In this stirring oration, delivered in 1910 to a group of Civil War veterans, author Walter Neale defends the concept of states' rights and argues for the sovereignty of the individual states within the federal system. Drawing on history and philosophy, he makes a compelling case for the importance of protecting the rights of states and citizens in the face of an increasingly centralized government.

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