The slavery issue changed political parties. The Whig Party collapsed, divided between anti slavery Northerners and proslavery Southerners. With this split, a Democrat won the 1852 campaign for president. Some Whigs joined the new American party.
Opium <span>is the fuel that keeps the
countryside of Afghanistan unstable and largely out of the reach of the
elected government.
Those warlords who control the area make money with heroin produced by the
opium and then that money is used to prepare and facilitate the militia causing
the instability and other issues.</span>
