You bring up an interesting point. In 1860, the Democrats nominated Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois, but southerners opposed him because he opposed Federal protection for slavery. So, like spoiled brats who didn’t get their way, they stomped off in a huff and held their own convention and nominated someone else, guaranteeing Lincoln’s election.
lol..and Sumner and Stevens were paragons of patience and virtue right?
lol..and Sumner and Stevens were paragons of patience and virtue right?....hotheads on BOTH sides contrinbuted to a wholly unworthy amount of bloodshed....they didn't call them RADICAL republicans without reason..hell, they even were hostile to Abe as a soft buffoon in their self righteous eyes....you guys today are cut from the same cloth btw...scratch a south basher here and he bleeds social lib blood time and again. "What culture war, shucks I only care about all that nasty stuff those Nazi Southerners did to the great Black Man..blah, blah, blah".
and btw if Douglas was so great then why wasn't he good enough for the ever full of himself Yankee?
none of ya'll voted for the somebeach either hoss...only Missouri.
PS: I fart in your general direction.