Ah, only from his golden throne, Upon his golden lute, He touched the magic note; then Poe was known, And so was quelled dispute. Open thy portal, Fame! Let soar That sombre bird, whose song is heard forevermore. DANIEL BEDINGER LUCAS (_Referring to first publication of Poe's Raven, 1845_) _George E. Pickett born, 1825_ January Twenty-Sixth THREE VIEWS OF SECESSION CONNECTED WITH LOUISIANA; 1803-1811-1861 Resolved, that the annexation of Louisiana to the Union transcends the Constitutional power of the Government of the United States. It formed a New Confederacy to which the States united by the former compact are not bound to adhere. MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE (_Upon Purchase of Louisiana Territory, 1803_) _Louisiana secedes from the Union, 1861_ _Virginia readmitted to the Union, 1870_ January Twenty-Seventh If this bill passes, it is my deliberate opinion that it is virtually a dissolution of this Union, that it will free the States from their moral obligations, and as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, definitely to prepare for a separation, amicably if they can, violently if they must. JOSIAH QUINCY (_Representative from Massachusetts in Congress, opposing statehood for Louisiana Territory, 1811_) _Richard Taylor born, 1826_ January Twenty-Eighth The rights of Louisiana as a sovereign State are those of Virginia; no more, no less. Let those who deny her right to resume delegated powers successfully refute the claim of Virginia to the same right, in spite of her expressed reservation made and notified to her sister States when she consented to enter the Union.... For two-thirds of a century this right has been known by many of the States to be, at all times, within their power. JUDAH P. BENJAMIN (_Farewell Address in the United States Senate_) January Twenty-Ninth It was Lee who suggested the capture of Stony Point, and it was a band of North Carolinians who formed Wayne's head of column in the assault upon that fortress. Three hundred Virginians followed Lee in his successful dash against Paulus Hook on the Jersey coast, August, 1779. HENRY A. WHITE _Henry Lee ("Light Horse Harry") born, 1756_ January Thirtieth UNCLE REMUS AT THE TELEPHONE "Yer 'tis, Miss Sally," said Uncle Remus after listening a moment. "Dey's a mighty zooin' gwine on in dar, en I dunner whe'er Mars John tryin' ter scramble out, er whe'er he des tryin' fer ter make hisself comfertuble in dar." "What did he say, Remus?" "He up en low'd dat one un us wus a vilyun but dey wuz such a buzzin' gwine on in dar dat I couldn't 'zactly ketch the rights un it." JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS January Thirty-first