Ray DiLorenzo ——Bio and Archives--November 8, 2025

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It has long become apparent that Democrats no longer consider conservatives or Republicans as mere political opponents but enemies. Like their fellow Democrats before the Civil War, they have a different vision for America and appear willing to fight for that view using all means available, including violence.

The rhetoric of politicians leading up to the Civil War grew increasingly aggressive. Inevitably, those years before and after the Civil War saw a culture of violence descend on the country, confirmed with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and continuing into the 20th and 21st centuries with a series of leftist assassinations and attempts.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 divided the land west of Missouri into two territories. After much heated debate, it was decided to allow the settlers to determine whether to permit slavery, thereby repealing the Missouri Compromise, which allowed slavery in Missouri and banned it in Maine and the other Louisiana Purchase territories.

It wasn't until 1857 that most Northern Democrats realized that their office-holders favored minority rule over the majority's will by ignoring the will of their constituents to advance their careers. These few Democrats held the balance of power in their party and in their government while casting their votes for slavery.

The similarities to today are........

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