The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-07-14

dent Harrison's early death was ruinou
to them in q short time.
But they rallied bravely, and came YER
near to success in 1874, when Mr.. Ola
was their candidate. A new aspiran
was brought forward ON the Democrat
side, Gen. Cass, whose appearance wa
fatal to Mr.. Van Buren's hopes; but tn
General himself was set aside, and Mr.
Polk was nominated and elected. Tn
Liberty party then came forward an,
supported Mr.. James q. Birney, an,
the Wings attributed their defeat to tina
movement, as, they asserted, it tool
from them more votes in New Yorl
alone than would have sufficed to brin,
about the election of Mr.. Clay.
In 1848 there was great change. Th,
Democrats nominated Gen. Cass, ant
the Wings Gen. Taylor-which led
boiling on both sides, and the bolting
Barnburners of New York (Van BureI
men) united with the bolting Free Soil
ers in support of ticket bearing the
names of Mr.. Van Buren, and Mr.. G. F
Adams. The result was the defeat o.
Gen. Cass, who never again was nomin
ated- There had been some talk of nom
mating either Judge Woodbury. or Gen
VIM. 0. Butler, of Kentucky, and it was
said that both those gentlemen aspiret
to the Presidential nomination. Gen
Butler was the Democratic candidate
for the Vice Presidency.
Another change came in 1862. Mr..
Douglas had then become an aspirant,
but the Democrats nominated Gen.
Pierce, and he was chosen. Gen.
Scott, who had long been Presidency.
seeker, was the Wing candidate, and he
was utterly beaten; and perhaps his de-
feat was as great as that of Mr.. Van
Buren, in 1910, save that the popular
majority was not so largely adverse to
him as it had been to Mr.. Van Buren,
nor did it begin to approach the enor-
nous popular majority that was given
against Mr.. Greeley at the last election.
Mr.. Fillmore, who was serving the bal
ance of the term of President Taylor
(who had died in office), had sought
the Wing nomination, and so had Mr..
Webster, who was kind of candidate,
but who died few days before the
election was held.
The election of 1856, the first in
which the Republican partly figured,
was fought between Mr.. Buchanan and
Col. Fremont, while Mr. Fillmore ran
as the Know-Nothing candidate. Col.
Fremont was q new aspirant, but Mr..
Buchanan long had sought a nomina-
ton, and Mr.. Fillmore was an old
seeker. Mr.. Seward had sought the
Republican nomination, and was offend
ed because he had failed to get it; and
SO, it was reported, was the case with
Judge Mclean, who had been after q
nomination for years. Mr.. Douglas,
who had been in the field for some
time, desired the Democratic nomina.
ton.
The campaign of 1860, which was the
overture to the civil war, had an abund-
ance of Presidential NOTWITHSTANDING
ham Lincoln, John @. Breckinridge,
John Bell and Stephen A. Douglas.
That of 1864 was not so crowded, and
Mr.. Lincoln was reelected. Chief JUS
tice Chase desired to have the Repubi-
can nomination, but he failed to
get it, as Mr.. Seward had failed in 1860.
General Fremont continued his aspira-
tions, and was nominated for the Presi-
dency by a few men, who called them
selves Radicals; but he soon left the
field. General Mcclellan was supported
by the Democrats, but he succeeded on
ly in being placed high among
the disappointed seekers of the Presi-
dency.
In 1868 the number of the disappointed
was large. Chief Justice Chase sought
the Democratic nomination, and so did
President Johnson-both in vain. Mr..
Pendleton also failed to get it. Horatio
Seymour got it and was defeated. The
were united in support of
Gen. Grant. Mr.. Greeley good man
and deserving better fate-was the
"great disappointed of 1872, because
he fell into the error of accepting an
anti Republican nomination, and because
he virtually assented to be the Democrat
ic candidate for the Presidency. He had
been u seeker of the Presidency for some
years. He must be set down as having
to the disagreeable eminence of
being the worst beaten Presidential can
didate mentioned in our history, because
of the many and various bitter incidents
that marked and characterized his defeat
and fall.
10 sum up There are several classes
of disappointed Presidential aspirants,
which can be set forth in order
1. The men who we're regularly nomi-
mated for the Presidency, and beaten,
never reaching the office. They are
Charles G. Pinckney, De Witt Clinton,
Rufus King, William II. Crawford,
Henry Clay, William Writ, Hugh l..
White, Daniel Webster, James G.. Bir-
ney, Lewis Cass, Winfield Scott. John
p. Hale, John G. Fremont, Stephen A.
Douglas, John Bell, John G. Breckin-
ridge, George b. Mcclellan, Horatio
Seymour, and Horace Greeley. Mr..
Birney and Mr.. Halereceived no electoral
vote.
2. The men who, being regularly
sought to be reelected to a
second term, they being in office, and
failed. They are: John Adams, John
Quincy Adams, and Martin Van Buren,.
3. The men who, being in office, to
which they had been regularly chosen,
sought nominations for second terms,
and failed to get them. They are: James
X. Polk, Franklin Pierce, and James
Buchanan.
A. The men who had succeeded to the
Presidency because of the deaths of
Presidents. they having been chosen to
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