. Le magazine de l'histoire américaine avec des notes et des requêtes. s, et Scott, mais 42. En outre, deux des quatre membres qui seuls ont voté pour le sud-namelyKentucky ont été Scott et New York--et il est évident que pour leur voix il wasindebted à la force générale de la Whig Party à l'intérieur de leurs frontières, et non pas à toute sympathie avec ceux existants Il existe dans le northwho Whigs a refusé d'accepter la déclaration de la convention comme obligatoire. partie uponthe L'élection qui a été le dernier président Pierce contestin national du parti Whig qui avaient une part active. Il n'avait jamais réussi t inbreaking

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. The magazine of American history with notes and queries. s, and Scott but 42. Moreover, two of the four states which alone voted for Scott were southern—namelyKentucky and Tennessee-—and it is obvious that for their votes he wasindebted to the general strength of the Whig party within their borders, and not to any sympathy existing there with those Whigs in the northwho refused to accept the declaration of the convention as binding uponthe party. The election that made Pierce president was the last national contestin which the Whig party had an active share. It had never succeeded inbreaking the power of its opponents. Twice, indeed, its candidates hadbeen elected to the presidency ; but in both cases the success was due, aswe have seen, to special circumstances and to the personal popularity andmilitary repute of the candidates. Moreover, both the presidents electedby the Whigs died in office, the one within a month, the other a littlemore than a year after his inauguration. In the first case, the succeeding OUR TWENTY-ONE PRESIDENTS 197. 1861-1865. {From an engraving by H. Wright Smith.] 198 OUR TWENTY-ONE PRESIDENTS vice-president, by acting with the Democrats, deprived the party of thefruits of its victory ; in the other, the course of the vice-president, afterhis accession to the chief-magistracy, was offensive to a large minority ofthe party. Thus, during the whole period of its existence, the Whigorganization had held control of the executive office for only four years, and then in a way displeasing to many of the Whigs. This want of success doubtless contributed to the partys decay; but amore active cause was at work to that end. The election of Pierce didnot settle the slavery question. The agitation which it was intended tosuppress not only continued, but increased in violence and stress. In con-nection with the territories, the relations of the country to slavery becamethe subject of paramount and almost exclusive interest. Men who hadhoped and labored

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