1877 Dixieland Presidential Election (Deo Vindice)

The 1877 Dixieland Presidential Election was the fifth quadrennial presidential election in the Dixieland Confederation, held on wednesday November 7th, 1877. This was the first election where there were no current non-politicans running for president.

Background
In June 1874, the Confederacy was under threat of Embargoment if they did not abolish slavery, so President Hamilton would decide to abolish slavery with the emancipation act of 1874, However several radical politicians in the Confederate Congress quickly began to question Hamilton, with some even going as far as to call him a "yankee sympathizer" and a traitor, mostly based on his views on civil rights and african americans.

Democratic Nomination
Alexander J. Hamilton decided to follow Jefferson Davis' Precedent and decided not to run for a second term, instead the Democrats decided to nominate Peter H. Bell for president and Former Governor of Florida David S. Walker for vice president

Southern Constitution Nomination
Hoping to continue the trend of nominating generals, they decided to nominate Matthew Butler (The nephew of Commodore Matthew Perry who famously opened japan up to trade) for President, in order to gain more support with the public they decided to nominate an actual politican, they nominated Charles E. Nash (a representative from Lousiaiana) for Vice President

Campaign
The Main Issue of the day was slavery, which had been abolished only 3 years earlier, the Democratic Party supported abolishment saying it was better for the economy, The Southern Constitution party was against abolishment due to the fact that "Its a neccessary part of the southern image"

Results
Despite the intense backlash from Southern Constitution Members, the Democratic Party won another victory