Weren't there southern pro-slavery Whigs?Why the Whigs?
And I'm not sure if they'd have Democrats, either. One less thing to tie them to the old Union.
Weren't there southern pro-slavery Whigs?
Weren't there southern pro-slavery Whigs?
IIRC, wasn't slavery effectively what split the Whigs and led to their dissolution? Anyway, if so, then the eventual formation of a Whig Party in opposition to the Democrats wouldn't really be that surprising.Indeed, there were a very large number. Alexander Stephens was a Whig, for example.
Well, I imagine if the Confederacy wins, Democrats would be as good as politically dead in the water in the north. So they might only survive in the South.There were plenty, and many became Democrats like Stephens. But given that the party was dead by the time of the Civil War, I don't see why the Confederacy would revive the party given that it preceded the Republicans. I wouldn't imagine that the Confederacy would keep any of the old political parties around. They'd need something to separate them from the North.
Well, I imagine if the Confederacy wins, Democrats would be as good as politically dead in the water in the north. So they might only survive in the South.
Confederate Party Platform
Conservatism
Protectionism
White Supremacy
Isolationist
Well, I imagine if the Confederacy wins, Democrats would be as good as politically dead in the water in the north. So they might only survive in the South.
Protectionist? Protectionist how? The Southern economy was based on a free flow of exports and imports and Southern politicians had been opposed to tariffs for generations.
Well, during the actual war, they seem to have avoided political party labels as ungentlemanly.