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Carl Jones

Republicanism and Liberty: The “Patrick Henry”/”Onslow” Debate

By H. Lee Cheek, Jr.

The fiercely contested, yet inconclusive election of 1824 set the stage for one of the great debates of American political history. According to Irving Bartlett, “the key to understanding Calhoun’s political behavior and thinking from… »

  • Carey Roberts
  • Carl Jones
  • H. Lee Cheek
  • John C. Calhoun
  • Republicanism
  • Sean Busick
  • United States Constitution

Son of the South

By Carl Jones

Today, November 13, is the birthday of one of the Troubadours of Southern Rock, Toy Talmadge Caldwell of The Marshall Tucker Band. Toy was born in 1947, grew up in Spartanburg, and like his Father,… »

  • Carl Jones
  • Marshall Tucker Band
  • Southern Culture
  • Southern Rock
  • Toy Caldwell

“The Sun, of the Southern States Would Set, Never to Rise Again.”

By Carl Jones

It is a strange fact of modern American culture that when looking at famous people in the political realm of American history, far more often than not the more statist a historical figure is, the… »

  • Carl Jones
  • South Carolina
  • State's Rights
  • United States Constitution

A People Without A Heritage

By Carl Jones

For centuries the Scottish Highlanders, existing under a clan system, were apt to “revolt” against English rule. “Revolt” is the term the British used. In actuality, what the Scots were doing was “resisting” British rule,… »

  • Carl Jones
  • Southern Culture
  • Southern History
  • War for Southern Independence

July 4- What Exactly are We Celebrating?

By Carl Jones

On July 2, 1776 the Continental Congress voted to declare independence from the English Crown. A committee of five men was selected to put an ordinance of secession into written form, and on July 4… »

  • American War for Independence
  • Carl Jones
  • Declaration of Independence

Ft. Sumter: The First Act of Aggression

By Carl Jones

Too often a narrative is passed from one person to the next until it becomes accepted as fact or “common knowledge.” In the society that we live in critical analysis is rarely applied, and so… »

  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Carl Jones
  • Fort Sumter
  • Jefferson Davis
  • War for Southern Independence

We’re Them Ol’ Boys Raised on Shotguns

By Carl Jones

When the Celtic people of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern England began coming in large numbers to what would become the United States, the Puritans and Cavaliers were already here. These latter groups were astounded… »

  • Carl Jones
  • Daniel Boone
  • David Crockett
  • Southern Culture

Albion’s Seed: Cavaliers and Puritans

By Carl Jones

Random observations from reading David Hackett Fischer’s Albion’s Seed (which I’ve not yet finished)- Ain’t, betwixt, innards, unbeknownst- These are words that originated in the Southern and Western parts of England, and which came to… »

  • Carl Jones
  • Cavaliers
  • Puritans
  • Southern Language

Truth

By Carl Jones

At the annual reunion of the Alabama Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans I sat at the head table looking out at so many of my friends, compatriots and brothers of the South. It occurred to… »

  • Carl Jones
  • Southern History
  • Southern Honor
  • War for Southern Independence

On the Hunt

By Carl Jones

One of the greatest examples of the Southern tradition is a love of the great outdoors. When I was a kid in the 4th Grade, I loved reading about Confederate heroes, but I was also… »

  • Carl Jones
  • Daniel Boone
  • David Crockett
  • Hunting

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  • 2012 Summer School: The Greatness of Southern Literature III
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