The life and times of William Lowndes Yancey . JOSHUA LANIER TWO ELECTIONS TO CONGRESS. 129 their predilections controlled, for a leader to formulate theissue of the Presidential campaign of 1844. But the last ofcontests for the Presidency on great national issues, had beenfought, in 1840. Geographical issues, to be determined bythe expediency of the moment, were destined to contain thehistory of national elections in the future. Neither Mr. Clayor Mr. Calhoun could become the impersonation of suchpolitics. Mr. Adams was content and Confident. This was the aspect of politics when, in
The life and times of William Lowndes Yancey . JOSHUA LANIER TWO ELECTIONS TO CONGRESS. 129 their predilections controlled, for a leader to formulate theissue of the Presidential campaign of 1844. But the last ofcontests for the Presidency on great national issues, had beenfought, in 1840. Geographical issues, to be determined bythe expediency of the moment, were destined to contain thehistory of national elections in the future. Neither Mr. Clayor Mr. Calhoun could become the impersonation of suchpolitics. Mr. Adams was content and Confident. This was the aspect of politics when, in January andFebruary, 1844, Mr. Clay, setting out from his retreat, followedthe Western rivers to New Orleans and up the Alabama toMontgomery, on his way to attend the celebration of the sixty-seventh anniversary of his birth, with great demonstrations,at Raleigh, North Carolina. February 28, 1844, a gun on thesteamship-of-war, Princeton, on the Potomac, exploded, killingSecretary of State Upshur and others. The next morning, atthe request of Representative Henry A.
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