1840 年的木屋競選活動（Log Cabin Campaign）
The Log Cabin Campaign of 1840

哈里森是第一位主動提出競選宣傳的總統，競選口號為「蒂珀卡努（Tippecanoe） 和泰勒」；蒂珀卡努（Tippecanoe）指的是哈里森於1811年軍旅生涯中、在俄亥俄州擊潰蕭尼族印地安人的勝利。民主黨人笑稱哈里森67歲的年紀還要競選總統實在過老，暱稱他為「祖父」（Granny），暗指他的老態龍鍾；在民主黨的報紙中曾有這樣的內容：「給他一桶含酒精的蘋果汁，以及一年兩千元美金的退休金，他的餘年都將在自己的木屋中渡過」；您認為輝格黨將如何回應此事？

Harrison was the first president to campaign actively for office. He did so with the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler too." Tippecanoe referred to Harrison's military defeat of a group of Shawnee Indians at a river in Ohio called Tippecanoe in 1811. Democrats laughed at Harrison for being too old (at age 67) for the presidency, and referred to him as "Granny," hinting that he was senile (lost his mental capacity). Said one Democratic newspaper: "Give him a barrel of hard cider, and ... a pension of two thousand [dollars] a year ... and ... he will sit the remainder of his days in his log cabin." What do you think the Whig response to this was?

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