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The Whig party was the base of the North but were close to splitting in 1852 and many of the them jumped to the new Republican party in the next election because their desire to abolish slavery. Their founders Daniel Webster and John Quincy Adams had recently died. The decision to include support of the Compromise of 1850 with its fugitive slave provision in the parties platform for 1852 meant that Northern Whigs did not work very hard to elect their candidate Scott, unlike the Democrats who already in the majority who were solidly behind their candidate, Pierce.
Moreover, Pierce for the independent voter had much going for him - he was young, nice looking, had experience in the both houses of the US Congress as well as the NH legislature. His father had been a two-term governor and Pierce served as a general in the Mexican War. Pierce was a successful lawyer and had been offered the position of attorney-general of the US by President Polk.
Scott was 66 years old and had never held elected office, he did not have a college degree- his only credential was his military success.
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How old would Franklin Pierce be now in 2007?
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Southerners believed the Europeans were on their side and would rally to support them. They also believed the North would tire of the war and give up. Northerners believed they were fighting for the right cause (preservation of the union) and believed the Confederacy would be no match militarily for the Union army.
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They thought that granting popular sovereignty would allow slavery
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