Just before the Civil War, the Whig political party was making a last effort to remain a part of American political life. For the election of eighteen fifty-two, the Whigs wanted to offer a colorful candidate for president. They thought that Winfield Scott would be the right candidate.美国内战以前,辉格党为保持其政治生命做最后努力.在1852年选举中,辉格党希望推出一名富有色彩的总统候选人.他们认为温菲尔德.斯科特是最合适的人选.
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in his thirty years as the general, Winfield Scott had become one of the best known military leaders in the country. During the war with Mexico, he had captured ... croops and ocupy Mexico city