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The Southern Nation: The New Rise of the Old South

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This is a book that gives the outline for Southern nationalist activism designed to win the freedom that was lost in 1865. Although written primarily for Southerners, this book should be read by people from all regions of the decaying American Empire because it offers helpful hints on organizing and offers hope to those that have given up in despire at the demise of the America we were born in as it is fast disappearing under the weight of massive Third World immigration and the tyranny of Political Correctness. The assault against all things Southern and Confederate is but the lefts final assault on America itself. They saved the South for last as they knew that at least there they would meet organized resistance. The assault has helped to galvanize at least a portion and hopefully a growing portion of Southerners. As the American Revolution could not have been won without the help of the South, America now cannot be saved without a victory in the South. All freedom loving people should rally to the defense of the South at this their hour of greatest need. Read this book and find out how you can help.

Incredible! A book that's thoroughly researched AND readable/enjoyable? What's publishing coming to? Mr. Thornton is right. It is plain that we are only wanted as a milk cow for the American Empire. If we didn't have so much to offer they would ask us to leave instead of keeping us around to abuse further. Unlike other Southern writers Thornton tells what to do about it. Lots of books raise serious questions about the future of our Southland. This one gives the answers. It deals openly and honestly with Southern problems. No, we are not perfect, but we are a lot better than the Clintons and thier kind want us to become.

Southerners don't have to be second class citizens any longer. We can be free. This book tells how. It gives the answers, refutes the critics, and is unashamedly Southern right down to its dangling prepositions. I loved it. Other books tell you the past. This one shows you the future!

Mr Thornton asks the proper question for our new century dawning: what price empire? The South was the first to say "Yankee go home" in 1861, and now the world (including the South) seems to be catching on and asking that same question again. When war was made on Southern civilians in 1861-1865, a bad precedent began--and one which national policy has never repudiated. Empires are like that. They lead to brutality and a might makes right mentality. Thornton has written a book that should have an international audience. It is certainly pertinent to our foreign policy today. Its issues are far-reaching. Congratulations Mr Thornton! The book is clearly and forcefully written. It's going to be around for a long time. Congratulations also to Pelican Press for having the good sense and courage to publish such a volume.

This bok is an excellent antidote to those self-loathing, South-hating bigots who run the show in Southern government and media. Over the years I have been priviliged to meet Mr. Thornton on several ocassions. He is one of the most amazing people I have ever known. A true rarity today, his word is his bond and his life is his words. I was impressed with his new book, but I was not surprized. On these pages he bares his heart, his soul, his philosophy, and his homeland for all to see. He answers questions that at have nagged at many Southerners thier whole lives. This book is a truly moving experience. It will leave you challenged, emotional, and hungry for more. All Southerners should read it.

This book is an excellent antidote to those self-loathing, self-hating bigots who run the show in Southern media and government. Over the years I have been priviledged to meet Mr. Thornton on a few occassioins. He is one of the most amazing people I have ever met. A true rarity today, his word is his bond and his life is his words. I was impressed with this, his first book, but I was not surprized. On these pages he bares his heart, his soul, his philosophy, and his homeland for all to see. He answers the questions that have nagged many Southerners all their lives. This book will leave you challenged, emotional, and hungry for more. This book is a truly moving experience. All Southerners should read it.

This is my first book on the south and I have to say that i was shocked to learn how much we have been spoon fed lies through our public education. I wish this book were required reading for every singe high school government class! Captivating and motivating I would HIGHLY reccomend this book to anyone!

The Southern cause was indeed noble, built on the notion that each state is a nation unto itself. How many of the original states would have joined the Union if they were told they couldn't leave it? It would be like telling the United States it couldn't leave the United Nations.

Although Abraham Lincoln didn't start the ball rolling on secession, he did bring it to a head and became the worst tyrant this country has ever had. He committed the U.S. to a war without the consent of Congress, blockaded a Southern port without a declaration of war, suspended the writ of habeas corpus, imprisoned dozens of newspaper editors, replaced Maryland's state representatives with federal apointees and imprisoned the elected officials in Fort McHenry (where they had to live in filth and eat food not fit for animals). Frederick, Md., was surrounded and Democrats were imprisoned on the mere suspicion that they were secessionists; Lincoln's army went North to New York City, and during a four day war with the city's militia and citizens, killed thousands. In the South he ordered the extermination of untold thousands of people, bringing the war to civilians. Telegraph wires cut? Simple. Take four or five citizens from the nearest town, line them up against the wall and shoot them. What about homes with women, children and the elderly? Give them the chance to vacate and if the slaves tried to defend the property, kill them first.

Had not John W. Booth parted Lincoln's hair at Ford's Theater, who knows whether he would have ever given up power. He was a tyrant with an army behind him. How many of those have given up power without being killed, like Julius Caesar?

I recommend DiLorenzo's book, THE REAL LINCOLN. Hopefully one day, Lincoln's statue will be dragged out of his temple and America's number 1 Nazi will then be exposed in real history books. Meanwhile, the fictional Lincoln lives on in the hearts and souls of the ignorant.

Thornton clearly wishes to awaken the soul of the Old South; unfortunately, the cause was lost. Even Southerners revere the monster, thanks to reconstruction and the rewriting of history. But God will judge in the end.

The best of all the Southern Rights books that I have read as of today! I wish I had found it years ago. I will spread the news about this book to everyone I can. It is the absolute best for information on how we (The Children of the South) can fight the Federal Beast and WIN our FREDOM once again!

There is no question that the South fought an honorable war. And there is no question that her Southron leaders also reached out for healing after four years of honor and courage to establish Southron Independence. Was secession legal? Yes. Was it a good idea? No.
Thornton argues that the re-birth of the old-South ideals is a result that ideas never die. He takes out of context the language of Southern leaders. Let me explain. There was a tone prior to the War of Independence and secession. No question. However, after the war, Southern leaders stretched out their hands in hoping for a peaceful unification. Reconstruction was harsh, I agree. But this in no way gives us Southron's the right to mis-quote our Southern leaders words prior/or during the War to continue the fight for Independence. Rather, this energy could be used elsewhere to further the Southern ideals of limited government. Thornton's premise is a set up for failure because the South is much different now than it was one hundred and fifty years ago. He uses arguments which will not work in todays modern climate. One year before President Jefferson Davis' death, he spoke to some young Mississipians saying, "...my ambition lies in the grave of the Confederacy...Men in whose hands the destinies of our Southland lie, for love of her I break my silence, to speak to you a few words of respectful admonition...the past is dead; let it bury its dead, its hopes and aspirations; before you lies the future-a future full of golden promise; a future of expanding national glory, before which all the world shall stand amazed. Let me beseech you to lay aside all rancor, all bitter sectional feeling, and to make your places in the ranks of those who will bring about a consummation devoutly to be wished-a reunited country." I do not see this honor or tone in Thornton's book.
Tommy Allen- SCV Chaplain.