Our Sons of the South

This is a book about three sons of The South, President Andrew Jackson, Gen. Robert E. Lee, and President Jefferson Davis, who fought to protect and preserve what President George Washington called the very "foundation" upon which our Republic was built: the Holy Bible and the Constitution. These three historic figures are also America's sons, and they personify the concept of American Exceptionalism The South is distinguished from virtually every other region of our great country. It is often referred to as the "Bible Belt," because of its deep Christian roots and family values. From a military and patriotic perspective, The South, per capita, has more American war heroes and Congressional Medal of Honor winners than any other region in the country. And chivalry continues to live in The South It is a blessed land of faith, family, honor, tradition, and hope. But it did not become this way by mere chance. Our forefathers established this special region of America, and President Andrew Jackson, General Robert E. Lee, and President Jefferson Davis must certainly be counted amongst those pivotal greats that made it so. They changed the course of American history for the better ... and this book tells you why in their own words It is a study in the history of the Republic, the events that led to a war on our soil, and a lesson on the consequences of an over-reaching federal government. Even today, we see the seeds of war again being sown. We see a federal government unconstitutionally expanding its powers and dictating laws that are reserved to the exclusive jurisdiction of the states and we the people. I cite the Obama Administration's selective enforcement of laws and governing by executive order, and the Supreme Court usurping the Constitution by rewriting laws originally written by Congress as examples. Such is the legacy of the Obama Administration, and the Supreme Court of Chief Justice Roberts, which will go down in history as the "Dred Scott Court of the 21st Century." Both branches operate outside the constraints of the Constitution, and that is a dubious place to be. There is also a great move afoot to undermine our Constitution and our very way of life on other fronts. One such movement gained traction in June of 2015, when a lone gunman attacked and killed nine people in Charleston, South Carolina. In the immediate aftermath of that tragedy, those with a left-leaning political agenda used the event to eradicate the heritage of the Bible Belt. Using a picture of the Confederate Battle Flag on the social media page of the deranged killer to justify its actions, a mob gathered to ban and remove any traces of the symbols of The South. The Confederate Battle Flag, an honored symbol that Americans fought and died under, was banned and lowered from the public square, and the graves of our Southern sons were desecrated. But it was not the fact that a symbol of the South was attacked that was so alarming, it was the fact that this was an assault on our very freedoms of speech and religion. And this should give us great pause, because it is an attack upon the Constitution itself Our freedoms should never be bargaining chips to appease those who say they "offend" others Yet this was done in the case of the Confederate Battle Flag, and it was done by a Democrat President to suit his agenda, a Republican Governor of South Carolina to appease a mob, and allowed by a Congress too scared to oppose this attack on the Constitution and our way of life, yet the majority in Congress was elected in 2014 and given a mandate to do just that Unfortunately, they chose to forsake the Constitution to appease the mob It is the central meaning and hope of this work that we might learn from the example of our Southern sons, and the lessons they teach, so that we too might preserve and protect what President Ronald Reagan called "this last best hope for man on earth."