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trekfan said:
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Adopted in 1871, this flag symbolized the Commonwealth presidency. Once again, the sixteen stars represent the sixteen states of the Commonwealth. The central star represents the President, guiding the Commonwealth to a prosperous future. Let it never be said that John C. Frémont didn’t have a healthy ego.
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As a side note the central star in the charger or coat of arms is 16 points. Thank you for using my flag in the thread
 
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First of all, thanks for the mention! Secondly, I just thought why the association with the Gadsden Flag might be greater then I thought. From what I understand, there was quite a scare within northern abolitionist circles of Slave Power. And the entire "Don't thread on me!" would now be aimed against slave power instead
 
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If you do end up considering it, keep in mind that fully interactive AARs are pretty stressful to maintain, and are extremely time consuming. Friend of mine did one, and got burned out before it could end.
 
TylerCraigofPrussia said:
If you do end up considering it, keep in mind that fully interactive AARs are pretty stressful to maintain, and are extremely time consuming. Friend of mine did one, and got burned out before it could end.
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Maybe only designated times we could do interactive things?
 
I'm always intrigued by such implicitly limited flags, no ambition for more states to join/defect. Or if there is they didn't allow for it on the flag.
 
I just came across this AAR and I really like your "the North leaves the Union" version of history, trekfan. Plus there are different flags here. I am going to follow now. :)
 
I've mulled it over and I've decided against interactivity. I've never been a fan of interactive AARs and, even if I were, I have no idea how to go about running one.

Also, sad news: I'm officially putting this AAR on an indefinite hiatus. I intend to return (after all, I still have quite a bit of content sitting on my hard drive), but it will probably be some time until then. There are two reasons for this. One is that my semester is starting next week. The other is that, recently, this project has seemed more like a chore than something I enjoy putting together. I'd rather take a break than have updates be of inferior quality because of that.
 
No worries. As they say, when the fun stops...
 
Best of luck with the new semester!
 
A shame to hear about the hiatus, but real life comes first, and at the end of the day it's better for you to spend time doing something you enjoy. Do feel free to keep us posted on your future endeavors, whether with this tale or any others :)
 
Yes, if it's not fun for you, please take a break.
 
stnylan said:
No worries. As they say, when the fun stops...
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Start writing a comedy AAR about a small doomed country run by idiots?

(That's what I do anyway)
 
trekfan said:
I'd rather take a break than have updates be of inferior quality because of that.
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That's a very good approach to take.

El Pip said:
Start writing a comedy AAR about a small doomed country run by idiots?

(That's what I do anyway)
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And you do it very well. :D
 
Justification for the Secession of the Northern Commonwealth
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    The Unanimous Declaration of the People of the Free American Commonwealth


    It has been the proud history of the peoples of this continent that when, under threat of tyranny, they have dissolved their associations with those who would oppress them and stood, in the face of force of arms, resolute in their task to defend and bolster the liberty of all men. When, in the year 1765, the British Empire sought to impose tyrannical acts upon the thirteen American colonies, brave patriots resisted and struggled for men’s fundamental rights.

    On the 4th of July, 1776, these patriots declared that “we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal: that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights: that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness: that, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”

    They further establish that whenever any “form of government becomes destructive of the ends for which it is established, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and Happiness.”

    We hold that the Government of the United States is subject to the principles asserted in the Declaration of Independence, namely that all men are created equal, and that government exists to secure their fundamental rights. It has become undeniable to any reasoned observer that the Government, under its current constitution, has become alien and hostile to these ends. As it was in 1776, a respect of the opinions of mankind requires that we declare the causes which lead us to this conclusion.

    The Union has enabled and facilitated the existence and expansion of slavery, the greatest evil of our time, the ultimate enemy of free men and free institutions. It has allowed the slavers to usurp the rightful popular government of the state of Kansas, establishing a slaveholding regime where there was once liberty.

    The Union has inhibited the removal of slavery where it maintains its grip. It has repressed all voluntary associations of abolitionists, contrary to the First Amendment and the ideals of its own Declaration of Independence.

    The Union has imposed an unelected and illegitimate president in the incumbent Abraham Lincoln, a man whose dearth of moral character is only exceeded by his treachery and deceit.

    The Union has allowed its morally bankrupt Supreme Court to eliminate all protections against the expansion of slavery in the scarcely settled territories, and also hold the free states subject to the fugitive slave laws, an insult to all who recognize the fundamental rights afforded to every man.

    The Union has stood against the free states’ lawful and righteous attempts to resist the Union’s encroachment on those rights through nullification.

    The Union has maintained a Constitution empowering those who would bind other men to servitude at the expense of the people and has resisted any and every invitation to reform.

    It has been seen that the Union Government, overseen by Mr. Lincoln and his predecessors, by the various Congresses and the Judiciary, has become hostile to the ends of righteous free government, and it is therefore the right and duty of the people to abolish it and bring forth a new government, more conducive to the protection of liberty and men’s unalienable rights.

    We, therefore, the people of the Free American Commonwealth, comprising the constituent states of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Connecticut, with solemn fortitude, in defense of the fundamental rights of all men, declare the Union heretofore existing between ourselves and the United States is forever dissolved, and declare to the free nations of the world that the Commonwealth will assume her position among them as a separate and independent state.


    Adopted January 1, 1867.


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    Wow, it's been a while! I haven't forgotten about this project and have been itching to work on it again.

    This update should not be taken to signify that I am taking this AAR off of its hiatus - do not expect regular updates or even another update for the next several months at least. Just know that I have no plans to abandon this project and will return when I have the time and motivation. These days it seems I only have one or the other :mad:
     
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