What is the difference in the Southern Party headed by Jerry Baxley and the Southern Independence Party sponsored by the Federation of States?

In answering frequent questions we receive at the Federation level and at the Southern Independence Party level as to what is the difference between the Southern Party (SP) and the Southern Independence Party (SIP), the following basic answers are usually sent: The SP has was taken over (coup) early in its existence which began in the fall of 1999. It is headed by coup leader Jerry Baxley and is run in a highly centralized (dictatorial) manner. They claim to be trying to establish a Southern Nationalist Nation. The SIP was formed after a couple of splits resulting from substantial difference of opinions of the type of government the Southern people would like to live under. The SIP is being sponsored by the Federation of States which is an organization for that purpose made up of the State Chairmen who equally vote and try to coordinate efforts and solve problems. The emphasis is upon local control and State's rights rather than a centralized organization patterned after what we ...