[jeffersondem]

“One might put forth the proposition that the Southern Slave Powers chose the perpetuity of their peculiar institution over the perpetuity of the United States.”

Things were going so well - until post 387 - when the side losing the debate decided it needed to play the “Southern Slave Powers” card signaling the debate is over and they won. See also: “Race Card play in modern America.” See also: “How Nazi’s won the 2016 election”

[BroJoeK]

jeffersondem: "Things were going so well - until post 387 - when the side losing the debate decided it needed to play the 'Southern Slave Powers' card signaling the debate is over and they won."

There were many colorful names used for political factions back in the day.
They included:

1. the Slave Power -- referring to the Constitution's 3/5 rule which gave Southern whites disproportionately more representatives in Congress and presidential electors.
   It was said the Slave Power made Thomas Jefferson the first Black President.

2. Doughfaces -- Northern Democrat sympathizers with slavery and Southern Democrats.
   Northern Democrat Presidents Pierce and Buchanan were both commonly called "doughfaced".

3. Fire Eaters -- Southerners dedicated to preserving slavery and advocating secession.
   They first appeared in the early 1850s, but their time came in 1860 and they made the most of it.

4. Wide Awakes -- paramilitary Republicans who staged large marches to show and gather more political strength.
   Similar Democrat groups included "Douglas Invincibles", "Young Hickories", "Earthquakes" and in the South, "minutemen".

5. Black Republicans -- a name of derision, at the time.

6. Copperheads -- during the war, Northerners sympathetic to the Confederate cause.

Dean of Fire Eaters, South Carolina's Robert Rhett:

Republican Wide Awakes in 1860: