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Resistance See other Resistance Articles Title: Southern National Congress Issues Remonstrances (2009) SNC Media & Public Information Committee Rome, GA; January 14, 2009 – Today the Southern National Congress (SNC) released seven resolutions called Remonstrances and Petitions for a Redress of Grievances, passed by the Congress during its historic first session December 5-7, 2008 in Hendersonville, NC. 100 Delegates from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia met to take up matters of great concern to the Southern People. After a spirited and well-informed debate, the SNC passed the remonstrances dealing with these vital issues: 1. Failure to secure the borders and halt the mass immigration that threatens to overwhelm our communities and economy; 2. Just war and lawful defense, including the sovereign right of the People to decide on war through a proper (Constitutional) declaration; 3. Just law, protection of liberty, and the threat of rogue government; 4. Preservation of Southern agriculture and the rights of smallholders vs. the abuses of corporate agribusiness; 5. Sound money, just economic policy, and Government expropriation and crimes against our livelihoods; 6. The sovereign right of Southerners to their own natural resources, especially oil and gas in the Gulf Coast; iolated.” Thomas Moore of Virginia, elected Chairman of the SNC at the First Congress, explained, “The term ‘remonstrance’ means to protest, but in a constructive manner. This form of dissent has a long tradition in the historic struggle for political liberty in the English-speaking world, going all the way back to Magna Carta in 1215. It was a key element in the founding of the United States and the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees the citizen the right of ‘petition for a redress of grievances.’ A remonstrance reminds the authorities of their duties and their failures. The petition for redress appeals to them to return to the governing principles of law and justice they have violated.” The SNC is a representative assembly of citizens of the Southern States, providing an alternative, legitimate forum to express Southern grievances and advance Southern interests in a way that is no longer possible through today’s political process or the major political parties. It convened in the spirit of great Southerners like Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and John C. Calhoun to preserve the Southern legacy of individual liberty and a small federal government which is the creation, servant, and agent of the sovereign people acting through their respective States, and is strictly limited to its enumerated powers. Chairman Thomas Moore observed, “It has become clear to most Americans that the U.S. Government no longer represents the people’s interests; it represents the interests of the highest bidder -- the big corporations and the money power. We Southerners have been among the most loyal and patriotic Americans, but in sadness we now have to acknowledge that Washington, DC has forfeited its moral authority by its folly and its unlawful acts. If our Remonstrances and Petitions for a Redress of Grievances are ignored, then the people of the South who still love liberty and justice will have no choice but to withdraw their consent from this corrupt Regime.” Debates on the seven resolutions demonstrated a high level of knowledge, insight, dignity, public-spiritedness, and respect for the views of others. And there were dissenting views. Mark Thomey of Louisiana, elected Vice Chairman, said, “America’s ruling elites believe the American people, and especially we Southerners, lack the knowledge, discernment, and ability to govern ourselves, and so we must put our fate (and our wealth) in their hands, no matter how corrupt they have become. But the SNC Remonstrances and Petitions have thoroughly exploded that worn-out mythology. These seven resolutions could stand proudly alongside the historic documents produced by America’s Founders. In fact, if the Founders could return from the past, they would recognize immediately that the SNC follows directly in the tradition of political liberty they bequeathed to us.”
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Throw out the credit cards and the tee vee. Culturally secede. Everything else will follow. Jefferson liked farmers and disliked de citee -- except for artisans and craftsmen. And B. F. Skinner would have understood why.
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