@blatham,
Southern Democrats were the racist supporters of slavery and, subsequently, racist supporters of the rotten principle of "separate but equal." Southern Republicans were in the minority then. They opposed slavery and the rotten principle, "separate but equal." The number of southern Republicans has increased substantially since then.
A majority of modern Republicans believe: "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
What the hell do modern Democrats believe? Those modern Democrats that believe in Barach Obama do not believe: "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."