Old South vs. New South...Or Both

[droc0794]

During my time on these discussion boards I have read many posts that have mentioned Old South and New South. I remember as a kid, sitting around listening to great-uncles and others of their time talk about the old south and I, then as today, was a bit envious. Granted, those great-uncles and older relatives didnt live in the 1800's, but they were raised by those who did; they got a taste of something we have never known.

Those were the days of unquestionable honor, loyalty, dedication, and a Love for GOD that could float the titantic. There was something about those days that was so pure, and the cause of our ancestors emits an ultimate feeling of rightness.

I do realize that some of the best parts of the Old South have passed on, due to time , but much of what our ancestors had still lives on in all of us. That burning desire to raise our children in a moral, GOD loving country, that same dedication and loyalty, and the fact that we too are right.

Both versions, then and today, have many great pieces to help build DIXIE. We must sort through what we need to achieve our goal of independance, and at the same time, know that the parts we choose will ressemble both the OLD and the NEW, that these parts will give our new nation an unbreakable foundation that our ancestors will be proud of.

There is no question, to achieve our freedom, we have to use the tools of today, we have to adapt to the times...BUT, we MUST, also, honor those who started this dream, who bled and died for this dream.......

Thank GOD for our southern/Confederate/REBEL ancestors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOD bless you and yours

DEO VINDICE

[GrayGhost]

It is hard to define "New" South as the phrase has been adopted since the 1870s in magazine articles by Edwin De Leon, and then taken up by Henry Grady of the Atlanta Constitution, Henry Watterson of the Louisville Courier-Journal, and Richard Edmonds of the Manufacturers' Record. It is also used to describe a rejuvinated Dixie, plans by businessmen to bolster the Southern economy by bringing in manufacturing plants to supplement the agrarian economy we have relied on so long.

Personally I think "New" South should refer to the resurfacing of Southern nationalism and the movements honoring of our Confederate ancestors. It should also refer to the push to educate our people & our children on the truth of the War of Northern Aggression, why it was fought, and the truth of the "Great Emancipator" aka the tyrant Lincoln.

The main stumbling block is this intellectual quagmire we find ourselves in today. Television networks turn people into mind numbed zombies w/ their sensationalized, sex laden "reality" shows which are more scripted than any soap opera. Video games have replaced books w/ younger people. Instant gratification has become the norm for us instead of self development and hard work. Many have lost sight of God in the never ending quest for wealth and status symbols.

We need to free ourselves from this rat race that the Federal gov't has done so much to keep us mired in. We need to focus our efforts on the raising up of our community and less on keeping up w/ the Joneses.