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*a tendency to "wave the bloody shirt"<ref name=npsinfo/><ref name=garfieldandarthur/><ref group=note>This tactic referred to campaigning against the Democrats as the party of the Confederacy and denouncing them for the bloodiness of the American Civil War.</ref>

*a tendency to "wave the bloody shirt"<ref name=npsinfo/><ref name=garfieldandarthur/><ref group=note>This tactic referred to campaigning against the Democrats as the party of the Confederacy and denouncing them for the bloodiness of the American Civil War.</ref>

However, not all Stalwarts were necessarily conservative. Benjamin Butler's alliance with the faction was attributed to his staunch pro-civil rights and pro-spoils system stance, though sharply differed with the likes of Conkling on economics, where he increasingly became liberal in his support for [[greenbacks]]. John A. Logan, an Illinois Stalwart, wavered on monetary policy and staunchly supported lower tariffs.<ref>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. 27.</ref>

However, not all Stalwarts were necessarily conservative. Benjamin Butler's alliance with the faction was attributed to his staunch pro–civil rights and pro–spoils system stance, though sharply differed with the likes of Conkling on economics, where he increasingly became liberal in his support for [[greenbacks]]. John A. Logan, an Illinois Stalwart, wavered on monetary policy and staunchly supported lower tariffs.<ref>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. 27.</ref>

According to William G. Eidson in "Who Were the Stalwarts?", the faction were consistently supportive of soft money as opposed to sound money. However, his tracking methodology cherry-picks mostly western Republicans into his grouping method of senators while excluding eastern machine politicians including Roscoe Conkling, who he argues was not a Stalwart leader until 1879 despite leading the opposition towards Hayes during the latter's early presidency.

According to William G. Eidson in "Who Were the Stalwarts?", the faction were consistently supportive of soft money as opposed to sound money. However, his tracking methodology cherry-picks mostly western Republicans into his grouping method of senators while excluding eastern machine politicians including Roscoe Conkling, who he argues was not a Stalwart leader until 1879 despite leading the opposition towards Hayes during the latter's early presidency.