What you and some others who are clueless about history haven't figured out is that the South was ALWAYS a bastion of Conservatism. It never supported the creation of a federal leviathan. Right from the very start it wanted the federal government to be limited, its budgets to be both modest and balanced, and it wanted to stay out of foreign wars......ie things we call Conservative today.
New England always wanted the exact opposite. Those who supported big government, corporate welfare, crony capitalism, centralized power, etc were Republicans in the mid 19th century. They are Democrats today and those who are Conservatives today are Republicans. Political parties change over time. Hell, MAGA is changing the Republican party right now.
Wr went over this before. Democrats became a Big Government Party starting with Bryan. GOP Presidents from Grnt to McKinley WERE not for big government. TR was, but not Taft, Harding and Cooldidge. Indeed, BOTH Parties have been for too Big Governmemt for a Long time. That is our problem. You said the South wanted governent funds that means big government. 1913 was the real year that hurt the ID badly, not 1861.