Note 131 — Chapter XIII · THE WHIGS’ WATERLOO 1850-1852
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"Marcy held the war portfolio under Polk, but his conduct of the office had not added to his reputation, for it had galled the Administration to have the signal victories of the Mexican War won by Whig generals, and it was currently believed that the War Minister had shared in the endeavour to thwart some of the plans of Scott and Taylor."—James F. Rhodes, History of the United States, Vol. 1, pp. 246-7.
"The conflict became terrific, until, when the ballots had run up to within one of fifty, the Virginia nominee was announced as the choice of the convention."—Morgan Dix, Memoirs of John A. Dix, Vol. 1, p. 268.