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Sailor Steve · 10-16-10, 07:54 PM

What they thought at the time:
http://www.librarycompany.org/republ...56campaign.htm

And the campaign issues of the 1856 election:
http://dig.lib.niu.edu/message/campa...tory-1856.html

The Republicans selected Fremont because of his opposition to the Fugitive Slave Laws, and according to the second article many prominent southerners vowed to secede if Fremont were elected. Did they actually fight each other, or beat each up in the Senate over State Sovereignty issues? Not that I've heard of.

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	What they thought at the time: http://www.librarycompany.org/republ...56campaign.htm And the campaign issues of the 1856 election: http://dig.lib.niu.edu/message/campa...tory-1856.html The Republicans selected Fremont because of his opposition to the Fugitive Slave Laws, and according to the second article many prominent southerners vowed to secede if Fremont were elected. Did they actually fight each other, or beat each up in the Senate over State Sovereignty issues? Not that I've heard of. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo