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Show 12 A POLITICAL TEXT-BOOK FOR 18GO. . . d 1 result was the triumphant election of llarrisoa more to nominate cnnd1dates for Prc8sident an d Tyler· v u.n Buren receiving tbe electoral . . Tl llor Andrew tcveuson an ' . Vtce·Prestdent. 'e 1 · · · re' Sl· u Cll t Wl' th 1 .. 1f a' j vote of only seven States; v1z: 1 .~ of Vtrgmta, wa~ chosen p ' . tnries A IIam ~hire 7. Virginia, 28; South Carolina, 11; dozen vice-prestdents and fo~r sect~ 1 ·~hole mfr~~fs·. b; .fial>u.~a, '7; 1\lis~ouri, 4; an<l Arkansas, s-rule was adopted that two-thtrds o t 1e k Total GO. f t 1 ld be necessary to ma e a ' . num?cr _o vo es s 10~ uestion connected South -Carolina refused to vote f~r Rtehard U. n~mm~t~n o~ to t~~Cl~~s~nGa~ot for President, Johnson for Vice-President, throwm1 ~:ay_ h_er t ercwtt . n nominated unanimously, re- 11 votes on Littleton W. Tazewell, o Irgtma. Mcc:r.n Ynca rn 2B6~<r>e ovn t'evsa• s ~L· 'or Vice-President, Richardd llarris.o n aSn d 'Tyler received the votes of the M J oh of Kentucky received 178, an followmg tutes: . 0 n SOI!, . . ' • M. J b 4 . c William C. RiYcs, of V trgm1a, 87 · x._ o n- Maino, 10; Mas11ach usctt.s, 14; Rhouo. hlan<l, , on: Son having received more than two-thu·ds of necticut, 8; VenuonDt, 71; New-Y8~r~.14a2ry'l~~tf~~s~dr~b 1 all the< votes cast, wns declare.d d U1 Y no~•m a ted Cveanronlsiynlav an ia 80 · e aware, , •• .. , ' 15 . 'aeo~gla, 11; Ken*ucky,15; Tennessee~ 1~; as the candidn.te for Vice-President. Th1s Cou- Ohio, 21; Lo~isiana, 5; Ml.ssisslppl,4; Indiana, 9 ; M1chl· vent ion adopted no platform. gan, i-Total, 23~. TilE OPPOSITIO~ IN 1836. In 1835 Gen. Wm. II. llarrison, o~ Ohio, was nominated for President, with l!'ranc1s Gran~er, for Vicc-Prc~idcnt, by n Whig State Convent10n at Harrisburcr Pennsylvania, and also by a Democratic A~1ti-Ma.sonic Convention h ?ld ~t the same plnce. A ·whig State C~nvent10n lD Maryland also nomint~.tetl Gen. llarl'lson for ~resident with John Tyler, of Virginia, for Vtce. Gen. IT. also received nominations in New York, Ohio and other Stutes. . llugh L . White, of Tennessee was nommated by the Legislatures of Tennessee and Ala_bama, as the Opro ition or Anti-Jackson cnnd1date; while Mr. Web. ter was the faYorite of the Opposition in Massachusetts, nod Willie P. Mangum, of N.C. received the vote of S. C., 11. ~he result of the contest of 1836 was the elect10n of .Mr. Van Buren, who received the electoral votes of the States of Wn.ine 10 · New-Hampshire, 7; Rhode Island,~; Co_nnecticut; 8; 1New York, 42 · Pennsylvania, 80 r ~~r~ima, 28; North Carolina, 15; l.oulshLna, 6; ~IiSSISS1pp1, "·; Illinois, ti; Alabn.mo., 7; Missouri, 4; Arkansas, 8; l'tllchlgan, 8-Total 170. Gen. Harrison received the votes of Vermont 7 · New-Jersey, 8; Delaware, 8; Maryland, 10 ; Kentu~ky, 16; Ohio, 21; nn<l Indiana, !l-Total, 78. Ilugh L. White received the vote of Georgia, 11, uud Tennessee, 15: total, 2~. Mr. Webster received the vote of Massachusetts, 14. WIIIG NATIONAL CONVENTION,-1839. A Wbicr National Convention representing twenty-on~ States met at IIarrisburg, Pa., Dec. 4, 1839. James Barbour, of Virginia, presided, and the result of the first ballot was the nomination of Gen. William 11. Ilarrison, of Ohio, who received 148 • votes to 90 for Henry Clay, and 16 for Gen. Winfield Scott. John 'fyler, of Virginia ~as unanimously nominated as the Whicr c~ndidate for Vice-Preside nt. The Convention adopted no platform of principles ; but the party in conducting the me1_n?rabl~ cam-pairYn of 1840 assailed the AdrmmstratlOn of o , I . Mr. Van Buren for its genera nusrnanngement of public affairs and its profligacy, and the • Ballots were repeatedly tnken in co~nmittee thro~•ghout two or three day~ · but as no cnntlid•uo rectJJ vod "1r11tjonty, It was only r eport.t<.l to tbe cOn\'Cntion thf\1 I he committee hl\d not been nb!e to 1\:tree on t\ c<uu.Jid11tu 111 he prc>~tllllo•l to the con vention. }'fn•llly the delegali!W from New-York and other Rt.ates wWcll b:\ i supportecl (;en. Scott, genemlly \H!It on•r to Gen. Harrison , who thus receh·c<.la mnjorhy, whun ,.,., rusult Wll.i declared, u above. ABOLITIO.N CONVEKTION,-1839. A Convention of Abolitionists was held at "\Varsa\v, N.Y., on the 13th of November, 1839, which adopteu the following: Ruoltoul, 'l'hat, In our Judgment, every consideration of duty 1\nd expediency which ought to con~rol the action of Christian freemen, requires of the Abohtionlsta or the u. S. to organize a distinct and independent poll· tical party, embracing all the necessary ~eans for nominating candld:~.tes for office and sustaming them by public sulfrage. The Convention then nominutcd for President James G. Birney, of New York, and for Vice-Pt·esident }'rancis J. Lemoyne, of Pennsylvania. These gentlemen subsequently declined tbe nomination. Nevertheless they received a total of 7 ,60~ votes in various Free States. DEMOCRATIC NATIO~AL CONVENTION, 1840. A Democratic National Convention met ~t Baltimore, May ISth, 1840,_ to no~inate candidates for President and V1Ce-Pres1dent. D_elegntes were present from the States of Mame, N ew-IIam pshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rho?e Island New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvama, Mary l~nd, N ortb Carolina, .G~o~gia_, Ken~~cky, Tcnnessee,Ohio, Alabama,MtSBlSBippt, LoUistana, Indiana, Missouri, Michigan, and Arka~sas. Gov. William Carroll, of Tennessee! pres1dcd, and the Convention, before proceedmg to the nomination of candidates, adopted the follow· ing platform-viz.: 1. Resoltoed, That the Federal Government is one~~ limited powers derived solely from the Constltutlon, 1 a the grants of power shown therein ought to be st~ ct1~y construed by all the departments and agents o e government and that it Is inexpedient and dangerous to exercise do~btful constitutional powers. f 2 ResollvBd That the Constitution does not con er up~n tho Gen~ral Government the power to comme~co or carry on a general system of internal lmprovemen · 8 Resoltotd 'l'hat the Constitution does not confer authority upo~ the l<'edernl Government, directly or In· directly, to assume the debts of the several States,8~~~; tracted for local intemal improveme!lts or ~ther ex· purposes; nor would such assumptiOn be Just or pef.ieR~solved, That justice and sound policy forb!~ t~~ Federal Government to foster one brauch oC indus Y t the detriment of another, or to cherish the lnteres~~one portion to the Injury of another portion or our c f mon country- that every citizen and every sect on ~ the country has a. right to demand and lnsi.Jit upon d &quality or rights and privileges, and to comp~ete a~lc ample protection of person~ and property from ome.