CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE
These are exciting times for members, Rangers and friends of
the SCLoS. Every day seems to bring new
and different events, opportunities and challenges that try our dedication and resolve
to work continually for state sovereignty.
Dr. Michael Hill, President LoS informed me the Grey Book is
scheduled for release to the public later this month. It is titled, The Grey Book: Blueprint for Southern
Independence and it should have a tremendous impact on defining
our future.
In addition, The Southern National Congress (SNC) is
scheduled to meet in Montgomery, Alabama on 15-16 October 2004. It will be comprised of two bodies, an
Assembly of Delegates and Council of Representatives. The Council of Representatives is invited and the people will
represent Southern organizations, but the citizens of each Southern state will
elect the Assembly of Delegates. South
Carolina will send 10 delegates to the 132-member body. Nomination forms for delegates may be
printed from the website www.southernnationalcaucus.org. After nominating an individual, please mail
to SNC Registrar Jamie L. Brown, 547 Layden Lane, Bamberg, SC CSA 29003. Voting for the nominated delegates will
follow at a later date.
The flagging of senatorial candidate David “Scalawag”
Beasley by dedicated Red Shirts has raised the removal of the Confederate flag
from the state house dome to a viable political issue. We are sending a message to all politicians,
state chambers of commerce and corporate executives that we do not forgive and
we do not forget. We have used flags,
signs of all description, banners, a person dressed in a seven-foot turkey suit
sporting signs both front and back proclaiming “BEASLEY IS A TURKEY,” a manikin
sticking feet up from a commode with signs reading “Flush Beasley,” the
Confederate Air Force pulling a large Battle flag and a banner reading either
“DUMP BEASLEY” or “BEASLEY LIES.” and road side signs posted all over the state
containing a battle flag along with the statement “BOOT BEASLEY.” All of
this cost time, energy and money, but some friends of the SCLoS have provided
much of the money.
The SCLoS has been featured or mentioned in numerous news
reports on television and radio and in newspaper and magazine articles. Many reports are surrounded by a pack of
lies that only liberals can dream up, but some are telling it like it is. Secession is becoming a normal topic of
conversation and the SCLoS is mow widely known. We are getting new members from the brown-colored Hunley brochure
handed out at the Hunley crew’s funeral in Charleston and from applications
printed from our website as well as older literature already in circulation.
A new Christian Exodus movement is underway, whereby
Christians living in other states are encouraged to move to South Carolina to
help create a free and independent Christian state of South Carolina. This
group will work in conjunction with the CSA Project, whereas families are
encouraged to move to South Carolina to work for state sovereignty within our
organization. For more information see
their website www.christianexodus.com. These activities are taking place without
any input from the SCLoS, but we do encourage Christians to move to South
Carolina. A reporter asked me “Do you
really want a Christian South Carolina”?
I answered, “Of course!” but the question and answer was not published.
The recent purchase of Secession Hill in Abbeville will
allow the Southern Cultural Centre to raise funds from the general public to
promote Southern Culture. This will be
a long-term effort and will involve many other organizations and groups. Details are being developed and will be
announced when finalized.
At this time we have a contract to buy property in Cayce, SC
for a second Southern Cultural Centre.
A fund raising letter was sent out to hundreds of our members, Rangers
and friends. The letter is featured on www.sclos.org and a linkage is established
with www.dixienet.org and www.southerncaucus.org. We are beginning to receive donations from
all of these contacts. If you have not
contributed, please consider doing so today.
Please see the websites for more details.
We are currently developing three new websites to serve
different purposes and compliment www.sclos.org. www.palmetto.org
will be redesigned for college and high school students. The www.redshirts.org site will be tailored to
bring recruits into the very important activist group that will bring pressure
from the grass roots to facilitate a change in attitudes and legislation
leading to state sovereignty. www.sccsc01.com sounds strange, but it
stands for Southern Cultural Center South Carolina 01.com. This site will have a multitude of purposes,
most importantly, tracking the development of Secession Hill in Abbeville,
SC. Please bear with us if we fall
short at times in answering correspondence, as we are trying to move forward on
many fronts.
Many of the things we are now doing was made possible by
your contributions to the Palmetto Legion fund. Please remember the salary of the state director is paid by
contributions only. There are many
things that simply cannot be delegated to volunteers with any certainty of
completion in a timely fashion. A paid
staff leading an army of dedicated volunteers can get the job done. Additional staff will be needed as we grow
and become more influential in the political process. We will try to make these funds the old fashion way, “ Work for
them” by selling cultural products and other merchandise, and in a
sophisticated way with donations from corporations and foundations.
It can be said with
some degree of certainty, we are on our way and with God’s help we shall have a
free and independent South Carolina.