Was the Republican party's popularity before 1860 a produce of its conservatism rather than radicalism?

Brit123

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The Republican Party of the Civil War is surely remembered as radical due to its platform against the expansion of slavery and its later emancipation proclamation. However, the question was raised to me recently of whether their growing popularity stemmed rather from their conservatism. What do you think?
 
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