A history of the United States . Chap. XVII;McMaster, Vol. VI, pp. 389-419; E. M. Shepard, Martin VanBuren. CHAPTER XVII Henry Clay. THE PERIOD OF THE MEXICAN WAR In spite of Van Burens unpopularity and the misfortunes of his administration no other aspirant appeared to contest his party lead- ^, , . - , , The election ership and he of Harrison was renomi- and Tyler, 1840nated without opposition by a conven-tion which met in Balti-more May 5, 1840. Asthere were several candi-dates for the vice-presi-dential nomination theconvention decided notto choose between them,expecting that the choicewou
A history of the United States . Chap. XVII;McMaster, Vol. VI, pp. 389-419; E. M. Shepard, Martin VanBuren. CHAPTER XVII Henry Clay. THE PERIOD OF THE MEXICAN WAR In spite of Van Burens unpopularity and the misfortunes of his administration no other aspirant appeared to contest his party lead- ^, , . - , , The election ership and he of Harrison was renomi- and Tyler, 1840nated without opposition by a conven-tion which met in Balti-more May 5, 1840. Asthere were several candi-dates for the vice-presi-dential nomination theconvention decided notto choose between them,expecting that the choicewould ultimately devolveupon the Senate. Aplatform was adoptedembodying the charac-teristic principles ofJeffersonian and Jack-sonian Whigs had already held their convention at Harris-burg, Pennsylvania, December 4, 1839. Clay, who had beenthe most active organizer of the party, was eager for the nomi-nation, but as the party was made up of such diverse elementsit was deemed best to nominate WiUiam Henry Harrison, 289. 290 Sectional Divergence whose political principles were not so clearly defined or sowell known. For the vice-presidency they nominated JohnTyler of Virginia, a strict-constructionist Democrat, whoseopposition to Jackson had carried him into the Whig party. As the Whigs could not agree upon a platform, they de-cided to conduct a spectacular campaign and to arouse popu-lar enthusiasm for the old hero of Tippecanoe. Log cabinswere drawn through the streets on floats, with barrels of cideroutside and live raccoons tied to the door. The campaignwas turned into a carnival of merrymaking and the immensethrongs that gathered at street parades and mass meetingsjoined in singing popular songs ending in the refrain of Tip-pecanoe and Tyler too. These methods were and Tyler received 234 electoral votes and VanBuren only 60. This campaign is also memorable for theappearance of the AboHtion party, which nominated JamesG. Birney of New York as it
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