. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... n. It was declined by him, butthe question was taken up by the press andpeople of the Union, and was discussed withthe greatest interest and activity. The south was unanimously in favor ofthe annexation of Texas, as it was a regionin which slave labo«- would be particularly ADMINISTRATIONS OF HARRISON AND TYLER. 50^ profitable; and a strong party in the northopposed the annexation for the reason that itwould inevitably extend the area of additiona
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... n. It was declined by him, butthe question was taken up by the press andpeople of the Union, and was discussed withthe greatest interest and activity. The south was unanimously in favor ofthe annexation of Texas, as it was a regionin which slave labo«- would be particularly ADMINISTRATIONS OF HARRISON AND TYLER. 50^ profitable; and a strong party in the northopposed the annexation for the reason that itwould inevitably extend the area of additional argument against annexationwas that it would involve a war with Mexico,which had never acknowledged the inde-pendence of Texas. In April, 184/I., Texas formally applied foradmission into the United States, and a ing issues of the campaign. Its candidateswere James K. Polk, of Tennessee, andGeorge M. Dallas, of Pennsylvania. TheWhig party supported Henry Clay, of Ken-tucky, and Theodore Frelinghuysen, of NewJersey, and opposed the annexation olTexas. During this campaign, which was one otunusual excitement, the Anti-slavery party. GENERAL POST OFFICE WASHINGTON. eaty for that purpose was negotiated withher by the government of ths country. Itwas rejected by the In the fall of 1844 the Presidential electiontook place. The leading political questionof the day was the annexation of Texas. Itwas advocated by the administration ofPresident Tyler and by the Democraticparty. This party also made the claim ofthe United States to Oregon one of the lead- made its appearance for the first time as adistinct political organization, and nominatedJames G. Birney as its candidate for thePresidency. The result of the campaign was a decisivevictory for the Democrats. This successwas generally regarded as an emphaticexpression of the popular will respectingthe Texas and Oregon questions. did not receive a single electoral 592 FROM THK REVOLUTION TO THK CIVIL WAR. vote, and of
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