. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . conventions wereintroduced. TheVan Buren men vote for the two-thirds rule, which made tried in vain for an adjournment. A motionthe nomination of Van Buren impossible, to declare Andrew Jackson the unanimouswas for the Pennsylvanians to violate choice of the convention called out cheersboth the letter and the s]:.;rit of their and good-natured laughter, but did not causepledge. a stampede. The real struggle came when The convention adjourned at half-past Miller of Ohio offered a resolution declar-one, and reassfmblfd at three oclock, ing Mar
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . conventions wereintroduced. TheVan Buren men vote for the two-thirds rule, which made tried in vain for an adjournment. A motionthe nomination of Van Buren impossible, to declare Andrew Jackson the unanimouswas for the Pennsylvanians to violate choice of the convention called out cheersboth the letter and the s]:.;rit of their and good-natured laughter, but did not causepledge. a stampede. The real struggle came when The convention adjourned at half-past Miller of Ohio offered a resolution declar-one, and reassfmblfd at three oclock, ing Martin Van Buren as having received ameanwhile having eaten the heavy mid-day majority of votes, the nominee of the con-dinner of the jjcriod, a proceeding which vention. Amid much excitement all overought to have prepared the members for the hall the chairman ruled that this motion,sleep rather than discussion. But the in- being in effect an attempt to rescind thecidents of the session were such as to keep two-thirds rule, required a two-thirds Reproduced fii
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