[Schwaeky]

Little history lesson...

Actually the Whigs in the southern states were the more die-hard secessionists. Stonewall Jackson, PGT Beauregard and JEB Stuart were all staunch in the southern nationalist movement before secession saw light of day. Lee on the other hand, was a Democrat and a reluctant secessionist who only went with the south because that's the way Virginia went.

[Norman Bates]

Thanks for the info - really. But you were directing this to me because...

[Lobster Johnson]

Actually the Whigs in the southern states were the more die-hard secessionists. Stonewall Jackson, PGT Beauregard and JEB Stuart were all staunch in the southern nationalist movement before secession saw light of day. Lee on the other hand, was a Democrat and a reluctant secessionist who only went with the south because that's the way Virginia went.

Yes, but as a result of the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 and the rise of the Republican Party, the Whig Party's lukewarm, "do anything to hold the Union together" became unappealing to its members. The anti-slavery Northerners joined up with the Republicans and the pro-slavery Southerners threw in their lot with the Democratic Party.

Don't cut the Dems any slack. :-)

Five tons of Flax,
Davis