[mac_truck]

The Republican Party was founded in 1854 to oppose the pro-slavery policies of the Democratic Party.

Words worth repeating!

[Little Bill]

The Republican was founded by the abolitionists but was co-opted by the Wiggs after FRemont got his butt kicked in 1856.

The Republican party is the linial desendant of the Federalist Party through the Wiggs, Henry Clay, Linclon.

The solid South ended in the Mountians from North Alabama to West Virginia, we had copperheads they had Unionists.