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Posted by jamesgarvin (A) on November 20, 2012 at 09:45:10

In Reply to: RE: Lincoln's objectives clarified . . . (spoilers?) posted by mr grits on November 18, 2012 at 08:20:16

but the Republican party was then, like now, of two minds. The economic conservatives counted the money, figured the war would be drawn out, and so wanted a truce with the South. They were repreesnted by McClellan when he challenged Lincoln in a primary. The religious right of the Republican party, which receives so much vitriol today, saw slavery as a sin, and felt it had no business in the United States. The ultimate example was John Brown. They eventually won out, Lincoln is re-elected, and slavery ended.

As an aside, it always seemed odd to me that many southerners were very christian, and yet they supported slavery, even if they did not own slaves. I'm always drawn back to the query whether Jesus approved of slavery. I am pretty sure he would not, and despite my perusing the magazine Conferderate Veteran at my local library, which actually has a column written by a pastor, he never really explains what Jesus would say about slavery, which I think is instructive, but still makes me wonder how they were able to rectify the teachings of Jesus with their support for slavery. But since they ain't explaining, I'm left to wonder.

Never fear, though. The South got their bone with the end of Reconstruction.