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THE CONTINUED PC ATTACK ON THE SOUTH

by Diane Rufino



    The picture above is outrageous. Who were the real traitors to the Constitution? Who were the real traitors to the ideals embodied in the Declaration of Independence? Ask yourself this: Who is telling the narrative about the Civil War? It is the US government, the victor in the Civil War. Victors always get to tell THEIR version. They always get to tell it in a way to justify their position and to vilify the opponent. The government was the one party that truly benefited the greatest from the War of Aggression. Make no mistake, it was the government's war. It was not the North's war. The North didn't benefit from it in any real tangible way except for the satisfaction perhaps of forcing the Southern states to remain politically connected to them. It's like a husband saving a marriage by beating his wife. But the government had everything to gain. With the Civil War, the government fundamentally transformed. It transformed into the type of institution a few ambitious individuals with a skewed understanding of our founding dreamed about. By shutting down the ability of citizens to oppose the war and journalists from telling citizens the truth, Lincoln violated the individual protections provided in the Constitution to wage his war. The government's war became the North's war, by association. In sheer numbers of men, the North suffered dearly. In a sense they lost as well. They were duped and were complicit in a corrupt war. We blame the Bush administration for the Iraq War because, as many believe, it was initiated under duplicitous circumstances, Were there weapons of mass destruction? The war was sold to Congress and the American people as necessary to stop Saddam from using his weapons of mass destruction. Lincoln sold the war on the South under equally duplicitous circumstances. His handling of the Fort Sumpter situation was for similar circumstances... to create a false scenario to win the hearts and minds for his plans. The North suffered because it was hijacked by a president who used the full forces (unconstitutionally) of the government for a personal war to bring states together who did not want the particular arrangement. Its men were the tools of a myoptic leader. It was an economic war - to continue the overwhelming economic benefits provided by the South to benefit the North. It was NOT a war to abolish slavery. It was a war of illusions, crafted by Abraham Lincoln, in order to preserve the "arrangement" and not so much the physical union, and for the purposes of garnering the sentiment of the powers in the North and of those remaining in the government. The North was an unwitting participant. Its men were drafted into fighting for Lincoln's crusade, under a false illusion, and suffered terrible losses. For years they died for the notion of a united nation and not for the abolition of slavery. History shows that they would have never fought and died for that end alone. This is not to say that slavery needed to be abolished. Indeed, the silver lining of that horrible 5-year war - that HUGE loss of life - is that the evil practice was ended. But most believed that slavery was on its way out and would have had a natural end, and in that natural process, terms would have been worked out that would have resulted in the situation that would not have resulted in the tensions and scheming that gave rise to Jim Crow, the KKK, etc etc.

     And so, the question is this: Who is the real traitor to the spirit of our American Revolution - under which our nation "conceived in liberty" and dedicated to the principle of self-governance and self determination - was born? It was the government. It was the North. The notion of secession, the notion of self-determination, and the notion of a free people deciding their form of government and deciding when that government has become destructive of the reasons for its existence, are precisely the notions our colonists, our Founders, and our militias fought for.

    Shame on us for being diluted by self-serving accounts of history.


    Learn the truth so you can help defend it and perpetuate it. The Abbeville Institute is offering a wonderful 2-day conference event to educate and train individuals to stand up for truth and for heritage.

    I have been following the Abbeville Institute for years, reading its articles, and listening to its presentations. Its contributing authors are historians and work with the real facts. They refuse to let

CONFERENCE EVENT: THE PC ATTACK ON THE SOUTH

It's coming up!! Friday-Saturday: February 26-27

In Charleston, S.C.

    The politically correct assault on Confederate symbols now includes nearly all things Southern. The statue of John C. Calhoun in Charleston was vandalized. Southern founding fathers are rejected. Universities are removing or renaming buildings, monuments and symbols with links to the pre-1960s South. Not understanding the world-inverting character of ideological thinking, many well meaning people seek to appease these militant demands. They do so at their peril.

