[Zionist Conspirator]

Nope. The Republicans were the new face of the Know Nothings. They were not anti-slavery Whigs. The Whigs that merged into the Republican party were mainly the hard core central bank/protective tariff/corporate welfare Whigs (of which Lincoln was a fervent member). A few other weird northern parties, such as the Anti-Mason party, also threw in their lot. The unifying theme of the Republican party was that it was a pro North and anti South, a purely sectional party. On every issue the Republican party aligned itself with the interests of the North. The party didn't even run any candidates in the South. The legend that the Republican party was somehow an anti-slavery party was invented after the war.

First, the Federalist/Whig tradition is America's genuine conservative political tradition (the Jeffersonian/Jacksonian tradition has always been radical).

Second, the Republican party was formed as a single-issue party and that issue was "anti-extensionism." Many of the early Radical Republicans were actually anti-bank and anti-tariff, etc. (Thaddeus Stevens held the same position on money that many of today's neo-Confederates do).

After the Civil War was over the party's initial founder, Alvan E. Bovay, even suggesting ending the party (since it had achieved its purpose) and creating a new single-issue party based on prohibition and temperance.

Don't tell me . . . neo-Confederate . . . right?

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First, the Federalist/Whig tradition is America's genuine conservative political tradition (the Jeffersonian/Jacksonian tradition has always been radical).

LOL. Completely backwards. The Jefferson/Jackson party was always the most popular party. The Whigs had to continually result to gimmicks and subterfuge to get elected since their position were mostly unpopular. What exactly is "conservative" about inflationism and corporate welfare?

Thaddeus Stevens held the same position on money that many of today's neo-Confederates do.

Sigh... the inevitable Lincoln idolator.

Thaddeus Stevens was not a Whig. He was the leader of the anti-Mason party, and a complete loon.