It obvious you idiot. The Republican party was trying to destroy the south, it's economy and it's people. That was even before the war started. For possible cranial penetration here is the definition of the word "conservative"
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See more synonyms for conservative on Thesaurus.com adjective
- disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- cautiously moderate or purposefully low: a conservative estimate.
- traditional in style or manner; avoiding novelty or showiness: conservative suit.
How does this in anyway define what the Republican Party of the mid 19th century? It does however describe the Democrats of the mid 19th century perfectly.