Our political drama, conventions, campaigns, candidates (1904)
Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928 · New York : Scott-Thaw co. · leaf 74
-lot. Again in 1856 he was a candidate with enoughsupporters to prevent any other candidate fromgetting a two-thirds vote, but as soon ar Mr. Bu-chanan had received a majority vote of the conven-tion, Douglas, who was second in the poll, with-drew in his favor because he had been a… … on i-t o f. =: fi NATIONAL CONVENTIONS 71 prey to the same irrepressible conflict that wasleading the country into civil war. The Southernmembers had exerted themselves to have the con-vention called for the first time to meet in the farSouth, in the stronghold of extreme slavery senti-ment and the…
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