Abolitionists were never in control of the government thus to claim that Southern reaction to them was fundamental is simply not correct. They infuriated the Slavers no doubt as well as most of the North.
That era's Democrat party was not conservative but anti-Nationalist.
My comment about Jackson was meant to show that Lincoln was not alone in how to treat those threatening the Union.
MY heritage is Southern but there is nothing to honor about defending slavery. It was an abomination and ever shall be.
"That era's Democrat party was not conservative but anti-Nationalist."
The more things change, the more they remain the same.