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[B]Confederate States of America[/B][/CENTER]

[B]An Open Letter to Mr. Lincoln and All Whom it May Concern,[/B]
Was it not the Founding Fathers of the United States of America that said there were times in human history that required a certain people to dissolve the political bonds that tied it to another? We in the C.S.A. only seek to continue in that sentiment. For the people of the C.S.A. cannot continue to exist under a tyrannical government that wishes to subjugate our very way of life, and so we have seceded from the United States of America in order to protect our way of life.
And I do not believe it is misleading to call Mr. Lincoln tyrannical when he represents a faction that seeks the very destruction of our way of life. Mr. Lincoln and the "Republican" Party he represent would destroy the very republic that men like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin gave the people. They seek to do this by slowly eroding the rights of the individual states and we in the C.S.A. view such a prospect as completely unacceptable. And so, as was in the states' rights, we hath seceded and formed the Confederate States of America in an effort to preserve our way of life.
As to the states that remain under the yoke of Mr. Lincoln's rule that still hold slavery, it is within their right to do so and we will not seek for them to join the C.S.A. unless their state government has willed such an event to happen. We do, however, express our deep concern that the institution of slavery and the rights of the state our in grave danger the longer those states choose to remain within the United States of America.
We in the Confederate States of America do not seek war, but if that is what Mr. Lincoln wants - as seems to be the case by his mustering of troops - then in the proud tradition of the South we will meet him on the field of battle. But take note for we do not do this out of a desire for bloodshed, but out of a desire for peace and a desire to preserve our way of life. As such, I am here to petition, not only Mr. Lincoln for Peace and Recognition, but also the good leaders of the world's nations. I ask you for recognition of our as well as support in our cause for Independence.
And if Mr. Lincoln seeks war despite this call for peace, then I hereby ask him to honor the absolute neutrality of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, a state which maintains slavery and is split between secession from the United States of America and staying with the United States of America. Kentucky, as all other states, has the right to secede or to stay, but I know that the people of Kentucky are almost split in two of those wanting to secede and those wanting to stay. I ask Mr. Lincoln in sight of the world to honor Kentucky's neutrality in any war he might bring us in the Confederate States of America.

[B]-Jefferson Davis, Provisional President of the Confederate States of America[/B] [I](on April 17, 1861)[/I]