1863 J. C. STILES. National Rectitude: An Appeal to the Confederate States. Plea for Repentance. Civil War Pastedown signed by Elizabeth Alden

Pastedown signed by Elizabeth Alden of Gosport

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1863 J. C. STILES. National Rectitude: An Appeal to the Confederate States. Plea for Repentance. Civil War Pastedown signed by Elizabeth AldenA 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