The Confederate battle flag represents all who are unwilling to submit to the tyranny of an oppressive Federal Government that trashes the Constitution and encroaches on state's rights. It is the symbol of less government, less taxes, individual unalienable rights and the right of a people to govern themselves.

The war for Southern Independence was fought after U.S. Congress, over a period of many years had passed numerous legislation that was extremely favorable to northern business, especially shipping but unbelievably unfavorable to the agricultural south. For instance, the Morrill Tariff, which was the highest import tax in U.S. history, more than doubling the import tax rate from 20% to 47%, which was enough to bankrupt many Southerners.

The Industrial Revolution allowed England and France to produce and ship across the Atlantic products that were cheaper than the products Northern manufacturers, who refused to modernize, could produce with their White child labor- ten-year-old children working sixteen hours a day in sweat shops for mere pennies and sleeping in the streets. Slaves in the South were treated much better than child laborers in the North. Slavery was a major issue but it wasn't the only issue. The controversy revolved around slavery being an integral part of the economics of the South AND that slavery was clearly acknowledged in the Constitution.

When Lincoln invaded Charleston and then Virginia, all Southerners- Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, Indians, Orientals, Protestants, Catholics, Jews, rich and poor, male and female almost to a person rose up and volunteered their services in defense of the Confederate States of America because all were going to suffer from the devestation loss of their livelihood. Nowhere in the history of movements of independence and self-government have a people been so united in purpose and dedicated to the cause of Independence. No, not even in 1776.

The Confederate battle flag represents all Confederates, regardless of race or religion, and is the symbol of less government, less taxes, individual inalienable rights and the right of a people to govern themselves. It is flown now in a similar battle against the oppressive federal government. Indeed, the State of Texas is holding a convention on August 29 demanding the federal government cease and desist their unconstitutional behavior or, in the alternative, Texas will secede.

In his inaugural address of March 4, 1861, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln stated, I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.

Lincoln himself stated the opinion of the Northern people at during a meeting with a group of Black leaders during the War, saying, "There is an unwillingness on the part of our people [Northern Whites] to live with you free colored people. Whether this is right or wrong, I am not prepared to discuss, but it is a fact with which we must deal. Therefore, I think it best for us to separate. Acting upon this sentiment, Abraham Lincoln and the United States Congress purchased land, passed laws, and started shipping free Northern Blacks out of the country down to poverty-stricken Haiti. Lincoln put together several such schemes to remove free Blacks from the United States, to send some back to Africa and some to Central and South America. At the end of the War, a few weeks before Lincoln was assassinated, Union General Benjamin Butler asked him what he was going to do with all the recently free Southern Blacks. To this Lincoln replied, "I think we should deport them all."