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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., Xii. Texas and her Annexation. (search)
Martin Van Buren. Gen. Harrison was the son of Benjamin Harrison, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, onroe, he had opposed the Missouri Restriction. Gen. Harrison was, therefore, on the whole, quite as acceptablbama, and Missouri also supported Mr. Van Buren. Gen. Harrison was inaugurated on the 4th of March, 1841, and d of his State--was elected Vice-President with General Harrison. He was originally a Republican of the Virgin a majority of the Convention finally designated Gen. Harrison as the Whig candidate. The next day, he was, wion, nominated for Vice-President--the friends of Gen. Harrison urging this nomination as a peace-offering to thriends of Mr. Clay. Every elector who voted for Gen. Harrison voted for him also. If Mr. Tyler's past polit Cabinet — which was that originally selected by Gen. Harrison--peremptorily resigned their places, Mr. Websteron. The disorganization of the Whigs, following Gen. Harrison's death and Tyler's defection, had brought their