CHAPTER XXVI.. Death of John Quincy Adams.

DEATH OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. Washington Society--An Old Whig Supper--Death of John Quincy Adams --Abraham Lincoln in the House--Jefferson Davis as a Representative --The Democratic Nomination--Lewis Cass, of Michigan--The Whig Convention--Daniel Webster and Henry Clay--Nomination of General Taylor--Letter of Acceptance--The Free-Soil Movement--Inception of the Great Conspiracy.