The rise and final triumph of the Republican party was the condemnation of the 7th of March speech and of the policy which put the government of the country in the hands of Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan.

When the war came, inspiration was not found in the 7th of March speech.

In that dark hour, men remembered the Daniel Webster who replied to Hayne, and turned away from the man who had sought for peace by advocating the great compromise of Henry Clay.
The disapprobation and disappointment which were manifested in the North after the 7th of March speech could not be overlooked.

Men thought and said that Mr.Webster had spoken in behalf of the South and of slavery.

Whatever his intentions may have been, this was what the speech seemed to mean and this was its effect, and the North saw it more and more clearly as time went on.