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 got up a strife in the State of Mis-sou-ri, where they took a large tract of land, but the folks who were there did not want them so troops were sent to drive them out. They did the same thing in Il-li-nois, but were sent off to the wilds of the far West.

Things were not at peace with the Pres-i-dent and those who put him in the chair. The men who gave him their votes had a strong wish to pass some bills which John Ty-ler did not like. Hence there was strife most of the time.

War broke out in Tex-as. The Tex-as men fought those of Mex-i-co and won. Then they made known that it was their wish to join our Un-ion, and they came in as a State in 1845.

Ty-ler did his best to keep the chair for one more term but it was not to be so. Polk was to have the place.

A great thing was found out at this time by Sam-u-el F. B. Morse. It was that folks could talk by means of a wire, to those a long way off. In 1844 the first line was set up from Bal-ti-more to Wash-ing-ton, and on this was sent the news that Polk would have the chair when Ty-ler left it.

SAMUEL F. B. MORSE.

In 1861 John Ty-ler was one of the "Con-fed-er-ate Con-gress." He was 72 years old then, and had not the strength to bear all that came in those sad days. Death came to him the next year.