. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. l; they sang jolly campaign songs, and drankwidely of cider, the beverage of the frontier. The whole campaign was like agreat national frolic, an
. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. l; they sang jolly campaign songs, and drankwidely of cider, the beverage of the frontier. The whole campaign was like agreat national frolic, and with much excitement, laughter, and hurrah, Harri-son was whirled into the presidential chair, defeating Van Burens hopes of asecond term. The triumph, the confusion, and the downright hard work of the campaignand of the great position proved too much for the aged general. The spoilssystem surrounded him with thousands of clamorous office-seekers, to whomhe gave his whole time and all too literally his life. He sickened and diedwithin a month after his inauguration. His election, following upon that of Jackson, changed all the former ideasabout the selection of presidential candidates. Instead of tendering the officeto their real leaders, parties began to look for men who could be made popularwith the masses, men whose very lack of eminence protected them from ene-mies such as might lessen the vote-winning powers of a Webster or a Clay. X02. ..ftA.«« M tJ Vf 1-^ *•■* *^ *» *^ *■■* *■■* ** ** «^ ** ** *^ *^ ^^ ■^ ^^ ftAita tiA fca fca 4a a^ >a ^ ^
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