In Dixie, Winning Is Our Only Option The South Carolina League Of The South Is Leading The Way

Jim Hanks, Jr.

State Chairman

South Carolina League of the South

chairman@sclos.org

CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE

By James E. Layden

4 July 2003

 I want to thank our members, rangers and friends for your support as we move the South Carolina League of the South (SCLoS) into a professional directed volunteer organization.  Robert Hayes, State Director, our first full time paid employee has been busy visiting chapters around the State, training Paul Griffin for the position of League Building Manager, making preparation for the League conference, and supporting local chapters as they move into the mode of “confrontational politics.”

  He provided assistance in Greenville with issues dealing with the Martin Luther King holiday and land use planning, in Columbia with the Red Shirt picketing of the Democrat political party state convention and the televised debate of the Democratic presidential candidates, in Lexington with Martin Luther King and Confederate memorial holiday.  As State Director, Robert gained televised attention to the SCLoS in an interview with Channel 25.  The Greenville News and The State newspapers wrote articles about the League and the SCLoS.  (See www.sclos.org)  More importantly, similar information appeared in numerous web sites and other media dealing with southern issues.  The message that we are sending to both friend and foe, is the same one articulated by our spring issue of the South Carolina Patriot,  “We aren’t going to take it any more.”

 This issue was brought to the forefront when The State newspaper articles, by staff writer Joseph Stroud were judged by a prepondence of our members to be hostile to our cause. The newspaper essentially called the League and the SCLoS racist hate groups, by quoting the discredited Southern Poverty Law Center operated by Morris Dees.  I initiated the Red Shirt strategy, described in our spring quarterly, but stopped short of implementation to give the newspaper an opportunity to make amends.  Board Member and acting Midlands Coordinator Larry Salley, State Director Robert Hayes, and I met with a newspaper executive on 2 July 2003.  We had a congenial, productive meeting and other meetings are planned with additional people to work out specific details.

 Our web site was recently modified and will be changed again in a few weeks to incorporate addition features.  Mac McCoy is our new web master and he will be available to input information to our clientele in a timely manner.   David Underwood, former web master will work on the complicated task of building a website to sell merchandise from the League Building over the Internet.  You can view the site at www.leaguebuilding.com.  Please check it from time to time and watch the progress. 

 Members of the SCLoS are looking into innovative ways to raise funds for the SCLoS, a non-profit 501 (c)(4) organization, and the League Building – Southern Cultural Center, tax deductible, 501 (c)(3) organization.  Others are looking into locations for additional “League Buildings.”  I will keep you posted on any developments in these areas.   The two organizations are separate to allow the SCLoS to enter the economic and political field without interference from the government, and to allow the Southern Cultural Center to deal with social and cultural issues with the benefit of a non-profit tax-exempt status.

 There is a pressing need for our members to assist the “Southern Small Business Association” in South Carolina.  Small businesses are under tremendous pressure via taxation, regulations and unfair competition.  The government of the State of South Carolina, counties, cities and towns fall over themselves to give big business all kinds of tax brakes and perks so they will hire a few local people, while importing other who hate our culture to fill the high paying positions.  Taxes for new schools, and infrastructure are borne by local residents and small business owners with little or no benefit.  I want to encourage each of you to shop at small businesses whenever possible and let them know the SCLoS advocates lower taxes and smaller government.  If you are interested in selling subscriptions to the SSBA, please contact me and I will put you in touch with the appropriate parties.

 The final matter I want to bring to your attention is the League conference being held in Abbeville, South Carolina, starting 11 July 03 with a Friday night musical at the Abbeville Civic Center and continues with the main program Saturday 12 July.  All pertinent information is shown on our web site www.sclos.org. If at all possible, please plan to attend.  For A Free South Carolina.                   

Thank you for viewing our website. The South Carolina League of the South (SCLoS) has one end goal in mind: a free South Carolina! Who are the SCLoS? We are Americans. We are Constitutionalists. We are Southerners. We are South Carolinians. We are the real Americans today! We believe in the rule of law. We are serious. We aren't just whistling Dixie. We want a sovereign State of South Carolina. A State in which the people will determine what is best for their State - not mandates handed down from Washington, DC.

We are a cultural, economic, and political organisation. We believe that the cultural reformation of South Carolina, along with the re-education of our people, must parallel political action. As we move along the path of cultural reformation, we will develop political action, with results, just as we did in the 2000 election cycle. Our goal, no, we will elect a Governor, an Attorney General, and a majority in the House and Senate who are committed to state sovereignty.

