Whig Party

<p><span class="deck"> The political convention was devised to meet an unforeseen need, and now and then it has an unexpected result</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> Without doubt they were Washington, who walked carefully within the Constitution, and Lincoln, who stretched it as far as he dared</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Senator Douglas’ act is verified, at last, by first-hand testimony</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">The two-party system, undreamt of by the founders of the republic, has been one of its basic shaping forces ever since their time.</span></p>