By contrast, the Republicans were a bunch of radical abolitionists who not only “resisted” the Court’s decision (and thus defied law and order), but would have Americans believe that Negroes were included in the Declaration and were equal with white men. Yes, that was the Republican doctrine, Douglas said, tossing his head in defiance. And if it should triumph in America, then whites could look forward to racial amalgamation here—to the intermarrying of whites and blacks in direct violation of the “great law of nature” which held them apart. And the consequence would be the destruction of the
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This continues to this day.
