Hayne from the Senate to assume the governorship of



62 Period of Critical Change. [5S 3i» 32.
the State ; and one of the first acts of the new governor
was to issue a proclamation of his own, denouncing the
utterance of the President, and calling upon the people
of the State to stand firm in their opposition to its per*
nicious doctrines. During these transactions Calhoun
resigned the office of Vice-President to accept Hayne's
vacated seat upon the floor of the Senate. He must be
in the arena itself, where part of the battle was to be
fought.
32. The Presidential Election of 1832.
In the mean time there had been a new presidential
election ; the President had "taken the sense of the coun-
try," and regarded the result as a triumph
of the eieo both for himself and for his avowed principles
'*""• of government. This election is notable for

several reasons. It marks the beginning of the system
of national nominating conventions ; it gave Jackson a
second term of office, in which he was to display his
peculiar qualities more conspicuously than ever; it com-
pacted and gave distinct character to the new Democratic
party; and it practically settled directly the fate of the
Bank of the United States, and indirectly the question of
nullification. Jackson was easily re-elected, for he had
established a great popularity, and the opposition was
divided.
A new party came into the field, and marked its s.d-
vent by originating the national nominating convention.
