History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . ND DEMOtRATS [184a form that year urged the -re-annexationof Texas, the term assuming that as a partof Louisiana it had always been ours since1803. This was a fact, biit it was nowasseverated by the Democl-acy for a self-ish sectional purpose, and the cry broughtthousands of votes to the Whigs. It proved good politics for the Whigs in1840 to pass over Clay and adopt as theircandidate William Henry Harrison. Hehad indeed been unsuccessful in 1836,owing to the great popularity of Jackson,all whose influence
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . ND DEMOtRATS [184a form that year urged the -re-annexationof Texas, the term assuming that as a partof Louisiana it had always been ours since1803. This was a fact, biit it was nowasseverated by the Democl-acy for a self-ish sectional purpose, and the cry broughtthousands of votes to the Whigs. It proved good politics for the Whigs in1840 to pass over Clay and adopt as theircandidate William Henry Harrison. Hehad indeed been unsuccessful in 1836,owing to the great popularity of Jackson,all whose influence went for Van Buren;but now that Little Van, or Matty, asJackson used to call him, stood alone,Harrison had a better chance. His politi-cal record had been inconspicuous buthonorable. Nothing coulfJ be allegedagainst his character. He was a gentlemanof some ability, while his brilliant militaryrecord in 1812, now revived to the minut-est detail, gave him immense surviving Tippecanoe or Thamesveteran stumped his vicinity for the oldwar-horse. Many wavering Democrats in. William Henry Harrison. From a Co^y at thf Corcoran Art Gallery of a painting by Beard in. 1840. i84o] THE FIRST WHIG TRIUMPH 107 the South, especially those of the nullifica-tion stripe, were toled to the whig ticket bythe nomination of John Tyler for Vice-Pres-ident. Tippecanoe and Tyler too rangthrough the land as the whig watchwordfor the campaign. During the electioneer-ing every hamlet was regaled with portray-als of Harrisons simple farm life at NorthBend, where, a log cabin his dwelling, andhard cider—so one would have supposed—his sole beverage, he had been a genuineCincinnatus. Tippecanoe and Tylerwere therefore elected ; their popular votenumbering 1,275,017, against 1,128,702polled for Van Buren. However, this whig success, for a mo-ment so imposing, proved superficial andbrief. Harrison died at the end of hisfirst month in office, and Tyler, coming in,showed that though training u
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