Just as the nation the Whigs could not sustain itself while being half slave owning and the other half free. ... From 1836-1877 a loosely powered Presidential reconstruction of the Southern states existed while eventually a stricter more involved program by the Congress redeemed the southern states. ... Whose leaders were easily tempted to spread this cancerous slave institution throughout the nation. This being considered the Slave Power Conspiracy that was addressed by Lincoln, he noted that the party had Democratic ideals while expressing northern hatred against the South's political ...

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