The
Arkansas League of the South
Frequently Asked
Questions
Q: Why
was the League of the South formed?
A: To fight a tyrannous central government that refuses to be
restrained by the Constitution.
Q: What
is the aim of the LS?
A: The League of the South seeks to advance the cultural,
social, economic, and political independence and well-being of the Southern
people by all honorable means.
Q: Is
The League of the South a Christian organization?
A: While we do not require any sort of religious affiliation,
we do recognize the legacy of Western Christianity and the sovereignty of God in
the universe.
Q: How
is the LS different from previous Southern populist movements?
A: The LS hopes to avoid the pitfalls of similar movements by
aiming both to have a large popular following as well as a leadership that
includes serious intellectuals in a variety of disciplines.
Q:
How is the LS organized?
A: It began in June 1994 with a single office and is already
large enough to justify the formation of state chapters, which is being done at
present. The state chapters will then encourage the formation of local chapters.
Q: How
will the LS pursue cultural and social independence and well-being?
A: In several ways:
- by cultural secession or "abjuration of the realm," which means
withholding our support from all institutions and objects of popular culture
that are antithetical to our beliefs and heritage;
- by encouraging the formation of communities of like-minded Southerners
that work and play together;
- by buying and reading Southern literature, poetry, and history; and
- by sponsoring competitions among Southern artists and writers in order to
foster the continuance of our excellent traditions.
Q: How
will the LS pursue economic and political independence?
A: This is a complex aim that cannot begin to be accomplished
without first establishing a mass base; therefore, recruitment is the primary
work of the SL until such time as our mass base is established.
Q: Will
the LS work within the existing political system?
A: Yes, as far as that will take us. However, the LS does not
suffer under the illusion that the leadership of either of the present political
parties is likely to work toward our aims; therefore, we look forward to
fielding a LS slate of candidates for local, state, and national offices and
drawing on our mass base to get them elected.
Q: Hasn't
secession already been tried, failed, and discredited?
A: On the contrary, secession is the ultimate right of a truly
free people and the cornerstone of confederalism. What has been tried, failed,
and discredited is centralism--by a central government that reneged on its
original compact with the states, usurped their sovereignty, and opted instead
to hold the "Union" together by brute force.
Q:How
does the LS spend my dues?
A: Dues cover the administrative costs of the national office,
travel and lodging expenses for meetings held all across the South, printing and
mailing costs of the bi-monthly newsletter, the Southern Patriot, the leasing of
webserver disk space for the "DixieNet" and "FreeArkansas Web
Home Pages, and other expenses incurred as a result of recruitment efforts.
Q: Whence
the name: "The League of the South"? (Formerly
the "Southern League")
A: Our name comes from two different sources:
- the Northern League, a very successful populist movement in northern
Italy, to which the SL has personal ties, and
- the League of United Southerners, organized by Edmund Ruffin and William
Lowndes Yancey in 1858 to shape Southern public opinion.
- For the first 3 years of our existence our organization was called the
"Southern League" however the name had to be changed in 1997 to
"League of the South" under threat of lawsuit after it was
discovered that the name "Southern League" had been trademarked
and copyrighted by a baseball sports league based out of Atlanta which had
held the rights to the name for several decades.
Copyright © 2002 Southeastern Arkansas League of the South. All
rights reserved.
Deo Vindice. Resurgam!
Revised: September 22, 2002
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