there's scott on the left and franklin pierce on the right. pierce was a brigadier general from the war with mexico and democratic -- excuse me, a party politician and scott, as i said, one of the -- well the most important general in that war. and so they try to portray pierce as anti-catholic. this proves to be a huge miscalculation as people are not suddenly convinced that the whig party immigrants are certainly not suddenly convinced that the whig party is now their friend. so immigrants continue to support the democratic party and the whigs thereby, remove the last major source of difference, remember we said difference is important in a healthy two-party system. they removed the last major source of difference between themselves and their democratic opponents. the democrats as i said had nominated franklin pierce. senator from new hampshire, more recently a brigadier general during the war with mexico, the campaign was especially dirty, even by 19th century standards and personal. a lot of -- we would describe today as attack ads against

president, including one named franklin pierce, two millard fillmores. four men surnamed honesty and one named industry. these men were ready to it give their all for the republic, but the republic was not ready for them. thank you. [ applause ] okay. questions? >> folks, we've got microphones in the aisle. c-span is here so we need your questions on microphone. >> no questions. oh? >> could you talk a little bit about -- is that loud enough? could you talk a little bit about the salary disparages between the white troops and the black troops and when it changed and why it changed. and was it legislation that did it or was it at the military level? thank you. >> yeah. the black troops at first did not receive the same -- i mean, starting pay for a private was $13 a month. blacks were paid $10. this was purely the fault of congress and, you know, conflicting laws that they passed over time. it -- they finally straightened out the matter along about the latter part of 1864, i think, and brought the of black soldiers -- achieve ed parity wh the white soldie

you read document after document like that and you read northern born presidents like franklin pierce and really all the presidents of the 1850s essentially mouthing pro-slavery views, and you see the picture a little differently. after brown's raid, you have massive demonstrations in the north against brown and in support of the slave-holding south because they're scared the union is going to split and they're saying, you're right, slavery is positive good, you have huge crowds in philadelphia, new york, and other cities, so i think we should again stop thinking of this as somehow a southern story apart from the whole. i don't think that answers your question. >> one more question. >> okay. >> you reference going to the places history hasn't. how important is it that we continue to protect those places, places like the lincoln train station at gettysburg or harriet tubman's birthplace in maryland? >> i mean, we're speaking to the choir here. i think everyone in this room -- >> right out of the park. >> it braces this, and i know it can be hard to explain to people who either don't kn

this is in franklin pierce's administration. lincoln's administration. buchanan's administration. i think this is mckinley's administration. the roosevelt administration. theodore roosevelt. fdr's administration when it became his temporary office. and today as it is as the blue room. i want to give special thanks to the maryland historical society's mark letzer, mark epter and elizabeth stafford for being wonderful to work with. i'm sorry for the technical difficulties to begin with and my skipping my first page. in addition to everyone here that has been, like i said, wonderful to work with, i also want to thank the library of congress, the university of virginia's dolly madison digital addition, the new york public library, the james madison montpelier, author and historian william steele and the white house historical association. if anyone has any questions, i'd be happy to take them. there'll be a microphone coming around if you'd like to raise your hand. [ applause ] >> or on white house history general. i know that as well. down here. >> the furniture that the madisons bou

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