In considering Southern history, President Jefferson Davis is often a name that come to mind. He led the Southern nation during the time of war. His speeches talked about States Rights and the desire to be left alone. Although he talked about such matters, the men who lived by their convictions on the issue were Governors Joseph Brown of Georgia, Pendleton Murrah of Texas and Zebulon Vance of North Carolina. These men took stands for their States, even when it meant going against the central government. Davis talked States Rights, but during the course of the war, succumbed to the power of the centralized State.
Had the war ended more favourably, these Governors would be considered the founding fathers of States Rights. They not only talked it, they lived it. When they did live it, the ideas they espoused took root. In Texas, many troops would only serve out of the State when Governor Murrah gave orders to do so. The authority of the central government was not enough to entice them out of the State.
When the nation is returned to us, the examples of how these men governed will be useful to study. Their policies and thinking are living laboratoris of how true States Rights works.
Free Texas!
J Murrah
Culture, Georgia, Govenor Zebulon Vance, Governor Joseph Brown, Governor Pendleton Murrah, North Carolina, Political Well Being, states rights, Texas
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