The world: historical and actual . rer General Winfield Scott, thehero of two wars, but he was utterly routed by Gen-eral Pierce, who had nothing to recommend himto the people. It was not in any sense a personalcampaign. The country was dissatisfied with bothparties, but of the two evils the people chose theone least conspicuous for compromise. That was =sp J± THE PERIOD OF COMPROMISE. 52 7 the last national election ever held at which both ofthe leading parties attempted to win the favor ofboth sections of the country There had long been a distinctively anti-slaveryparty at the North, with no
The world: historical and actual . rer General Winfield Scott, thehero of two wars, but he was utterly routed by Gen-eral Pierce, who had nothing to recommend himto the people. It was not in any sense a personalcampaign. The country was dissatisfied with bothparties, but of the two evils the people chose theone least conspicuous for compromise. That was =sp J± THE PERIOD OF COMPROMISE. 52 7 the last national election ever held at which both ofthe leading parties attempted to win the favor ofboth sections of the country There had long been a distinctively anti-slaveryparty at the North, with now and then a represen-tative in congress ; but its strength was inconsidera-ble as compared with the other two parties. In 1840,and again in 1844, the Abolitionists had cast theirvotes for electors pledged to support James G. Bir-ney for president. In 1848, under the lead of VanBuren, and again in 1852, under the lead of JohnP. Hale, the Free-Soil party had secured the anti-slavery vote, gaining a lit; le each time, but not WILLIAM H. SEWARD. The election of Pierce seemed to be the permanenttriumph of the pro-slavery party. Early in 1854 Senator Douglas of Illinois, Chair-man of the Committee on- Territories, introducedthe Kansas-Nebraska Bill which was, in effect, therepeal of the Missouri Compromise. A fierce con-flict arose. The Whig party, as if conscious thatits mission of conciliation was over, went the wayof the Federal party, to which it had fallen died of inanition, and with the passage of thebill introduced by Mr. Douglas (for after a hotlycontested struggle in Congress it became a law) therewas born the Republican party of the present succeeded to the estate of the Whig organizationwithout assuming its liabilities. A new set of great men came to the front aboutthis time to take the place of Clay, Webster and Calhoun. This triumvirate consisted of Wm. of New York, Charles Sumner of Massa-chusetts and Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. Mr.
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