When the Whig Party disintegrated after the election of 1852, some Whigs flocked to the short-lived Know-Nothing Party, butr Stephens fiercely opposed the Know-Nothings both for their secrecy and their anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic position.
Some Whigs flocked to the short-lived Know-Nothing Party Stephens fiercely opposed the Know-Nothings both for their secrecy. Some Whigs flocked to the short-lived Know-Nothing Party Stephens fiercely opposed the Know-Nothings both for their anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic position. The Whig Party disintegrated after the election of 1852. Nothing Party was butr.