Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-07-18

ficulty was experienced under the tive
, thirds rule in effectlng n nomination.
Gen. Cas-, James Buchanan, Stephen A.
Douglas, VIM. J.. Marcy and Franklin
Pierce were before the Convention. Since
the daysof General jackson the Demo,
Gratis had been jealous of the great leaders
of the party, and their selections for the
Presidency had generally been men whose
past record had not been sufficiently bril-,
liant to excite remark or stir up ~viruleni
a~nimosity. So it was in.the present In
stance. On the forty>ninth ballot Frank
lin Pierce, OF New Hampshire, was duly
nominated as the Democratic candidate for
President of the United States. VIM
X. King, of Alabama, was nominated for
Vice President.
!, THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF WHO'S
met in Baltimore on the 18th of June.
Fillmore, Webster and Scott were candi-
dates for nomination. After a persistent
contest of four days Gen. Scott. was nom
mated. Wm A. Graham, of North Caro-
lima, received the nomination for Vice
President. The action of this Convention
is popularity supposed to have broken the
great heart of Daniel Webster. His life
long services to the Wing party he deemed
worthy of recognition by the organization.
He confidently expected the nomination
in Baltimore, and upon receipt of the in
telligence, which dashed in a moment the
aspirations of a life time, he repaired to
Marshfeld, his sequested country-seat,
and IN a few weeks peacefully passed
away, the most CONSPICUOUS victim that
America has ever furnished of party In
gratitude.
The Free Sellers, or ssFree Democracy"
as they styled themselves, met In Conven-
ton at P~ittsburg, Pennsylvania. on the
18th of August and nominated John p.
Hale. of New Hampshire, for President,
and g. W. Julian, of Indiana. for Vice
President of the United States.
H CHARACTER OF THE CANVASS.
Both the Wing and Democratic parties
held essentially the same views with res
pect to the question of slavery. The
campaign was prosecuted with earnestness.
The Democrats were united, while the
friends of the defeated candidates, Messrs.
Fillmore and Webster, gave but a cold
support to Scott. A large mass of the
Wings in the Free States could not give
their adhesion to the platform of prin-
ciples adopted by the Wing Convention.
Under these circumstances the result was
not doubtful. The Wings were routed.
"horse, foot and dragons" OF the 500
electoral votes Pierce and King received
254 votes, and Scott and Graham AZ, the
latter having carried but four States.
THE CAMPAIGN OF 1856.
Stirring events had occurred since the
Inauguration of Franklin Pierce in 1853,
eyents which were destined in no long
time to 1end !. twain the great Democrat
&c party. and arra sA two sections against
each other in motal strns...e The Kan
sas troubles had eliminated In /: cnecies
of border warfare, which resulted mo-
disastrously to the country than to those
adventures and ~ruffans who participated
in it. The storm which had been stayed
for a time by the patriotism and states
manship of the great Kentuckian had
broken out afresh, and loose rein had
been given to partisanship in the Nation
al Legislature. The Missouri Compromise
had been swept away by the enactment of
the Kansas-N ebraska bill, and neither
seemed to care longer about the conceal
ment of its real sentiments.
On the I'd of June. 1856, the Demo-
cratic National Convention met at Cincin-
natl. Buchanan, Pierce, Douglass and
Cas- were the names before that body.
On the seventeenth ballot Mr.. Buchan-
IN was unanimously chosen for President,
and John G. Breckenridge was declared the
choice of the Convention for Vice Presi-
dent. The platform fully committed the
Democratic party to the doctrines con-
taincd in the Kansas Nebraska bill. The
passage of this bill had stirred up a strong
sentiment in the country. Its aggressive
natur inflicted a heavy blow upon the
Democratic party, and fell into the Wing
camp like a bombshell. absolutely blow
ing it into atoms. The small cloud which
has already been spoken of above expan-
ded into a portentous affair, which covered
the whole political horizon and threat
ened to deluge the country.
In 1910 the Free Sellers, polled 1000
votes. In IS44,S ,0f0 were cast for the
same ticket. In 1913 the adherents of
this party numbered 291 ,342. In 1852,
owing to the temporary pacifcation effect
ed by Mr.. Clay, their strength had de-
to 1929 votes; but in 1856
the little leaven facilitated in its spread
by the passage of the above bill, had
thoroughly worked in the North. and this
party, weak and Insignificant but four
years back, under the new name of Re-
publicans polled 1,341,265 votes. and
carried eleven States. including all of New
England. New York, Ohio, Michigan,
Wisconsin and Iowa. I
The Republican Convention assembled
in Philadelphia on the 18th of June,
1854. Colonel Henry s.. Lane, of Indiana
was made President of the Convention.
John G. Fremont, of California. and John
Mclean, of Ohio, were placed in nomina- :
ton for President. Fremont receiving a ]
majority of the votes, was declared the
choice of the Convention. William L..
of New Jersey, was nominated :
for Vice President, he having received l
259 votes to Ito for Abraham Lincoln.
THE AMERICAN PARTY.
Just about this time a new movement, .
which had gained a footing in several of
the States, eliminated In a Convention at /.
Philadelphia. The Convention met ON the ,
22d of February, and all the States were .
represented with the exception of Maine, !
Vermont. Georgia and South Carolina. :
they called themselves Americans, but :
we're generally known through the coun- 2
Try as sKnow Nothings," a term applied 9
them in derision. Many of the Wings, ,,
lifelong hatred to the Democratic !.
party precluded their utilization with this !
body, and whose opposition to the princi- I