One of the goals of the League is the cultural preservation of our nation. This is done through articles both written and electronic on League-related sites. The latest venture, is a magazine entitle the Free Magnolia. Culture is also preserved in families through stories and traditions they have passed down through the generations. One family I know has managed to pass down fiddle playing skills. In these days of cultural relativism, the need to provide future generations with knowledge, heritage and wisdom is important along with being a God given responsibility. We are told to be salt and light. My understanding of being salt and light is preserving heritage and wisdom. Each of us will pass down a heritage, whether it be the current one in vogue of hedonism and cultural self-hatred, or something along the lines that the League of the South attempts to do.

February is a good month to reconsider the Confederate nation, since it came into being on 22 February 1861. It was by no means a perfect nation. As a nation, we have had our difficulties and challenges. Despite the rejoicing that Karl Marx, Horace Mann and those of their ilk did when the South was politically subjected, the ideals of the nation survived. The American ideal set out in the Constitution and Declaration of Independence was epitomized in the Southern nation. The people are sovereign. It is by their consent that the government is in power. The Yankee nation has taken that notion and twisted it around to where the government is sovereign and the people are to submit and consent to their authority.  If you don’t believe it , visit any Federal courthouse. From the construction to the attitude of the residents, you will see the epitome of arrogance. In the most recent egregious episode, a federal judge ruled that a child must be exposed to teaching that run contrary to his Christian beliefs, despite efforts by the parents to protest. Child forced into indoctrination .Somehow ‘free’ speech has been twisted into the fact that the future generations must be exposed to the teachings and lifestyles of every group that the authorities believe is in their best interest.

Honestly! Look at where the Yankee government is. They hide mention of the ten commandments at the Supreme Court building. They have demanded the removal of the ten commandments from public buildings. They force children to be exposed to ungodly doctrines and controversial live vaccines. They tolerate evil in its many forms and seek to criminalize the speaking out against it. This certainly sounds like a nation that calls evil good and good evil. The nation has lost its moral compass. The leaders give and sell sovereignty away piece by piece while the people focus their attentions on Anna Nicole and who gets her body. Is the South better off under such occupation? If this is the present situation and generation, what of the future generations? I would gladly take the Southern nation with its faults over what the Yankees have done.  Here’s one for the history books. During the War of Northern aggression, the economic situation in Texas was a difficult one. During the worst days of the inflation, gold was selling for $500.00 Confederate dollars an ounce. In 2007, an ounce of gold is selling for $687.00 Yankee dollars an ounce (as of 24 Feb 2007). Consider that for a moment. —-Inflation is worse NOW than it ever was during the war. If people refer to Confederate money as being worthless, what is the ‘true’ value of the current paper monies? Confederate money in 1865 is worth more than the dollar of 2007! The economy  under Yankee occupation is worse than it ever was during the war, the only difference is that with TV and computers, people are too busy to notice. Here is another one for the history books. Cotton sold for $1.90 Confederate dollars a pound in 1864. With 500 pounds to a bale, that would make them worth $950 dollars. In 2007 dollars, cotton sells for $48.00 a pound, and a 500 lb bale goes for about $24,000 dollars. Bear in mind that the cotton industry is heavily subsidized. But in terms of comparing prices in 1864 to the present day against tangible objects (cotton bales and ounces of gold), something is rotten on, in, beside and along the Potomac.

The southern nation valued its Christian heritage and did not hide it. One of the early tasks of the government was to obtain printing plates and print our own Bibles. Parental authority was respected. Days of national prayer were common. Although cursing occurred among some troops, it was not common in the army as a whole.  Chaplains were not chastised because they prayed in Jesus’ name. Communism, feminism and atheism were fellow travelers and perceived as threats to the current order. Gun ownership was encouraged. Men were encouraged to and expected protect their families. Men who did not provide for their families were shamed. 

Take some time this month and seriously consider the current situation, in terms of economics, morals, quality of life and just about any other area between what the Southern nation had and where we are under the occupational government. Which government’s culture do you want your grandchildren to have? Which values would you rather teach to future generations?

What say ye?

Free Dixie, Not Iraq!

JM

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