~ violence or foreign aggroot~IOO. NATIONAL CONVE~TIONS AND PLATFORMS. u 0. Rt>-iloloerl, ThM It is the duty or every branch or 1 Government, and dL~cdm!nntlng with special refe rence the goverument to enforce and practice the most rigid to the Protection of the Domestic Labor of the country economy In conducting our public affairs, and that no j-tl'..O Distribution ef the procelld::l from t11c !!ales or the more revenue ought to be raised than is required to de- , Public Lands-a single term for the Presidency- a. refray the necessary t!Xpenses or the government. form of executive usu rpations-and generally such an ad- 6. R esolved, That Congress has no power to charter a. ministration of tho atrairs of the country, as shall impart United States Dank, thtLt we believe such an institution to every branch of the public stlrvice the greatest practione or deadly hostility to the best interests or the couu- cable efficiency, controlleu by a well-regulated and wise try, dangerous to our republican institutions and the economy. liberties of the people, and calculated to place the bus!- 'l'hc cont st It tl · tl 1 · f 1 ne::~s of the country withh~ the control or a concentmted . e r? U e !n rc C wrcc 0 t 1e money power, an<l above the laws an<l the will of the Democratrc cand1tlutes (I olk and Dalla::!,) who people. . received 170 electoral votes ll:i follows: Maine, 7. Re8oltvea, 'I!111t Congr~ss has no power, unuer U!e 9. New-liamp hire 6. Nc ,_York ~tj. p . 11 • Constitution, to JUterferc w1th or control the domcst1c ' . . • . .' \\ ' , c. U Institutions of the several States; and that such States sylvallla, 26 ; Vu·guua, 17; South Carol111<1, a re the solo nnu proper judg~s .or everything pe.rtaining 9 ; Georgia, 10 ; Alabama, 9 ; Missi ·sippi, 6 ; to ~heir own a!f:urs, no~ _prohtblted by the Con~t1tutlon; Louisiana 6 . Iudiann 12 . Illinois 9. Mi ·so uri that all efforts, by aboht10nlsts or others, made to induce ' ' . '. ' ' ' ' ' Congress to intel'fere with questions of slavery or to 7 ; Arkansas, 3; !ftelugan, 5-170. take Incipient steps In ~elation thereto, are calcul~tcd to }'or Clay and Frelinghuysen: Vermont, 6; lead to the most alarmmg and dange~ous consequences, Massachusetts 12 . Rhode Island 4 . Connccti-and that all such efforts have an ineVItable tendency to N J' ' 1 , ' <limlnlsh the happiness of the people, and endanger the cut, ~; ew- e~scy, 7; Delaware, 3; Mar·yland, stability and permanency or the Union, an<l ought not to 8 ; ~ orth Carolma, 11 ; Tenucssce, 13 ; Kcn~ e countenanced by any friend to our Political Institu- tucky 12 · Ohio 23-105. t.ions. ' ' ' 8. Reso!toed, 'l'ha.t the separation or the moneys of the go\·erument from banking Institutions Is indispensable for the safety or the funds of the government and tho rights or the people. 9. R eMl!ved, 'l'ha.t the liberal principles embodied by J elferson In the Decl1tration of Independence, nud sanctioned In the Constitution, which makes ours the land or liberty and the asylum or the oppressed of every nation, have ever been cardinal principles in tho Democratic faith: and every attempt to abridge tho present priv!W!ge ()( becoming citizens, and the owners or soil among us, oua-ht to be resisted with the same spirit which swept the Alien and Sedition Laws !rom our statute book. The Convention then unanimously nominated .Mr. Van Buren for reelection as President; but, there being much diversity of opinion ns to the proper man for Vicc-PreRident, the following preamble and resolution were adopted: Whereas, Several of the States which have nominated Martin Van lluren as a candidate for the Prcshlency, have put In nomination different individuals as candidates for Vice-President, thus indicating a diversity of opinion as to the person best entitled to the nomination; and whereas some of the said States arc not represented w this Convention, therefore, R e!Jolved, 'l'hat the ConvenMon deem It expedient at the present time not to choose bctw(len the individuals in nomination, but to leave the decision to their Republican