But as the
convention was about to adjourn, intoxicated with hope and
triumph, Charles Allen, a delegate from Massachusetts, a man
of slender figure, rose, and with a quiet voice declared the
Whig Party dissolved. Never was a prediction received with
more derision; never was prediction more surely fulfilled.
He was reinforced by Henry Wilson, afterward Vice-President
of the United States.
Immediately on their return from Philadelphia, a call was
circulated for a convention to be held at Worcester of all
persons opposed to the nomination of Cass and Taylor. The
call was written by E. R. Hoar. My father, Samuel Hoar, was
its first signer.
This is the call. It should be preserved in a form more
enduring than the leaflet, of which I possess, perhaps, the
only copy in existence.
"TO THE PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
"The Whig National Convention have nominated General Taylor
for President of the United States. In so doing the have
exceeded their just authority, and have proposed a candidate
whom no Northern Whig is bound to support.
"HE IS NOT A WHIG, when tried by the standard of our party
organization.
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