[FLT-bird]

The Republicans were formed to abolish slavery. We even have a monument dedicated to one who managed to get elected to some office, but I can't seem to recall who that was.

No they weren't. They were against the spread of slavery and they were for large protective tariffs and lavish government subsidies for the Northern corporate fatcats. They were explicitly not abolitionist.

[TwelveOfTwenty]

The Republicans abolished slavery. None of your twisting and cherry picking of historical data can refute that.