fellow-citizens in the several States, trusting that before the clcction shall take place, their opinions will become so concentrated as to secure the choice of a Vice-President by the El~ctoral College. WIIIG NATIONAL CONVENTION, 1844. A Whig National Convention ·assembled in Baltimore, on tlw 1st of May, 1844, in which every State in the Union was represented. Ambro~ c Spencer, of New-York, presided, and Mr. Clay wa.s nominated for President by acclamation. }'or Vice-President, there was some di· ver ity of prefL'rcnce, and Mr. Frelinghuysen, of N. J ., was uomiuated on the third ballot as follow : DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVE~TION, 1844. A Democratic National Convention assembled at Baltimore on tho 27th May, 18,1-!, adopted the two-third rule and, after a stormy. esl'iion of three days, James K. Polk, of Tennessee, was nominated for President, and Silas ·wl'igitt, of New York, for Vice-President. Mr. Wright declined the nomination, and George M. Dalla , of J>cnnsylvania, was subsequently selected to fill the second place on the tick t. The ballotings for PrcsidenL were as follows : D.LLOTS. l~t . 2cl. 3rrl. 4th. 6th. 6th. 7th. 8th. 9th. r.r. Van Duren .... 146 127 121 111 103 101 99 104 2 Lewis Cass... ... .. 88 94 92 105 107 116 11!3 114 29 It. M. J ohnson... . 29 83 88 82 26 2.5 ~1 James lluchauan . . 4 9 11 11 29 23 22 2 J. 0. Calhoun. .. .. 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 Levi Woodbury.. . 2 Com. Stewart .... . James K. Polk ... . 1 44 288 Mr. Van. Buren's uamc was withdrawn after the 8th ballot. The platform adopted by the Conventiou was the same as that of 184.0, with the following additions: Resol!ved, That the proceeds or the Public Lands ought to be sacredly applied to the national objects specified in the Constitution, and that we are opposed to the la1vs lately adopted, nnd to any law for the Di!ltril)utiou of such proceeds among the States, as al!ke inexpedient ln policy a n<l repugnant to the Constitution. DALLOTS. l~t. T. Frelinghuysen, N. J., ..... 101 John Davis, Ma.-ss.,.......... 88 .Millard J.llillmore, N.Y.,...... 58 J olin Sergeaut, Pa., ......... 88 2rl. :lrrl. 118 1M 74 79 IH 40 82 withdrawn. Total, ................ 275 275 27"4 The pl'iuciplcs of the party wet·o briefly summed up in the following resolve, which was adopted l>y the Convention: ll68ol!ved, That we a1·e decidedly opposed to taking from the President the qualified veto JiOwcr by which he is enabled, under restrictions all(! rc~po n:~it> illtics aruply sufficient to gua.r<l the public Interest, to su~pend the passage of a. bill, whose merit:~ canuot securtl the ap proval of two-thirds of the Senate anJ House of ICepresentatlves, until the judgment of tile pcovle can be obtained thereon, and which has thlice SU\' Cd the American People from the corrupt an<l tyrannical domination of the llank of the United ::ltates. Ruolved, That our title to the whole of the Territory of Oregon is clear a.n<l unc1u~stlonable; that no portion of the same ought to be ceded to England or any otl1er power; and that the reoccupatlon of Oregon and the reannexation of Texas at the earliest practlcaiJie porio(l are great American measure~, which this ConventiOn recommends to the cordial support or the Democracy or the Union. R esoltvea, 'l'hat these principles may be summed as coruprl:!lng a Wt'll regulatod N atioual currency-a l'arltr for revenue to defl'ay the nece:~~ary expenses or the LIBERTY r ARTY N A TIOX AL TION, 1 '43. COXVE...\'"- The Liberty Party National Coun:ution met nt Duffalo, on the 30th of Augu.:~t. Leicester |