We Southerners indeed are a distinct people with an inherited cultural. And we are traditionalists. What was unique about our forefathers was the culture they brought with them to the banks of the Virginia coast starting in 1607. For they brought a culture that was unique in western European civilization – an orthodox Christian world life view that defined all aspects of the roles of family, the church and the state. They were fiercely independent with a tremendous thirst for freedom and self-determination. And they were settlers, not immigrants, who carved out a civilisation from the wilderness of North America. They prospered by the blessings of God and made this land in their own image, a land governed by republican political principles, a land prosperous and virtuous. Others eventually came to these shores. They chose to adopt our cultural traditions, and yes, some of theirs were adopted: Continental Europeans and black Africans, and some here before 1607, American Indians and Hispanics, chose to adopt our culture - Western Christendom!

So who are we? We are Southerners. We are Americans. We are American constitutionalists who are Southerners. But we have a major problem. Today the South and its historic culture would not be recognisable to our forefathers. Our Western Christendom institutions are under attack by the "American Empire," which had its beginnings in Mr Lincoln's "victory" over the South in 1865. All of the enormities that affect us today – abortion, gun control, feminism, a rampant homosexuality, racial discord, affirmative action and quotas, unchecked illegal immigration, usury taxation – are only manifestations of the South's defeat and subjugation.

And look what the egalitarians have done with this previously moral and virtuous land! The supreme court of the "American Empire" told the people of the sovereign State of Nebraska, you cannot prevent the murder of babies by the medical procedure commonly known as the partial birth procedure. In fact, the court said the court does not know what constitutes the medical procedure known as "partial birth." Our forefathers would know the answer to this statement posed as a question - murder!

The purpose of the League of the South is contained in this statement, "We seek to advance the cultural, social, economic, and political well-being and independence of the Southern people by all honourable means."

I call on Leaguers to make this vision a reality. We must be people of honour, courage, and forthrightness that made our civilisation the envy of the world. We must stand, and fight, for specific principles. As Leaguers, we must take our stand!

I think the SCLoS must address the “middle class” of our State. The liberal, socialist elites are using the tax dollars of the middle class to promote the socialist agenda of the media, Hollywood, multi-national corporations and the American Empire. Secondly, the socialists are redistributing our income to feed special interest groups who are adamantly opposed to the culture of Western Christendom. The League must address the needs of the middle class and attract the middle class to our organisation. Both major parties fail the middle class. We have the answers and we have a plan. The plan must not be a “secret,” therefore; the League will have a clear, concise statement of purpose, with a platform of issues, and an action plan for each issue identifying how we will accomplish the issue and the benefit of the action – a Grey Book!

We have developed an outline of goals for the SCLoS. These goals are presented in talking points. The narrative for each is to follow. I wanted to give you a glimpse into the thinking of the Board of Directors. I will flesh out this outline as I travel to county meetings and officer training sessions around the State.

