Abolitionists = Liberals
They're itching for a repeat.
BTW I've often wondered why the South didn't make a concerted effort to kill Lincoln, either before he took office, or early in the war. The North would've been left rudderless and most likely would've sued for peace.
The Knights of the Golden Circle did. They were unsuccessful until a team led by John Wilkes Booth got him right after the war.
After The North tried to kill Jefferson Davis. He became a target.
After The North tried to kill Jefferson Davis. He became a target.
They lusted for the blood of the southern slave holders, and agitated against the CSA separating peacefully.
Slavrocracy (southron slavers) = liberals
= loyalists.
All the mericans left Massachuttes ant went west leaving behind the loyalist detritus
The south did prepare to murder Lincoln. They knew as a western man they could not capture him, but could only kill him. The slave power through its agents in the Department of War created disloyal militia companies so that they could begin the insurrection in the District of Columbia. After Floyd resigned as Buchanan’s secretary of War, loyal officers went around to militia companies in the District of Columbia, and inspected them. As part of the inspection, their officers were required to swear an oath of loyalty to the US government in front of their men. Where militia officers refused, the militia company was disbanded, and the US government owned weapons available to the militia to assist their drill were impounded. Eventually those weapons were distributed to militia companies that were loyal.
It was only because of those loyal militia companies that Lincoln was able to be inaugurated.
It was only because the disloyal officers depended on deluding the members of their militia companies that the approach worked. Once their disloyalty was revealed, their plan for insurrection would not work.
Don’t forget the tariff, which had a profound effect on the relations between north and south.