WHY A SOUTHERN PARTY ?

Why a Southern Party?

     While the modern Southern nationalist movement has manifested itself through several Southern cultural and heritage groups since the early 1990's, the movement to found a regional political party of the South espousing a nationalist message was not begun until November of 1998.

Disillusioned by the precipitous decline of public virtue and morality reflected by the acquittal of President Clinton; dismayed by the regression of our once truly federal republic into an increasingly consolidated, unaccountable and centralized state; disenchanted with a corrupt two-party system that fails to represent Southern interests in Washington; and thoroughly fed up with the now perpetual campaign of cultural bigotry and oppression being waged against Southerners by the Washington and Hollywood elites; patriotic citizens from across Dixie formed an exploratory committee to evaluate the feasibility of establishing a nationalist party of the South.  By January of 1999, the Southern Party Exploratory Committee determined that not only was such a party viable, but its establishment was something greatly to be desired.  So, in February of 1999 the Southern National Committee was formed to oversee the building of a regional political party that would represent the Southern people with honor and integrity.

Why the South must regain its sovereignty...

     Long recognized as "a nation within a nation" the South's social, economic, cultural and political priorities often do not coincide with those of the rest of the United States.  As many non-Southern Americans have long observed, "the South is different," and this is the central realization that drives our work.  The problem, as we see it, is that the South has no unified political voice that will defend its interests.  With national independence crushed by military force in 1865 and State's Rights effectively undermined in the past few decades, the South has been adrift for years and under almost constant assault by the forces of modernism, rampant social engineering and moral relativism.

For Southerners, the War for Southern Independence did not truly end in the village of Appomattox on Palm Sunday of 1865.  Instead, the conflict moved from hot war to cold war as the South was transformed into an economic colony of the North and became the national whipping boy for the rest of the country.  For a time, however, it seemed that the South might be able to preserve her unique culture within the political boundaries of the now consolidated and degraded union.  This hope proved to be overly optimistic as the experience of the past 134 years has demonstrated.  Any hope of maintaining genuine sovereignty was squelched as liberalism emerged as the dominant political philosophy during the New Deal era. These partisans of the political Left were intent on sweeping aside all resistance to the modern agenda of radical social engineering and this meant that Southerners would no longer be allowed to govern their own affairs.

For the past four decades the people of the South have been the target of an insidious and incrementalist campaign of cultural cleansing aided and abetted by the reigning forces of liberalism that seeks to replace the rule of men for the rule of law in America. Even more disturbing, this campaign has accelerated in the past 15 years, resulting in a cultural and political crisis that grows increasingly intolerable as the prospects for national reform grow ever dimmer.

This menacing trend has convinced legions of Southerners that the current union is gravely imperiled.  Indeed, many have concluded that Dixie must regain genuine sovereignty, and perhaps even outright independence, in order to preserve her venerable political, social, economic and cultural institutions.

In many respects, Dixie's current predicament is not unlike that which has faced the people of Scotland and Quebec - both national minorities trying to protect their culture, traditions and economic well-being from highly centralized and distant governments that have never adequately represented their interests. In the United Kingdom the Scots have responded to this problem by forming the Scottish National Party (SNP) in the 1930's. After many years of crying in the wilderness, the SNP recently became the major opposition party in the newly formed Scottish Parliament and is pushing aggressively for full political independence from London. Likewise, in Canada, the French-speaking people of Quebec formed the Quebec Party (Parti Quebecois) in the 1960's to protect their culture and interests and to secure good government for their people. The Parti Quebecois has been instrumental in winning political concessions from the central government of Canada and is credited by many with ensuring the survival of the French culture of Quebec. In 1995, the pro-independence voters of the PQ won 49.44% of the vote on a sovereignty referendum that nearly resulted in outright independence FOR Quebec. As we draw closer to the new millennium, the PQ continues to push aggressively for nationhood.

A Party we can call our own...

Sadly, here in the United States, Dixie lacks a political party fully dedicated to defending the interests of the South and we think this needs to change.  Dixie has had no truly unified political voice since the demise of the formerly Solid South.  With the Democrats now transformed into a party of Leftism and the Republicans representing primarily the interests of global/corporate capitalism, it is clear that something new is needed.

For this reason, it was decided that it would be necessary to establish an overtly regional/nationalist Southern political party.  This party's central purpose will be to secure good government and self-determination for all the people of the South by seeking independence.

What happens next?

Efforts are currently underway to move this effort rapidly forward.  An infrastructure for the Southern Party is being put into place and we have issued the Asheville Declaration that reaffirms the sovereignty of the Southern States.  This declaration highlights the South's grievances with Washington and demands the return of sovereign State powers that have been usurped and abused by the federal government.  If, in the future, the central government refuses to yield to the rightful petitions of Southern State legislatures, (which is a virtual certainty), then the Southern Party will seek to secure full independence for the region through the ballot box.

No one can predict how many years it will take for the Southern nationalist movement to achieve majority status in the Southland.   Since good government for the South is our broadest objective, the Southern Party will always stress electing Southern nationalist office holders who will work diligently to advance principles and issues that we have identified as being central in concern to the Southern people in the present day.  We know that this will require input from Southerners from Maryland to Texas and from Kentucky to the Gulf Coast.  Therefore, we strongly encourage your participation in this new party and we earnestly solicit your support.

We hope that our Southern Party initiative has captured your imagination and has brought you to the realization that Southerners CAN forge for themselves a new path if only we will summon the courage to act.

What you can do....

If you are as excited about the Southern Party as we are, then we ask you to contact us using one of the email links in the table above to volunteer for this effort.  We are currently enlisting experienced campaign consultants, attorneys, media professionals, political activists, Southern heritage activists and fund-raising professionals to give us the benefit of their own experience working in the political arena.  Last, but not least, the Southern Party needs to quickly build a political war chest of funds to support our efforts and we hope you will give generously to support the work of the Southern Party.  Those who contribute $20.00 or more immediately become members of the national party and their State party.