The cheering was tremendous, considering the small numbers to furnish it.
When the joyful sounds subsided, Senator Hanway, in a few placid, gentle sentences, explained his flattered amazement, and how helplessly he was in the hands of his friends, who would do with him as they deemed best for party welfare and for public good.

He had not sought this honor, he did not look for the nomination; his own small estimate of his powers and importance, an estimate which gentlemen who heard him must be aware of, was proof of it.

But no man might set his inclinations against a popular demand.

Private preferences must yield, private plans must be abandoned.

The country was entitled to the services of every citizen, the party was at liberty to command the name of every member.