News:Chancellor Whitmore urges "caution and restraint" in emergency address

Wednesday, 9 January, 2019

In a special televised emergency address held Wednesday afternoon, Chancellor Bobby Whitmore has called on the "leaders of democracies across North America and all the peoples they represent" to show "immense caution and restraint" in dealing with the after effects of intense market turmoil which struck the continent this morning. The Chancellor's remarks come only a few hours after an unusual display of force from the Continental Coast Guard, an event which is reported to have captured the attention of millions on live television.

“ Good afternoon to my fellow citizens that are watching this now. And of course, to all the leaders of democracies across North America and all the peoples they represent, I would like to extend a very special, heartfelt welcome to you. Bienvenidos und Wilkommen.

Compatriots, in our glorious democracy, we have amassed such a grand inheritance that the hungry could go without want and that the downtrodden could be helped back up. We have gotten here through centuries of good intentions and trust in those that have surrounded us. Peace has ruled over our land after our fellow Americans agreed that parting ways was necessary, and the defence of our mutual freedoms of course pushed us together into a common political bloc that would stand for personal liberty in the face of ever-present tyrannies across the globe. This has not come without dangerous repercussions for our own people.

Our fair Republic has had the liberal fantasy of a perfect harmony between freedom and the state corrupted to an unrecogniseable degree. Decade after decade, the sweeping grasp of corporate interests have stuck their fingers through the windows of the halls that dot the continent in the name of common freedom. An evil unlike no other hides behind a mask that shouts at you "Progress!" demanding your time and your life in return. In no circumstance did any of our people ask for this torture. In suburbs across the country, teenagers take extreme doses of psychiatric drugs for kicks, while their parents watch their lives away on television. In cities, our streets are crowded with a vertiable class of "untouchables," high off their minds on heroin and other life-ending substances. In the countryside, the once-proud farmers slowly lose their lands to low prices and lose their livers to drinking.

When your government officially entered into power last year, my citizens, we were confronted with a dying way of life, a world slowly losing its promise for future generations. We have now decided, after provoked by horrible tragedy, that we must no longer lay down and accept death so easily. We are a prosperous, industrious people full of hope and ambition. We can achieve a brighter world with a new order, and a new goal on the world stage. Brazoria will not rot at the core as some American governments have come to accept as the norm. It will be a change like none other in your lives, my compatriots, but know that I am right there with you. This is not an easy task, and you will probably soon learn that very close to home, that empowering our society for great change will of course require the destruction of that which once was.

And so it is clear that our actions have begun to upset those who would have called us their friends only yesterday morning. When I spoke to you last night, I did not intend to cause the break out of a war. That is not at all what I have ever wished for, the senseless death of our people, for a reason as idiotic as industrial bureaucracy. As it stands at this time, to all whom it may concern, the Republic of Brazoria is to this minute a member of the St. Louis Area, as tragic as that is for me to say. We are not going to seize anything from anyone, with the sole exception of our own people's dignity in the history books. As long as I am the Chancellor of Brazoria, there will be no war with our brother nations.

But that does not mean we are backing down. As I said last night, we will never back down from the challenge of building a better world. So, great people of Brazoria, I implore you, do not panic. This is not the end of the world, and though there may be many hardships ahead, there are greener pastures on the other side of these coming days. To my fellow Americans, we ask that you use immense caution and restraint in your affairs, as even though we may be shift our statist towers around, we have no intention of doing anything that would harm your own nations. These concerns about the market should be held against those who are truly accountable for that whole mess in the first place, for those people are of no concern to myself or to the rest of the government.

We will continue to fight for you alone, my compatriots, but know that each and every one of you do not deserve to die in some needless conflict with those that once called us brothers. I thank you all for your time, and I wish all of my homeland and all those lands beyond it a wonderful rest of your day.

” — Robert Whitmore, Chancellor of Brazoria

At least thirty million Brazorians are believed to have seen the address, many in overcrowded supermarkets, making it the most viewed government announcement in Brazorian history. Shortly after the address, protests erupted around United Commonwealth diplomatic missions across Brazoria, with many of the protestors carrying placards calling the UCCS variety of jingoistic slogans. Protests also took place near Sierran diplomatic posts and the American Court of Justice building in Austin. There are reports that a single government helicopter has been sighted surveying the area around the Sabine River, though the government has not yet responded to media inquiries.