A history of the United States for schools . t slavery in the territories. The, _ northern Democrats nominated Douglas, and The Demo- . =* ciatic party wcrc not yet inclined to give up squatter sov-ereignty. The meagre remnant of Whigs andKnow-Nothings, now calling themselves the Constitu-tional Union party, nominated John Bell, of Tennessee, 1 After war had broken out, however, John Browns memory becamepopular with the Union soldiers, and figured in the well-known war-song : — John Browns body lies mouldering in the grave;His soul is marching on. 136. 137- SLAVERY AND SECESSION. 569 and decla
A history of the United States for schools . t slavery in the territories. The, _ northern Democrats nominated Douglas, and The Demo- . =* ciatic party wcrc not yet inclined to give up squatter sov-ereignty. The meagre remnant of Whigs andKnow-Nothings, now calling themselves the Constitu-tional Union party, nominated John Bell, of Tennessee, 1 After war had broken out, however, John Browns memory becamepopular with the Union soldiers, and figured in the well-known war-song : — John Browns body lies mouldering in the grave;His soul is marching on. 136. 137- SLAVERY AND SECESSION. 569 and declared themselves in favor of the Constitution,the Union, and the enforcement of the laws. The division of the Democrats made a Republican vic-tory certain. Lincoln had 180 electoral votes, Breckin-ridge 72, Bell 39, and Douglas 12. The popular vote forDouglas was very large, but in nearly all the northernstates it was merely a large minority, and, therefore, didnot show in the electoral vote. 137. The Secession of Several States. As soon as.
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