1836, Van Buren vs. the Whigs: Sin on the Ballot

American Elections: Wicked Game

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🗓️ 24 December 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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As Jackson’s Vice President Martin Van Buren struggles to secure his place as Jackson’s Heir Apparent, the newly formed Whig party struggles to form a national identity. The Whigs unite against Van Buren with another political faction called the Antimasons; America’s first third party.

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0:00.0	It's just before 9 p.m. on September 12, 1826 at a local jail in Canondagua, New York.
0:19.7	The jailer is away on business, so his wife, Mrs. Mary W. Hall, is left to fend for herself
0:25.5	and watch over the prisoners.
0:27.8	It's a quiet night.
0:29.9	Until the door opens.
0:30.9	How do you do, ma'am?
0:33.0	Mrs. Hall responds with a polite curtsy.
0:35.4	How do you do?
0:36.6	Mrs. Hall, my name is Mr. Lawton Lawson.
0:39.1	Is your husband away, ma'am?
0:41.5	Yes, sir.
0:42.5	He'll be back shortly, though.
0:43.5	Well, I'm afraid I'm in a bit of a hurry.
0:45.8	If it's all right, I'd like to speak with one of your prisoners, Captain William Morgan.
0:51.3	Morgan was brought to the jail just yesterday on charges of fever.
0:55.0	Because he's adamantly denied ever since he set foot in his cell.
0:58.7	Would it be all right if I spoke with Mr. Morgan in private?
1:02.1	Mrs. Hall hesitates.
1:03.8	Mr. Lawson looks harmless enough.
1:05.5	He's well dressed, well spoken.
1:07.9	But there's something about him, though.
1:09.7	Something peculiar.
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