Daniel Decatur Emmett

[singing]

And that was Dixie, the new minstrel song by Dan Emmett, which is fast becoming something like a national anthem for the Confederacy.

As you can hear, the band has already heightened the spirits of the gay crowd, which has gathered here and been here for so many hours, waiting to see how this question is going to be resolved on the Charleston waterfront.

The young ladies, again, are taking a leading part in the almost celebration that is continuous here along the battery of Charleston, and even here in the confines of the fort.

it's actually like it's i think i it's horror it's horrifying um and You know, there's just so many elements of it that add to that or that play into that level of just like horror for you as a reader when you're being forced to read this or you're not being forced, but you're being asked to confront the absurdity of these situations.

You know, when you know, like, you know, like when he's he's singing with Dan Emmett's group.

Yes.

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