman Guay votes Nay on the Strengthen And Protect America Act. However he is willing to propose a comprise act; the The National Defense Act of 1864

This act entails the following:
1. The protection of the right for every state to establish its own organized, single regiment, militia force. This force would be solely under the command of the state's Commander-in-Chief; giving it an exemption from mandatory federal service.
2. State forces would also be established as the supreme military authority in their state, meaning federal forces are subordinate to them. If federal forces are not compliant, they may be removed to federally owned land at the discretion of the governor and a majority vote of the state's legislature.
3. Provision of funding to enlist six FEDERAL Riflemen regiments. (As mentioned in the Strengthen And Protect America Act)
4. Provision of funding to enlist four FEDERAL Cannon regiments. (As mentioned in the Strengthen And Protect America Act)
5. The naming of all federal military ships after past American figures. I nominate George Washington as the first person to receive this honor.

I believe the ideas pertaining to political instability would be better suited for a separate act; the The State Dissidence Act of 1864

It would:
1. Ensure harsh penalties should any state attempt to secede from the Union, enforceable through limited military action.
2. Formally denounce pro-slavery rhetoric in the South and guarantee that slavery shall never become legal again. (As mentioned in the Strengthen And Protect America Act)
 
As a firm believer in states' rights, Congressman Jon Nooblsey II of Michigan votes Yea on the National Defense Act of 1864 and the State Dissidence Act of 1864.

NDA of 1864

Yea: 4

Nay: 2

Passed

SDA of 1864

Yea: 4

Nay: 1

Passed
 
Spoiler :
To make amendments more clear, I've decided now that I shall only allow amendments to a bill if there is no way a bill would pass unless Congressmen change their votes.

For example, since we have 6 Congressmen, if a bill gets 4 Nays, then that bill may be amended.

This rule takes into effect for every bill after this post.
 
The National Defense Act of 1864 = Nay

I ask the amount of cannons and riflemen enlisted be halfed.

State Dissidence Act of 1864 = Nay

This is an outrage! Here you have a country clearly on the brink of splintering into three, possibly four countries, and you push for an even stricter bill against free speach of consideration of secession. May I remind the delegates that the country was founded on states for the idea that a federal government would not corrupt and conquer individual states, but instead would foster freedom through local democracy.

My state is very nearing the snapping point, and I feel Quebec and the South feels the same way!
 
- Milkwright Bill of 1864 - Yea.
- Infrastructure Development Act - Yea.
- National Defense Act of 1864 -Yea.
- State Dissidence Act of 1864 - Yea.
 
Anton L. (UP-NY) pleads once again for a National Union ticket in this time of crises. The only chance that we have to maintain unity is to forget about our states interests now, because we have a bigger problema now. And I should remember the Vice President that plotting against the Union is a crime that may lead to your impeachment...
 
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