This happy result secured victory for the party in the national contest.

No wounds were inflicted, no hatreds planted, no harmonies disturbed.

The devotion to the cause was so sincere and so dominant, that the personal ambitions of a lifetime were subordinated in an instant upon the demand of the popular tribunal whose decision was final.
The discipline of defeat was endured with grace, and self-abnegation was accepted as the supreme duty of the hour.
A wise selection was made for Vice-President.

Hannibal Hamlin belonged originally to the school of Democrats who supported Jackson, and who took Silas Wright as their model.

After the repeal of the Missouri Compromise he separated himself from his old associates, and proved to be a powerful factor in the formation of the Republican party.