A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . talled in the WhiteHouse. And what did November tell? The electoral vote cast for Martin VanBuren, 60; for General Harrison, 234. No wonder that the supply of hardcider was almost exhausted within the next three days. PECaUAR FEATURE OF THE HARRISON CAMPAIGN, As we have noted, the method of nominating presidential candidates bymeans of popular conventions was fully established in 1840, and has continued
A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . talled in the WhiteHouse. And what did November tell? The electoral vote cast for Martin VanBuren, 60; for General Harrison, 234. No wonder that the supply of hardcider was almost exhausted within the next three days. PECaUAR FEATURE OF THE HARRISON CAMPAIGN, As we have noted, the method of nominating presidential candidates bymeans of popular conventions was fully established in 1840, and has continueduninterruptedly ever since. One peculiar feature marked the Harrison cam-paign of 1840. The convention which nominated Martin Van Buren met inBaltimore in May of that year. On the same day, the young Whigs of thecountry held a mass-meeting in Baltimore, at which fully twenty thousandpersons were 2)resent, They came from every j^art of the Union, Massachusettssending fully a thousand. When the adjournment took place, it was to meetagain in Washington at the inauguration of Harrison. The railway was thencoming into general use, and this greatly favored the assembling of CHAPTER XIII. ADrvIINISTRAXION OK POLK:, 1845—1849. James K. Folk—The Wm-with Mexico—The First Conflict—Battle of Resaca de la Palma—VigorousAction of the United States Government—General Scotts Plan of Campaign—Capture of Monterey—An Armistice—Capture of Saltillo—Of Victoria—Of Tampico—General Kearnys Capture ofSanta Fe—Conquest of California—Wonderful March of Colonel Doniphan—Battle of Buena Vista—General Scotts March Toward the City of Jlexico—Capture of Vera Cruz—American Victory atGerro Gordo—Five American Victories in One Day—Santa Anna—Conquest of Mexico Completed—Terms of the Treaty of Peace—The New Territory Gained—The Slavery Dispute—The WilmotProviso—Fifty-Four Forty or Fight—Adjustment of the Oregon Boundary—Admission of Iowaa
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