[southern cross forever]

Yep, the pubes were the originators of the "buy your vote scheme" "We'll give you 40 acres and a mule if you vote Republican" . Then the dems perfected it with "We'll give you a big fat check if you vote Democrat".

[justshutupandtakeit]

What an outrageous, ignorant lie. Why don't you study the history of the Democratic party in the North? Ever hear of the "spoils system." To the Victor belongs the spoils. Whose slogan was that? Hint: it was at least 20 yrs before the GOP was even formed.

Government land to citizens and even non citizens was older than the Republican party. The best proposal was for the 40 acres to come from the confiscated properties of the Slavers. Now THAT would have been justice!

Oh, and there was NO necessity to buy Black votes after the War. Blacks knew very well which party had been created to fight slavery, had fought the RAT inspired rebellion, had murdered thousands of Blacks after the War. It wasn't Republicans who went on a Reign of TError but democRATs. Nor was it Republicans who disenfranchised Blacks, it was the RATS.