Southerners argued that it was the North that was changing, and was prone to new "isms", while the South remained true to the historic republican values of the Founding Fathers (many of whom owned slaves, including Washington, Jefferson and Madison.)
Južnjaci su se žalili da je Sjever taj koji se mijenja dok je Jug ostao vjeran povijesnim republikanskim vrijednostima Očeva Osnivača (Founding Fathers) od kojih su mnogi posjedovali robove, uključujući predsjednike Washingtona, Jeffersona i Madisona.