What distinguished the early immigrants was their willingness,even eagerness,to go beyond the ''outer fringe of civilisation '' and establish settlements on the frontier. Seaboard colonists considered the combative self-sufficent Ulster-Scots the perfect Indian fighters with whom to populate their exposed borders.and evidence suggests that newly arrived immigrants were deliberately shunted there to serve as a buffer against hostile natives.

Virginia legislation decreed: ''Wheras the lands....on the southern boundary of this colony are for the most part unseated and uncultivated:and a considerable number of persons......as foreign Protestants are willing to import themslves with their families and effects,and to settle upon the lands......this settling of that part of the country will add to the strength and security of the colony in general.''

Their experience as colonists in Ireland had made Ulstermen adaptable and assimilitive of the best traits needed for survival on the borders of America. Traditional Scotch-Irish farming,for example,emphasised slash-and-burn clearing of farms,corn-based cropping and the running of livestock in open woods - techniques well-suited to the southern backcountry.

Dr Wayne C.Moore, First Families of Tennessee (Register of Early Settlers) 2000

One of the things James Webb pushed for in his book,was the coming together of the Scots-Irish in America as a people. To act together in cohesion. He realised that this is hard for many of them to do,as they valued their individuality. But he thought it was the only way forward. I remember when I was doing my own piece for the Ulster-Scots a fella said something along the lines of....'well I admire what your doing,but I don't think you'll get anywhere unless you come together as a group''. I think he is right.

I seen a article on the net to do with the rise of so many new nations. It appears this is the way forward now. This is what is going to happen. If Dixie [and Ulster especially] don't get their act together we'll lose out. I believe we have to establish ourselves as a distinct and separate people first. To show are credentials to the world in that respect. That must be a priority in my opinion.

I'll post that link up. I think it is something we all must take notice of. Ignore it at our peril and perhaps demise.

The other one is the case for an Independent Ulster. Its a very comprenhsive assement of that proposal.

http://race.eserver.org/relations-between-nations.html

http://www.ulsternation.org.uk/importance_of_being_ulster_text.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7600000/7600592.stm

'....[R]ednecks have never had so many friends or so much attention as in 2008. Contrary to the stereotype, we are not all tobacco chewing, guffawing Southerners, but are scattered from coast to coast. Over 50% of us live in the "cultural south", which is to say places with white Southern Scots-Irish values - redneck values.... The essentials of redneck culture were brought to America by what we call the Scots Irish, after first being shipped to the Ulster Plantation, where our, uh, remarkable cultural legacy can still be seen every 12 July in Ireland.'

He talks about the rednecks gettin 'put down'by the PC intelllectual lefties. Then does the same re the 12th But as I said we're well used to it by now. We realize that even among the rednecks its not the 'in thing'. So we've even out rednecked the rednecks.

Re the rest of the article I think he is saying that rednecks,just don't give a damm what people think of them. Stuff em, type of thing.

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Ulster-Scots & West African Dixie - These two major groups, the Ulster-Scots and the West Africans, make up the vast majority of the people of Dixie. In every way, we are a distinct culture and land. On this map the Ulster-Scots are simply called 'Americans.' Notice how our identity is attacked as much as they can get away with. Again, it is easy to see the Mexican, Cuban and Yankee invasion of our land on this map too.

I read a while ago that they expected that the Protestant faith would cease to be the biggest faith since the founding of the country in another ten years or so. With all the Mexicans now flowing in and the Irish and Italians already there,this is not suprising. I think a blind man could see what organisation stands to benefit from this. But looking at Dixie on the map it does give some hope.

Looking at the two maps it would appear that a good number of Afro-Americans [as they term them] would be Baptists.

You're right, there aren't really too many Irish folks spread out cross the whole of America. Some are, of course. But not many. Scottish and Ulster-Scots folks are largely concentrated as the map shows in the South, though also in other areas.

You can see from the maps that basically half or more of Texas is already lost. The same goes for Florida and Virginia is quickly getting that way. So are GA, SC and SC. Alabama and Mississippi and Arkansas and Tennessee might be the strongest States left.

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Anyone want to take a guess at what the most English (by ethnicity) State in America is???