The Republican party was founded in 1854 by single-issue voters called [[Abolitionist]]s. Barely a dozen years later, after the 1863 [[Emancipation Proclamation]], it had only two things to fight for: full [[civil rights]] for [[Blacks]] and the spoils of victory, that is, government jobs for those in the fight. | The Republican party was founded in 1854 by single-issue voters called [[Abolitionist]]s. Barely a dozen years later, after the 1863 [[Emancipation Proclamation]], it had only two things to fight for: full [[civil rights]] for [[Blacks]] and the spoils of victory, that is, government jobs for those in the fight. |