And here's to old Virginia--
The Old Dominion State--
Who with the young Confederacy
At length has linked her fate;
Impelled by her example,
Now other states prepare
To hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag
That bears a single star.--
it’s would have been interesting to have had South Carolina be at the front of this legal challenge to the HCO (Healthcare overhaul). It was South Carolina that went against the federal government and broke from the United States first in 1860, defining itself as a stubborn, headstrong state.