Great article!
It is amazing how similiar this battle between Lincoln and the democrats still is today.
The Confederate democrats played the same class warfare games then that the Progressive democrats do today.
Of course the Progressive democrat Wilson mentioned in the article was the first democrat after the Civil war elected President and was supported by the Confederate socialists known as the ‘People’s party’. Wislon also brought on many Confederate democrats into his administration and heavily supported the KKK.
The Confederate democrats were always very anti-capitalism and anti-Wall Street just as the Progressive democrats still are today.
The Progressive democrats stil also practise ‘Slavery economics’ as well just as their predeccesors the Confederate democrats did.
Also as a side note -
The very first actions geared towards an agenda of ‘Seperation of Church and State’ was also started by the Confederate democrats as well. Confederate democrats began boycotting religious ceremonies in the Congress because Republicans were inviting black Americans to participate.
For me that was the begininng of the Progressive democrat agenda for ‘Seperation of Church and State’ which is a Progressive policy of Marxist ideology.
This left-wing agenda started with the Confederate democrats and then was championed by the Progressive democrats.