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Page 121
... Taylor announced , after Mexico had been placed completely at the mercy of his troops and of the other American ... Taylor to Crittenden , Jan. 3 , Feb. 13 , Crittenden MSS . Taylor to Clayton , Sept. 4 , 1848 , Clayton MSS . them and to ...
... Taylor announced , after Mexico had been placed completely at the mercy of his troops and of the other American ... Taylor to Crittenden , Jan. 3 , Feb. 13 , Crittenden MSS . Taylor to Clayton , Sept. 4 , 1848 , Clayton MSS . them and to ...
Page 126
... Taylor sentiment in that state was overwhelming . " Taylor's popularity , however , after the early battles of the Mexican war , made presidential timber out of the plain frontier general who at first refused to take seriously the ...
... Taylor sentiment in that state was overwhelming . " Taylor's popularity , however , after the early battles of the Mexican war , made presidential timber out of the plain frontier general who at first refused to take seriously the ...
Page 127
... Taylor's nomination by the national con- vention . " An active group of Taylor men in the House of Representatives , including Stephens and Toombs of Georgia , Goggin , Preston , and Flournoy of Vir- ginia , Hilliard of Alabama ; and a ...
... Taylor's nomination by the national con- vention . " An active group of Taylor men in the House of Representatives , including Stephens and Toombs of Georgia , Goggin , Preston , and Flournoy of Vir- ginia , Hilliard of Alabama ; and a ...
Page 128
... Taylor just at the critical moment . So the struggle within the party between the forces of sectionalism and the principle of nationalism was begun . In the heat of the contest , southern Whig leaders came to believe even that Clay had ...
... Taylor just at the critical moment . So the struggle within the party between the forces of sectionalism and the principle of nationalism was begun . In the heat of the contest , southern Whig leaders came to believe even that Clay had ...
Page 129
... Taylor . He was looked upon as pecu- liarly a southern candidate , " a southern man with national principles " . " Even the Calhoun faction in the South was for a time ready to surrender the claims of its leader and to rally to the ...
... Taylor . He was looked upon as pecu- liarly a southern candidate , " a southern man with national principles " . " Even the Calhoun faction in the South was for a time ready to surrender the claims of its leader and to rally to the ...
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