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Old 07-24-2008, 05:33 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by Solon View Post
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned the "twin relics of barbarism" that Lincoln's Republican party was committed to ending: slavery and polygamy.

http://members.aol.com/jfepperson/r1856.html

This is what had surprised me a ltitle aboutthe supposed support fo rthe confederacy. Based on materials I had read from the period, even though the Republicans and the press waged a vigorous propaganda war agains these twin relics, the contemproary wirtings of mormons I had seen from the time period pledged abiding suport to the consitution and its sanctity. I didn't see a lot of States Rights stuff (at least not in the convetional sense), which was what the confederacy hung its hat on. I never have sutdied it systematically, however, but it did suprise me a litte bit.
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