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slavery party, and he was made their Presidential
candidate. The Presidential electoral vote In ths

slavery party, and he was made their Presidential
candidate. The Presidential electoral vote In this
For Taylor and Fillmore ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1888
For Cass and Butler, OF Kentucky ............ IL!
Here with the transfer OF the thirty-slx votes Of
New York from Taylor to Cass the result would
have been 1853 for Cass and 127 for Taylor. 1t was
Van Buren,, as the free soil candidate, who carried
and gave the election to Taylor. Thus the abo:
ationiss as the third party with their balance sS Of
rapidly coming to the front, as will soon appear.
1sS2-rHs ELECTION OF PIERCE.
In favor Of the slavery compi omise measures Of
action 1859 for the sake Of peace. General Scott,
made the whig candidate, but the whigs were get
ting mixed up with abolitiontsm, and they were
IN giving Pierce the electoral vote Of all the states Of
the Union, excepting Vermont and Massachusetts,
In the North and Kentucky and tennessee in the
South. But there was another and more tremen-
dous political reaction soon to come.
ls5e-rHE ELECTION OF BUCHANAN.
President Pierce and the democratic party In
Congress. regardless OF their pledges on Gays
compromises, made haste to upset them IN Dill
intended to make Kansas slave State oclng part
OF the Territories pledged as free soil In the Mis-
souri, Compromise. The results were terrible
Northern political revolt against slavery the ad-
vance OF the new republican party into the fore
ground, the prostration Of the democrats as tho
dominant party Of the North ana their absolute SUD
party South. Some hedging, however, was required
TO save the Northern balance OF power, and this
Buchanan, who, as "Pennsyvanla's favorite son."
saved Pennsyvania In October, and thus saved tine
Presidential election In November. The electoral
For Buchanan and Breckinridge, democrats. 17e
For Fremont and Dayton, republicans :...... liz
For Fillmore and DOnels0n, Know Nothing, or
Fremont carried all the Northern States except
illinois; Buchanan ali the Southern States except
MARYLAND, which was carried by Fillmore: It was
Fillmore noweyer as "a Third candidate d, late. IN ,r the
Fremont and elected Buchanan. But the Ameri-
can or Know Nothing party died from this contest,
and democratic parties, and for the decisive struy
gle on African slavery OF 1850.
1860.-rHE ELECTION OF LINCOLN-THE GREAT -
BELLION.
This memorable and momentous Presidential
struggle was marked, first, by the cOllarse OF the
Charleston Convention and the disruption OF the
democratic party on the slavery question; second,
by the nomination OF two democratic presidenti.
tickets-DOuglas healing the one on the western
democratic dogma Of popular or squatter soyer-
eighty in the Territories, and Breckinridge heading
right Of the Shareholders to settle with their slaves
In the Territories. There was also On outside con-
or Union party Bpt against all ssese a
OF the country there was the new, compact and
terrible republican party, with Its broad ensign OF
"
tial nominations OF these parties were:-
Republican Ticket-LncOln and Hamlin.
Mtatter Soueret0ntv observation-disclosures and
U7tra Pro-SiaveaV Democratic -Breckinridge and
Independent consevattue-Beil and Everett.
In the election all the Northern or free states
were carried by Lincoln except New Jersey, which
OF the Southern or slave States Douglas carried
Missouri and Bell carried Kentucky, Tennessee and
Virginia. All the others were carried by Breckin-
rid hno INV tha tvta nf fho n.
ments, Lincoln was triumphantly elected, while
against the combined opposition popular vote he
lowed by the secession OF the Southern rebel States,
beginning with South Carolina In December, 1860,
by the organization Of the rebel Confederate gov;
Fort Sumter In April, 1851, and then the war.
1se4-rHR SECOND ELECTION OF LINCOLN.
The war against the rebellious Southern c0nfed
eracy being still In full blast, and Lincoln being
renOminated as the champion OF the war for the
having been nominated by the Northern democracy
on platform declaring the war for the Union
this division Of the States participating In the elec
ti0n:-
For McCzeuan-New Jersey, Delaware and Ken.
For Ltnco,n-All the rest And Lincoln's major.
ity on the popular vote was All 900.
1ses.-ELEcr1oN OF GENERAL GRANT.
From the bolt Of President Johnson against the
Southern reconstruction policy of Congress (Our
perior, had become President, and had set up for
himself for another terml and nom the political
necessity to the republican party in 1858. He was
accordingly nominated; and, In order to beat him,
hs OF S
on this PLATFORM only to invite another disastrous
The election in the electoral colleges resulted:-
For Grant and COlfax. .213
And the popular @ majority Of Grant was scsooo.
And he carried twenty-six States against eight for
Seymour. Three States-Texas, Mississippi and
virginia-not being reconstructed took no part In
this election. The tables Of this election, and OF
the State elections OF 1892 1870 1871 and 1872,
far suggest what Grant has lost and gained, and
the work required to defeat him In these impend
ing elections.
THE UPS AND DOWNS OF OUR POLITICAL PARTIES
THE FIVE PERIODS IN OUR POLITICAL HISTORY.
Our political history may be divided into nve
periods, as follows
twelve years, Including the administrations Of
washington and John Adams, ending in 1900.
twenty years. embracing the administrations Of
Jefferson, Madison and the first four years OF Mon
roe, ending In 1920
g. The transition period, Of eight years. from the
second election Of Monroe to the lrst election Of
jackson, ending 1928.
4. The stormy democratic period OF thirty.two
years, nom Jackson to Lincoln, ending in 1850.
8. The period OF the new republican party, OF
twelve years, so far, from Lincoln to the present
udy.
We need not here enter into an analysis Of the
various questions upon which the fedcralists and
old republicans were divided. 1t will suffice that
the leading federal idea was national sovereignty
and that the leading republican idea was State
sovereignty as the basis OF State rights. What mis-
chief this dogma finally made we have seen in
Southern secession and the rebellion. In strictly
partisan view It was plain sailing to the
old republicans from Jefferson to Monroe from
to 1925 marks the transition from modera.
tion, toleration rigid honesty and economy in the
party & holding the government y l9e corruption Of
The history OF the democratic party, from 1928
to $780, In this view, Is record full Of instruction
was terrible partisan, and reckless alike in re
wardnR his friends and Furnishing his enemies.
His great popularity, however, enabled him to rule
his party as with q rod OF iron, and to dictate his
immediate successor and his policy. He had his
Kitchen Cabinet, he had his Albany Regency,