How would a Southern party differ from the Democratic and Republican parties?
Chiefly in the way we view the concept of nationhood. Unlike the Democrats and Republicans, we reject the flawed notion, espoused by Lincoln, that we are merely a “propositional nation” — that is to say a country bound together only on the basis of some abstract notion of liberty and equality. Rather, we believe the United States in general and the South in particular are defined by their historically Western and Judeo-Christian cultural core. This is especially true of the South, whose predominantly Celtic and British-derived religious and cultural traditions distinguish it from the rest of the country. There also is the issue of scope. One of the principal aims of the party would be working for social, cultural, political and economic renewal at the grassroots. Our first and foremost goal will be good government for the Southern people. Rather than competing with the Democratic and Republican parties for the national spoils, we would function as a broad-based regional political move
