Can you imagine a Southern governor today understanding and speaking so clearly about the suffering of the Southern people at the hands of the United States and our spirit of resistance in the face of oppression? These are the words of Alabama Governor George Wallace in 1963, half a century ago:
The liberals’ theory that poverty, discrimination and lack of opportunity is the cause of communism is a false theory… if it were true the South would have been the biggest single communist bloc in the western hemisphere long ago… for after the great War Between the States, our people faced a desolate land of burned universities, destroyed crops and homes, with manpower depleted and crippled, and even the mule, which was required to work the land, was so scarce that whole communities shared one animal to make the spring plowing. There were no government handouts, no Marshall Plan aid, no coddling to make sure that our people would not suffer; instead the South was set upon by the vulturous carpetbagger and federal troops, all loyal Southerners were denied the vote at the point of bayonet, so that the infamous, illegal 14th Amendment might be passed. There was no money, no food and no hope of either. But our grandfathers bent their knee only in church and bowed their head only to God.
Not for a single instant did they ever consider the easy way of federal dictatorship and amalgamation in return for fat bellies. They fought. They dug sweet roots from the ground with their bare hands and boiled them in iron pots… they gathered poke salad from the woods and acorns from the ground. They fought. They followed no false doctrine… they knew what the wanted . . and they fought for freedom! They came up from their knees in the greatest disply of sheer nerve, grit and guts that has ever been set down in the pages of written history… and they won! The great writer, Rudyard Kipling wrote of them, that: “There in the Southland of the United States of America, lives the greatest fighting breed of man… in all the world!”
And that is why today, I stand ashamed of the fat, well-fed whimperers who say that it is inevitable… that our cause is lost. I am ashamed of them… and I am ashamed for them. They do not represent the people of the Southland.
Where are the real South Carolinians looking to restore individual freedom that our forefathers fought and died for against the Tyrannical Federal (yankee) Government. While our people continue to sleep, the Feds are planning and war gaming against US! See http://www.barnhardt.biz, US Army war gaming mil response to tea party, and follow the link before they pull it from the internet. Yes, they war gaming against the People of South Carolina. They have told you that you are the treat to the Federal government and you will be controlled. Just to refresh your memory see if you fall into any of the following:
1. Believe in the original intent of the Constitution -> Terrorist
2. Believe in the 2nd Amendment -> Terrorist
3. Believe that your Rights come from God not the Feds -> Terrorist
4. Believe that abortion is wrong -> Terrorist
5. Believe that the money you work for is your own -> Terrorist
6. Believe your State has Sovereign borders -> Terrorist
And now recently added
7. Believe the Feds can’t make you buy health insurance ¬-> Terrorist
8. Believe you can build your own business ¬-> Terrorist
These are only a few and the Feds are adding on more everyday.
WAKE UP! South Carolina. Time is growing short. The Feds jackboots will be on your throats, as it was on your forefathers and their families! I will post on SNN hoping that it will awaken someone.
Sadly, I beloved most Southerners see themselves as “Americans” first and Southerners 2nd or 3rd.
Wallace was a real Southern patriot. I gladly swap Mississippi’s Haley Barbour and South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham for a few true patriots who would stand up for the Southern people and defy the Federal regime as did Wallace in his heyday.
I agree with the statement made by Anti-Federalist. Where I live the Confederate battle flag or the 1956 Georgia flag are still flown from many flagpoles. However, more often than not, the US Federal flag is usually flying atop of the Confederate flag. That tells me that these folks’ primary loyalty lies with Washington, DC first and the Southland second. On rare occasions during my travels across Georgia, can a a flagpole be spotted bearing only the battle flag or combination of battle flag and 1956 Georgia state flag.
Nope.
Great man who never forgot our past and its true meaning.