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YOU GET WHAT
YOU PAY FOR
“You get what you pay for,” applies
to the Southern Movement. If we want a robust movement able to take the
offensive, and be taken seriously we have to pay for it. None of us should
want the movement to continue as it is, barely surviving from month to
month, and always on the defensive.
This coming election cycle the
Southern Independence Party of Tennessee, for example, wants to start
supporting and sponsoring candidates for elected office. SIPTN has grown
remarkably since it’s founding with members in every county in Tennessee,
and at least one in Minnesota. Membership dues barely cover the expenses of
maintaining itself. There is little left over for public relations work, and
none that would make a significant campaign fund. To move forward it depends
on those willing to do more than pay their dues. Remember, the fight in
Tennessee, like the fight in Georgia, Alabama, etc., is not just a local
concern, it concerns all Southerners and all those interested in freedom no
matter where they live, even in Minnesota.
The history of the last couple of
Southern political campaigns should be a wake up call for all of us. In
2002, Mike Crane of the Southern Party of Georgia ran for a county
commissioner seat. He was able to raise just $3,500, with most of it coming
from a handful of donors. John Cripps, of FreeSouth.org, ran for governor of
Mississippi this year, and once again, fundraising was abysmal. Only $7,000
was raised, again the bulk of the donations coming from a mere handful of
donors. Where were the donations from the rest of us? We cannot allow this
situation to continue. Future campaigns must receive our unqualified
financial support, and an army of volunteers hitting the street, ringing
doorbells and passing out literature. Such a campaign would have an
excellent chance of success, especially at the local level. Even a well run
campaign that does not result in victory gets our message before the public,
and may force another candidate to adopt some of our positions, as it did
recently in Mississippi.
I know that most of us struggle
from day to day just to support ourselves, and our families. You should
consider the movement to be your extended family that requires your support
also. I also know for a fact, that there are many who can well afford to
give far more than they do. We must not content ourselves with reading a
newsletter, and attending an occasional meeting. We must all stop being dead
wood, and mere observers, and start being living roots and branches of the
movement, and participants in the struggle.
Many of you had ancestors who
committed themselves to the fight for freedom in both 1776 and 1861. They
answered the call unhesitatingly, and many paid the ultimate price. Is the
continuation of their struggle, and their devotion to freedom not worth your
time, your effort, your talent, and your financial support? No one is asking
you to lay your life on the line the way you ancestors did, all we ask is
that you help in whatever way you can. If you don’t we will forever be
looked upon with disdain, a people who think so little of their own cause
that all they can do is whine and complain, but turn a blind eye and a deaf
ear when asked to put their money where their mouth is. If you think that
the cause is not worth working for, and donating to, it will truly be a lost
cause. If you donate, ultimate victory is not guaranteed (few things are),
but failure is guaranteed if we lack the wherewithal to get our message of
resistance to tyranny, and the dream of freedom before the public.
Next time you see a fundraising
appeal, don't turn away, give whatever you can. Few of us have the means to
have a significant impact, but all of us working together have the power to
make a difference.
As we all gathered to give thanks
for our many blessings, I hope we all remembered to give thanks for those
that have devoted their time, talent, and financial support to the cause,
and prayed that our own commitment to the cause will become greater than
ever before.
The future of the movement is in
our hands, don‘t let it slip through our fingers.
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