The Union party was the product of the forces of liberal democracy that brought white manhood suffrage and popular elections in the 1800s.

[2] By this point, the Troup party was only able to hold on to life by reorganizing itself into being more in line with the rising opposition to President Andrew Jackson and becoming increasingly anti-tariff.

[2] The Union party instantly used this to their advantage by calling the Troup Nullifiers and associating them with the extremists in South Carolina.

The convention then proceeded under the leadership of Berrien and passed a resolution denouncing the tariff without making any reference to "King Andrew" or nullification.

These people were called the "Troup Union" men and hurt the chances of Joel Crawford.