In his first Inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln explained his moral justification for invading the Southern States. Plainly, he said, “the central idea of secession is the essence of anarchy.” He reasoned that if a State… »
2014 was a remarkable year for the Abbeville Institute. 1. Our well attended Twelfth Annual Summer School focused on the War for Southern Independence. Southerners fought the bloodiest war of the 19th century against overwhelming… »
Self government and the secession required for it in oversized States are as much a province of the Left as of political conservatives. It was the left that raised the question of secession after Al… »
Ladies and Gentlemen, Scotland voted “No” to independence. The media will have you believe this was a crushing victory. After all, only 45 percent of the Scottish people voted for secession. We should flip that… »
When the Scottish Parliament voted to join the English Parliament in 1707, it seemed the end of Scottish national identity. It was thought that a small country like Scotland could not succeed economically without being… »
Abbeville President Don Livingston talks to Tom Woods about the Southern tradition, secession, and the fundamentals of American government.
Aristotle taught that “To the size of states there is a limit, as there is to other things, plants, animals, implements, for none of these things retain their natural power when they are too large… »
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… »
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