The way Lincoln used to do it."
Ha!!
I think Democrat Pres. Jefferson Davis threw a relatively equal number of Southern anti-slavery Unionists in jail too, but the key fact is that while the Democrats congress formally declared war against Republicans, on May 6, 1861, they never actually formally surrendered, so technically speaking, Democrats are still at war against us.
That explains a lot, I think, and also suggests that Republicans do need to be a little tougher on our political opponents than we have been since... well... 1865.
Here we see Democrat Pres. Jefferson Davis on the very first LGBT Pride Day in 1865, expressing his support for transgender rights, while escaping the oppressive forces of misogynistic, toxic masculine White Privilege:
