Party Truths
Recent years have seen a new revisionist theme emerge in the history of America’s two principal, modern-day political parties – the Democrats and Republicans. In the new debate, two questions have emerged: Did the two… »
The Unionist Davis vs. The Radical Lincoln
Jefferson Davis was the conservative who tried vainly to save the Union in the face of Republican attempts to pit North against South, and force the South to seek a more perfect union without the… »
Jefferson Davis: A Judicial Estimate
This piece is published in honor of Davis’s birthday, June 3. With unaffected distrust of my ability to meet the demands of such a great hour as this, I rejoice to be again on the… »
Confederate Emancipation
The following is a transcription of a speech given at the inaugural Education Conference of the Alabama Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans: ‘The best men of the South have long desired to do… »
Christmas in Richmond, 1864
This piece is taken from Varina Davis’s recollections of life in the South, published in the New York World on December 13, 1896, and reprinted here. …Rice, flour, molasses and tiny pieces of meat, most… »
Scholars’ Statement in Support of the Confederate Flag (2000)
Statement of College and University Professors in Support of the Confederate Battle Flag Atop the South Carolina Statehouse, drafted just before the legislative “compromise.” To the General Assembly and People of South Carolina: Certain academics… »
A Long Farewell: The Southern Valedictories of 1860-1861
This essay was originally published in Southern Partisan Magazine, 1989. As we conclude bicentennial celebration of the drafting and adoption of the Constitution of the United States, it may be hoped that we have finally… »
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… »
One Ruler to Enforce Obedience
The peaceful political separation desired by the American South in early 1861 was best summarized by President Jefferson Davis’ in his inaugural address: “We seek no conquest, no aggrandizement, no concession of any kind from… »
A Sacrifice for His People: The Imprisonment of Jefferson Davis
In 1866 Margaret Junkin Preston of Lexington, Virginia, a sister-in-law of Stonewall Jackson, wrote a poem she called “Regulus.” Regulus was a Roman hero who was tortured by the Carthaginians but never yielded his honour… »
