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New Confederate Constitution - Updated June 29, 2005 Why a new nation? A combination of reasons. One is that many Southrons know that the Confederate States of America under the Constitution of 1861 was illegally conquered and occupied, and in law, legally is still a nation in occupation. Two is that the United States of the founders, a nation of limited government that honors individual liberty, is not a nation that viably exists in present time. What now exists is an Empire. And we Confederates never wished to live under an Empire. Three is that the current government of the United States, is pending collapse: at the same time, it is an agressive, asset grabbing Empire. We must now act to form a company of states, republics and nations, which adhere to the freedom of a limited government, a federal government governed by the will of the states and the people. We must end the occupation of the United States, and must prevent our occupation by a successor nation. Why a new Constitution? Several reasons. One is that many of the institutions considered valid under the old Constitution, such as slavery, are now obsolete, as well as abhorrent to the concept of a nation based on individual freedoms. Two is that a mechanism is needed by which the people, separate and distinct from their governments, may elect to secede from the United States and the state governments, and form new governments befitting a free people: the New Confederate Constitution provides such a framework. Three is that we have learned through the oppressive history of the governments of the United States, that governments must be more strictly bound than either the current United States constitution, or the Confederate Constitution of 1861 binds them: otherwise, these selfsame abuses will reappear. Why are states not part of the original Confederacy in the target areas? There is a general misunderstanding that the Confederate States government was formed for the purpose of Southern independence from the United States. This is not true. The Confederate States Constitution of 1861 makes clear that the old Confederacy was an attempt to continue the limited American government of the founders of a voluntary union of states. That government was in great jeopardy by 1860, and was all but dissolved under the tyrannies of the Lincoln administration. We seek to reestablish that government of the founders, not just for Southrons, but for as many Americans as possible. No part of America whose people freely choose to enter into this Confederacy shall be denied entrance. Why are western provinces of Canada included in the target territory of the new CSA? Canada is not a separate country in North America which chose of its own volition to be a separate country. Canada is the surviving occupied territory of the British under the truce from the War of 1812. We believe the westernmost provinces and territories of Canada have a common ideological bond with the westernmost states of the United States, and would consider an alliance of North American nations separate from both the United States and Canada. We offer independence not only for states within the current United States, but true independence for the first time to any province of Canada seeking a free nation. Canadians are, like the rest of us, occupied Americans. Why are Indian nations of sufficient size offered statehood? The entire movement of a new American nation is to craft a nation by voluntary choice, and not by force. In seeking to offer a partnership with the Indians of America, we must offer them something more substantial than simply "inclusion". Their countries, like our country, was occupied by the American Empire, and remain so unto this day. If we offer a free nation to the people of the United States, and offer a free nation to Canadians, how can we not offer the same to our Indian brethren, who were also betrayed, as we were? Why are Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin part of the target territory? Under the Northwest Ordinance, these states are supposed to be soveregin not under the 1787 Constitution but under the prior Articles of Confederation. To that extent, they also represent occupied territories of the Empire. Why is Maryland considered a Category I state? Under the NCC, a state which has scheduled a secession process, but is prevented from engaging that process by force or occupation, is considered as having ratified the Constitution. Well, this is exactly what happened in Maryland in 1861. Abraham Lincoln had the Maryland legislature arrested, so that it could not secede. Since if we were using our current rules then, we would have considered Maryland's secession legal, after much consideration, we now recognize Maryland as a Category I state of the original Confederacy. What about slavery and the right to vote? The New Confederate Constitution specifically forbids slavery, and requires equal suffrage for citizens of all genders and races. Many of us believe that slavery and its attached evils was a key reason God chose not to bless us with victory, and has left us in the wilderness of slavery for 138 years. The New Confederates acknowledge this sin against God and humanity and repent of it. What is a "sovereign freeman"? A sovereign freeman is the formal form of Confederate citizenship. Prior to the US Constitution's fourteenth amendment, people were freemen and freeholders, denoting individual sovereignty. Whereas the term citizen implies a manner of subservience to the almighty state. This is reversed in the New Confederacy: individuals are sovereign freemen with God-given individual rights, not servants of the state. Therefore, we call ourselves not citizens, but sovereign freemen. What are the special characteristics of the New Confederate Constitution? The New Confederate Constitution differs from the old 1861 Constitution in the following ways. 1. Explicit binding of government: judges within the United States have taken many liberties in establishing a special interest state serving a select few. The NCC severely restricts the powers of government, so that future governments cannot do this. 2. Method of secession: the NCC creates a legal mechanism for secession expressing a "Will of the People". 3. No lifetime terms for judges: judges and Justices of the Supreme Court must stand for retention. State courts and lower courts must all be elected. A restricted "lawyer class" is expressly forbidden. Judges are now answerable to the People. 4. Majority elections: all persons serving in office must have received a majority of the vote in elections. Party primaries are eliminated. Why isn't there a "Bill of Rights" in the NCC? There is. It is called Article V - Limitations on Government. The Bill of Rights to the US Constitution represented amendments to the original document. In the 1861 Confederate Constitution, these articles are part of the body of the document and not separate articles, and the NCC follows the model set forth by the 1861 Constitution. For example, the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms is Article V- Section 12 in the NCC. New Confederate Constitution - Updated June 29, 2005 |
"Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues!" - Revelation 18:4 Sign The Declaration of Independence of the Confederate States of America, 2003 Home Note. This site is under serious construction, so many of these link do not yet work. But all are under construction, and will become available shortly.
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