[Who is John Galt?]

Democrats started a civil war in in 1861. They did so on the basic premise that cheap labor was good for America. The only thing that stopped in 1865 was the shooting.

Actually, it might be more realistic to suggest that the then-new Republican Party started a civil war in 1861, on the basic premise that a State, once acceeding to union, could never depart (although the Constitution nowhere prohibited State seccession).

The Democratic Party of that era was the 'constitutional party,' and generally promoted a literal or strict interpretation of the compact. The Republican Party of that time leaned towards actions based on feelings of moral outrage, rather than constitutional law. The party names have remained the same, but their philosophies have changed. IIRC, Ronald Reagan observed: "I didn't leave the Democratic Party. The party left me." Today's political parties are not even the same as those our grandparents voted for...

[jmacusa]

You're an advocate of ‘’The Southern Switch’’ are you? The Democrat Party was the party of slavery. The Republican Party was against it. The South fought to preserve that system as an economy and split from the Union. The Republican didn't go to war primarily to end slavery although it would eventually. It went to war to preserve the Union and won.