    The Southern vision of society was America until the War of 1861-65. Even into the middle of the twentieth century most Americans viewed Confederate heroes as American heroes. Southern statesmen largely shaped the destiny of the Union and formed the bedrock of the rugged individualistic American society. The popular film "Dixie" (1942), starring Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour, described "Dixie" as a rousing song that "expresses the spirit of America."

Join us for a discussion of what these politically correct attacks mean for the future of the South and America, and why we should continue not only to recognize but to honor the South's role in shaping America.


 
REGISTRATION @ abbevilleinstitute.typeform.com

PROGRAM:

FRIDAY EVENING. A panel discussion on understanding the PC attack on the South and how to respond to it.

SATURDAY: Lectures all day. Banquet Saturday evening with honored guest speaker Bertram Hayes-Davis, great grandson of Jefferson Davis, who will talk on Davis as an American president.

Speakers during the day include:
Clyde Wilson, "Why the War Was not About Slavery"
Thomas Fleming, "The Lef't's Jihad Against the South"
Brion McClanahan, "Tear Down Symbols of Slavery ....in the North"
Donald Livingston, "Why Slavery Was a National Enormity"
Carey Roberts, "The Changing Meaning of Confederate Symbols"
Barbara Marthal, "Avoid Cultural Suicide: Honoring Our Southern Tradition"
Banquet Speaker, Bertram Hayes-Davis: Jefferson Davis: Renaissance Man

    ACCOMMODATIONS AND COST. Crown Plaza Hotel, 4831 Tanger Outlet Blvd, North Charleston, SC. Rooms, single or double, are $129. The hotel is next to the airport and has free shuttle service. For reservations call 800-439-4745 and give the group code (AIE) for reduced rate. The cut off date for the group rate is February 21, 2016. Space is limited, so reserve now.

    CONFERENCE FEE AND INQUIRIES. The fee is $150 which includes breakfast and Saturday banquet. A limited number of scholarships are available for students who are encouraged to apply. Payment can be made on line at www.abbevilleinstitute.org or mail a check payable to Abbeville Institute, P.O. Box 10, McClellanville, SC 29458. For schedule of program and other inquires check the Abbeville website or call (843) 323-0690.

    Publisher's note: Contributor Diane Rufino also serves of co-publisher for Pitt County NOW.
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( February 7th, 2016 @ 6:16 pm )
 
I think that one of the enduring lessons of the Civil War was simply an abomination that allowed Lincoln to garner support for his real purpose, which was as you say preserving the "arrangement". By losing the war, the South had staked its freedom on slippery ground. I agree with you that the keeping the nation united was the in the face of rebellion from the south.

As you indicate, there have been many studies that do indicate that slavery was on the wane and would have eventually been thrown on the trash heap of history. The south's cause was not helped by the fact that almost every state's succession declaration used slavery as one of its basic tenants.

The aftermath of the Civil War and the carpetbaggers decent into the south to plunder is common to most wars. As you say, the victor writes the history. Somewhere lost in the history is the fundamental right for states to dissolve their relationship to the union as you have pointed out in previous posts. Our very Declaration of Independence states the case for dissolving an abusive government.

I do not think any rational person could defend the practice of slavery today, but it is so intertwined with the states' rights issue that the subject is now mute. I sometimes think that we southerners have never been able to reconcile the two legs upon which the war was fought. One was the obvious inequity of slavery and the other the principle of self-determination at the local level.

As always, it boils down to who is in control and those in control will use any advantage to accomplish their goals regardless of the laws on the books or the constitutional basis for those laws. The political correct movement will use every advantage to slant and obscure their real purpose. That is CONTROL.

I wish you well in your conference and hope that perhaps some clarity can bring thoughtful people to the fallacy of using past sins to obscure present governmental abuse. I do not have much disagreement with your explanation of the situation and it appears that no amount of guilt will ever be forgiven to the succeeding generations who are now under assault for having been related to or born in the geography that is still under indictment by media and elitist centers in the north.



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