The Whigs did not develop a party platform .
The Whigs did not ran Taylor on his war record , while a section of the Democratic Party endorsed an expansion of slavery , which brought former President Martin Van Buren into the race as the Free Soil candidate .
The Whigs did not develop a party platform and ran Taylor on his war record , while a section of the Democratic Party endorsed an expansion of slavery , which brought former President Martin Van Buren into the race as the Free Soil candidate .