1863 J. C. STILES. National Rectitude: An Appeal to the Confederate States. Plea for Repentance. Slavery 3 was sent or was

3 was sent or was paid in I know not

a few sheets of what we assume is Workman’s handwriting practice

He befriended

Revive their drooping graces

and again it returned

1863 J. C. STILES. National Rectitude: An Appeal to the Confederate States. Plea for Repentance. Slavery 3 was sent or wasA very unusual sermon preached by a Confederate divine in the midst of the Civil War. In it, he argues that greed, filthy lucre, avarice, etc., will be the downfall of the South. One cannot help wonder whether this is all a euphemism for slavery, or whether he sees these as the core problems, and the plight of the slave as secondary, etc,. It is notable that he lays responsibility for the continuing war on the heads of the Southern plantation owners