The two men in rather odd yellow and blue t-shirts (one had alarmingly pointed ears) were as persuasive as they knew how with books, pictures and power point presentations after they were beamed down to President Lincoln's White House office in 1861.
Their argument was simple: let the South secede and send the Army of the Potomac north into Canada (a country not yet confederated). Save 600,000 lives, free the slaves and get Alaska in the treaty. As a man who understood that a house divided cannot stand, Lincoln agreed.
"I think the Vulcan mindmeld did it Jim," the pointy eared one said. "And it spared the Confederacy from the disgrace of being the only English-speaking country in history to be defeated in battle and occupied", the Captain replied.
The South was able to develop to its full potential from then on without gold, silver, oil or modern industry. People did leave for Alaska on the Alabaska Trail but most stayed on their plantations. Everyone had all the cotton balls they could ask for as well as Q Tips and 839,000,000 guns "so folks could feel safe".
The Confederate President in 2009 was one Wilson Crapnottle, a descendent of the family that invented "Mush Mouth",the national dish. a sugary stew of bourbon, pork and doughnuts. He was also a natural orator along the lines of Andy Griffith.
Meanwhile the US of Americanada became the most prosperous and respected country in the world. Captain Kirk knew that he had violated the Prime Directive by altering history but he said at his trial that he wanted the true north to play a bigger part on the world stage. President Gordon Lightfoot could only agree.
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