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What if the south is able to win the war and gain independence? What happens to Lincoln and the republicans? Wouldn’t Lincoln be totally discredited as a politician? Will Republican Party disappear after the war? Wouldn’t losing half the country or being blamed for the south leaving make them be seen as incompetent especially considering it is a war many original thought would be easy to win?