Mr. Hawes has written a remarkable book, a book of vital interest to all members of the South Carolina League of the South.
A self-described “Jeffersonian,” Robert Hawes is a life-long student of history, politics, religion and philosophy, and believes very strongly that no people will ever remain strong and free who allow others to do their thinking for them. Robert is a graduate of Pensacola Christian College and currently works in the I.T. field. Originally from Fairfax County, Virginia, he now lives in South Carolina with his wife Betty and their two children.
Robert Hawes was born on the Tyrant’s birthday, and like most of us he was taught that Lincoln “saved the Union.” By junior high school, however, he realized that, had he lived back then, he would have been the “enemy.”
In high school he thought about the phrase, “government of, by and for the people,” and realized that it was, in fact, the defeated southerners who had been fighting for that principle.
Ultimately, Mr. Hawes’s realization that the invasion of the Confederacy had not been lawful led him to expose it for what it was, brutal repression and a radical repudiation of the principles upon which the Union had been founded. In June of 2006, after four years of research and writing, One Nation, Indivisible? A Study of Secession and the Constitution was published.
Mr. Hawes spoke to our Lexington County SCLoS group at our June meeting, which was held on Thursday, 14 June, at Maurice’s Barbeque restaurant, at the intersection of I26 and hwy 378.
