Comparing Constitutions
Southern leaders had few complaints with the old Constitution under which they had lived. The heart of the conflict, they felt, was that the intent of the written law had been subverted by Northern sectionalists.… »
Defending the Confederacy
The South has always had to defend itself, first in the halls of Congress, then militarily on the battlefield, but since 1865 in the annals of history. For surely today we are seen as the… »
Confederate Case Law: The Rule of Law, Not of Men
The mark of an advanced civilization is the rule of law, with the highest being the rule of law that protects life, liberty and property. Based upon this standard, the Confederate States of America embodied… »
Essential Reading: The Confederate Constitution of 1861
This review was first printed in Southern Partisan magazine in 1995. Marshall DeRosa: The Confederate Constitution of 1861: An Inquiry into American Constitutionalism (University of Missouri Press, 1991). Let there be no doubt, my friends.… »
The Confederacy’s Rule of Law
As Southern States seceded from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America, the matter of transitioning the US Judiciary into the CSA Judiciary required both skill and determination. Issues of jurisdiction, personnel,… »
Slavery in the Confederate Constitution
…… Although I have never Sought popularity by any animated Speeches or Inflammatory publications against the Slavery of the Blacks, my opinion against it has always been known and my practice has been so conformable… »
Twelfth Annual Abbeville Summer School: The War for Southern Independence
THE WAR FOR SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE After the War, a defeated South explained to the world that it fought against overwhelming odds for national independence. The “Myth of the Lost Cause,” fashionable among academic historians, teaches… »
The Virus of Centralization
In my previous post on this website I addressed the Lincoln’s 1863 revelation to Governor Pierpont that the war must be protracted in order for the politically connected to rape the South of its cotton.… »
