The Democratic Party was split in 1860 between the Northern and Southern
Democrats. The main point of contention was the status of slavery in the
western territories. The Southern Democrats wanted to ensure the right
to own slaves in the territories, and potential new states. The Northern
Democrats wanted to leave the issue of slavery up to the residents of
the territory. Thus, saying that the Democratic Party "supported
slavery" and "expansion of the slave states" is an accurate description
of the Southern Democratic Party only, the party of secession. However,
the Northern Democrats did support enforcement of the Fugitive Slave
Act, though even Lincoln's record on this is mixed. The act was not
repealed until 1864, and it was sporadically enforced throughout
Lincoln's first term.
Yes, the Republicans "were" the abolitionist party, with emphasis on the
past tense. Starting in 1964, however, the GOP underwent a profound
transformation. Barry Goldwater's opposition to the 1964 Civil Rights
Act resulted in the Republicans winning Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,
Georgia, and South Carolina, the first time the GOP had won the deep
South in a Presidential election since Reconstruction. In 1968 the same
states mostly voted for George Wallace, at the time an unrepentant
segregationist. Since then, the deep South has been solidly Republican,
with the exception of 1976 and 1992 when 2 Democratic Southern governors
(Carter and Clinton) were able to attract significant southern support.
The Republican Party may have began as the party of Lincoln. However,
for the last 50 years it has been the party of Jefferson Davis.
Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
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Friday, July 22, 2016 7:58 PM
Dinesh D'Souza goes much deeper into this in his new film,"Hillary's
America". The Republicans were the abolitionist party and the
Democrats were the party of the status quo, who supported slavery and
the return of runaway slaves to their owners and the expansion of
slave states..
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