History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . barrel of hardcider, as the emblems of their campaign. Their campaign paper, too, was called The LogCabin. Of that famous and formidable sheet HoraceGreeley was the editor. So great had been the successof the Jejfersonian that the Whig managers instinctively iQ^n^^^r? ^^ ^° ^P^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ if possible, inmo. He did more than repeat it. He so far surpassedIt as to throw the brilliant record of the former paperinto eclipse. The Log Cabin became not merely a New^ ork but a national paper, with a circulation of morethan 80,000 a week
History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . barrel of hardcider, as the emblems of their campaign. Their campaign paper, too, was called The LogCabin. Of that famous and formidable sheet HoraceGreeley was the editor. So great had been the successof the Jejfersonian that the Whig managers instinctively iQ^n^^^r? ^^ ^° ^P^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ if possible, inmo. He did more than repeat it. He so far surpassedIt as to throw the brilliant record of the former paperinto eclipse. The Log Cabin became not merely a New^ ork but a national paper, with a circulation of morethan 80,000 a week—an enormous figure for the timeyet far short of what might have been attained had hbeen possible for the presses to print enough copies tosupply the demand. The State was swept with a frenzy of enthusiasm,both for Harrison and against Van Buren. Henrv Claydescribed the state of the whole nation as like the oceanwhen convulsed by some terrible storm, and DanielWebster-who was one of the foremost campaignspeakers, though he had been disappointed in not him-. John Canfield Spexcer John Canfield Spencer; born in Hudson, N. Y., January 8,1788; was graduated from Union college in 1806; admitted tothe bar in 180^) and began practice at Canandaigua, N. Y.;served in the war of 1812; postmaster at Canandaigua; judgeadvocate general in 1813; assistant attorney general for west-ern Xevv York, 1815; served in congress, 1817-1819; memberof the state assembly, 1820-1821, and served one year asspeaker; served in the state senate, 1824-1828; special attorneygeneral to prosecute abductors of Morgan; again a member ofthe state as-embly, 1831-1832; secretary of state of New Yorkin 1839; appointed secretary of war by President Tyler, October12, 1841 and served until March 3, 1843; secretary of the treas-ury, March 3, 1843 to Mav 2, 1844 when he resigned; died inAlbany, N. Y., May 18, 1855. 1840] TIPPECANOE, AND TYLER TOO 241 self securing the Presidential nomination—declaredthat the cry, the
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