Why did the southern states become predominantly Republican while the northern states become democratic?
Because northern states, and particularly the large urban centers became increasingly more liberal (central authority) while southern states remained more conservative (diverse authority). “The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure government, as sores do to the strength of the human body.” Thomas Jefferson Southerners once left the Union because their majority view was the central authority had usurped authority not given it by the Constitution. “All that the South has ever desired was that the Union as established by our forefathers should be preserved and that the government as originally organized should be administered in purity and truth.” “We could have pursued no other course without dishonour. And as sad as the results have been, if it had all to be done over again, we should be compelled to act in precisely the same manner.” Gen. Robert E. Lee So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that Slavery is abolished. I believe it
