Welcome New Followers! The object of this feed has been from historical data to show that the Southern States had rightfully the power to withdraw from a Union into which they had, as sovereign communities, voluntarily entered; that the denial of that right was a violation of the letter and spirit of the compact between the States; and that the war waged by the Federal Government against the seceding States was in disregard of the limitations of the Constitution, and destructive of the principles of the Declaration of Independence. My return to public life is due to distortions regarding the War Between the States and the following period of Reconstruction. Recently, historians have misunderstood the cause of the war and, therefore, do not understand its memory. Let this feed be your guide. #history #ushistory #FactsMatter

@BorderReiverReb Well maybe in some ways but not in others;)…

@ElderMark45211 I am going to have an article from 1863 comparing Jackson in 1833 and Lincoln in 1861 and how the situations are not alike. Stay tuned!

"But when slaves who are happy & content to remain with their present masters, are tampered with & seduced to leave them; when masters are taken at unawar[e]s by these practices; when a conduct of this sort begets discontent on one side and resentment on the other, & when it happens to fall on a man whose purse will not measure with that of the Society, & he looses his property for want of means to defend it—it is oppression in the latter case, & not humanity in any; because it introduces more evils than it can cure." -George Washington 4/12/1876 #history #quote

The Bennington Battle Monument is falling apart. What will Monument Avenue be like without it? Richmond and Bennington created their avenues at the same time. The whole "Jim Crow" theory is disproven by looking at a map. It's really that easy, kiddos.

Mary Custis Lee to Elizabeth Stiles 2/9/1861: "Has all love for & pride in their Country died at the South? that they are willing to tear her in pieces & some even to exult to see her glorious flag trailing in the dust. It should rather have drawn tears from their eyes. We have lived & fought & prospered under this flag for so many years & tho’ the South has suffered much from the meddling of Northern fanatics. Yet do they expect to fare better now; Are there no rights & privileges but those of negro slavery? You by your situation are removed from any active interference, whereas we in the border states are so much annoyed that our slaves have become almost useless. In our own family we have lost numbers who have been decoyed, off & after my Father’s death we were preserved from an outbreak excited by two abolitionists who were constantly over here (as we learned afterwards, one of whom I am happy to say is now in the penitentiary for 14 years) we were preserved I say by the special mercy of God. The Tribune & New York Times published the most villainous attacks upon my husband by name & upon my Fathers memory in language I would not pollute my lips by repeating, & yet after all these wrongs I would lay down my life could I save our “Union.” What is the use of a government combined as ours is of so many parts, the Union of which forms its strength & power if any one part has the right for any wrong real or imaginary of withdrawing its aid & throwing the whole into confusion as Carolina who refuses all overtures for peace & imagines the world will admire her independence, whereas they laugh at her folly which is perfectly suicidal. You know my feelings are all linked with the South & you will bear with me in the expression of my opinion, but while there are many of the Northern politicians who deserve no better fate than to be hung as high as Haman, believe me that those who have been foremost in this Revolution will deserve & meet with the reprobation of the world either North or South, for having destroyed the most glorious Confederacy that ever existed. You have lived abroad, you have known many excellent people at the North & all your sympathies & feelings cannot be confined to your state to the exclusion of your Country. The Almighty may intend to punish us for our National Pride. I pray now that He will preserve us from Civil War. We can never boast again as a nation unless all could be restored." -wife of Robert E. Lee

BONUS TWEET: Blight claims after Lee's death, ex-Confederates made Lee into a hero and Christian gentleman. This is why I push the NY Tribune Obit: all these themes existed in the North already! Fauix historians lie.

Scott says the same thing everyone else does: Congress can't touch slavery where it exists.

@WanjiruNjoya Brittanica needs to compete with wiki for lies, I guess. Blight of course attributes certain views to Southern writers which do not exclusively belong to them. Southerners. This is why understanding the Northern Democratic views is so important.

RT @Jeff_Davis1808: The activists in VA are committed to destroying history and have stated they will do the same when Youngkin leaves offi…

The Encyclopedia Britannica updated its entry on the "Lost Cause"--it is written by Davide Blight, the Yale faux historian who led the charge against our monuments. The entire entry is a conspiracy theory, loaded with political commentary! 1/2 #Woke

The crimes of the Union Army are undeniable, which is why they need to be ignored. Mises is finally giving the truth some attention. #history

@mooseygalore I don't know which budget or allocation this comes from. I'll have to let someone else answer.

RT @WanjiruNjoya: The people who destroyed historic Confederate memorials and desecrated the graves of Confederate soldiers are not able to…