A history of Missouri and Missourians; a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school .. . igned by Benton and his opponentsfrom one corner to the other beginning in 1849 and lastinguntil the election in 1850. Benton now waged the bitterestand most relentless fight of his life. He appealed to the peo-ple. He might have refused to fight on this issue but he pre-ferred battle to compromise and eventual inglorious opposed the Jackson Resolutions on the ground that theythreatened the break up of the Union and that they werepassed by his political
A history of Missouri and Missourians; a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school .. . igned by Benton and his opponentsfrom one corner to the other beginning in 1849 and lastinguntil the election in 1850. Benton now waged the bitterestand most relentless fight of his life. He appealed to the peo-ple. He might have refused to fight on this issue but he pre-ferred battle to compromise and eventual inglorious opposed the Jackson Resolutions on the ground that theythreatened the break up of the Union and that they werepassed by his political enemies and not by the people. The election resulted in giving the Whigs the largest num-ber of members in the Legislature. The Benton men camesecond and the anti-Benton men third. No one of the threehad a majority. On the point at issue, the Jackson Resolu-tions, the Whigs really felt like Benton, but they had opposedeach other for years. They refused to help him now. Finally,after repeated voting in 1851 the anti-Benton men, led by thenew leaders, voted with the Whigs and elected Henr> S. Missouri Politics, 1844-1860 135. 136 History of Missouri and Missourians Geyer of St. Louis. Benton had finally been defeated afterserving Missouri thirty years in the United States Senate. Hissuccessor Senator Geyer, was a native of Maryland. He wasan able lawyer and one of the Whig leaders of Missouri. But Benton did not know, or he refused to acknowledgedefeat. He had been a fearless fighter all his life and he wasdetermined to continue the fight. He felt that he was rightand he felt that the Union was rapidly approaching destruc-tion and war unless a change came soon. Benton decided todo his part until the end. In 1852 he ran for representative inCongress from St. Louis and was elected. The JacksonResolutions and the question of slavery extension were stillthe issues. In 1854 when Senator Atchison was up for re-election to the United States Senate, Benton worked hardagainst him, as
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