2002 SCLoS Message
1.  Why the middle class needs the SCLoS

    ·    Statement of purpose

    ·    Platform of issues

    ·    Platform plank action plans of our we would accomplish the issues

2.  Why heritage groups should join us

Membership Growth

1.  Recruiting

·    Booths – Gunshows, Festivals, and League Conferences

-   SCLoS Booth Coordinator

·    Videotape and/or Cassette Tape

·    League Music CDs

·    Free SC Bumper Sticker

·    Magnetic Vehicle Signs

·    Brochures

-    Hunley brochure for heritage folks

-    Second Amendment brochure for gun owners

-    Homeschoolers brochure

-    Middle Class Southerners brochure

2.  SCLoS.org Website

3.  SCLoS.org group email alerts

4.  SCLoS.org personal email address

5.  Regional meetings with profile speakers

6.  Letters to the editor

7.  League Building authors, artist, and speaking events

8.  Media enhancement

·    Press releases

·    Articles and coverage

·    Advertising

9.  Hedge Schools

·    Profile event

·    Advertising and promotion

10. SCLoS Advertising and Promotion

·    4’ x 8’ Outdoor signs

·    Billboards

·    Newspaper and AM radio

11. Prospect List by County

12. Dr Hill SC Speaking Tour

Membership Retention

1.  Renewal Notice Postcard

·          Mailed odd months

2.  New Member Packet

3.  County Chairman Welcome

·    Each new member

·    Each member prior to membership renewal date

·    County meetings by telephone, post card, email message

·    Regional and State events

4.  Renewal Member Packet

·    Renewal membership card

·    Personalised SCLoS.org return address labels

5.  Inactive Member Annual Letter

6.  Regional Meeting with Profile Speaker

7.  South Carolina Patriot Quarterly Periodical

·    Articles by members

·    Chairman message

·    BoD, Regional Coordinator, County Chairman reports

·    1^st SC Ranger reports

·    League Building update

·    Articles to support League goals

·    Calendar update

·    Advertisements

-    Leaguers in business

-    Southern Small Business Association

-    Southern Party

8.  Education

·    Hedge Schools

·    Regional events

·    SCLoS Website

·    SCLoS Periodical

·    SCLoS Store

County Chairman Growth

1.  Add Five County Chairmen

2.  One Page County Chairman Duties and Responsibilities

·    Clear, concise objectives

3.  County Chairman Support Staff

4.  Regional Training Sessions

Fundraising

1.  Annual Fundraising Letter

·    Annual budget for fundraising

-    Billboard project

-    Two recruiting brochures: Homeschoolers, Middle Southerners

·    Envelope stuffers

2.  State and Regional Meetings

3.  1^st South Carolina Rangers

4.  SC Patriot and Website Advertising

5.  SCLoS Store

·    Membership certificates, name badges, address labels, etc

6.  Booths

7.  National Conference

8.  Hedge Schools

·    SCLoS Store merchandise

State and Regional Conference Growth

1.  State Conference

     ·    County Chairman personal invitation

2.  Confederate Memorial Celebration

·    County Chairman personal invitation

3.  Regional Events

·    County Chairman personal invitation

4.  League National Conference

·    County Chairman personal invitation

Politics

1.  Voter education

2.  Partisan political campaigns – municipal, county and state

3.  Appearances before elected boards on issues of interest to the SCLoS – municipal, county and state

4.  Confederate Memorial Day law expanded to compulsory for government schools

2003 SCLoS Goals

1.  State Director

2.  Red Shirts town hall and open air meetings

3.  Southern Culture Centre in Abbeville expanded to second floor

4.  Southern Culture State Credit Union

5.  Southern Culture Clubs

Fundraising

1.  State Director Fund

2.  Offset operating expenses

3.  Advertising Billboard Project

4.  League Building

·    Façade restoration

·    Second floor meeting room restoration

Promotion/Advertising

1.  Red Shirt Rallies

2.  Press releases with quick response team

What To Do - A Short List

·    I am frequently asked "what should I do as a member?" Well, here is my short list. A more comprehensive list is in the summer 2001 issue of the South Carolina Patriot.

·    SCLoS organisation development. Recruiting, plus someone become the County Chairman from each County.

·    Pass out LoS recruiting cards in person, on windshields, etc. Write your name and phone number on the card.

·    Put Free SC bumper sticker on vehicles.

·    Support the Hedge Schools. Start one in your county organisation.

·    Support League endorsed candidates. Defeat Turncoats. Donate money and time.

·    Start a monthly reading club and/or audiotape club. Read an assignment in advance and discuss the paper. Each County Chairman could appoint someone to head a Sept as a reading club or this could be the county meeting. We have to educate one another.

·    Outdoor SCLoS 4x8 sign project. Find a location on state and federal highways, busy municipal streets. Signs to be erected in a proper, finished look, posts painted white or grey, permanent looking.

·    Meet on a regular basis. Encourage each other. We will have two state-wide meetings annually--May and November. We have three regional meetings. Most county chairman meet on the six even months.

·    Attend the LoS annual conference. The conference is in Abbeville during July this year. See www.dixienet.org for more information.

·    Get a SCLoS name badge. See SCLoS Store link for the design and order information.

·    Purchase a red shirt for meetings. Try to wear a shirt and tie to organisational meetings and public events, even when hot (like our grandfathers had an option?).

·    Get a SCLoS membership certificate. Great in an office environment. Makes people ask questions. See SCLoS Store link for the design and order information.

·    Get the LoS membership certificate and the Montgomery rally commemorative. These are historical documents. Someday the documents will have not only historical value but become a collector's item. Your great-grandchildren can say, "My great-grandfather was an early member of the LoS" and have the certificate to show. See www.dixienet.org for order information.

·    Use a return address label that shows our website. We have three beautiful designs on the SCLoS Store link.

·    Write CSA or USA, as appropriate, on all addresses. You know which mail goes to "USA."

·    Use only federal flag stamps and turn the stamps upside down--a universally recognised symbol of distress!

·    Write letters to the editor. Write those folks who write to the editor. Send them a letter congratulating them for entering into public discourse. Send them a LoS application card.

Above all, get to know each other. Have fun in the SCLoS. Read the article about those of us who are raising Palmetto Flags throughout the State. We are having fun and promoting the LoS at the same time.

God bless you. God bless the South. We are American constitutionalists for a free Southland! May we live in a free republic of South Carolina during the 21st century!
 

James Layden
chairman@sclos.org
 

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