Buchanan, Fremont, and Fillmore each bore themselves with great dignity during the campaign. Fillmore was not in sympathy with Buchanan, but he had even less sympathy for Fremont and the radical Republican policy he represented. Fremont made his home during the contest in New York, under the strictest orders not to discuss any political question, either orally or by letter, with any outside of those in charge of his campaign. Along with several others, I called upon him at his home some time before the election, simply to pay our respects to the man we were supporting for President, and he was so extremely cautious that he evaded the most ordinary expressions relating to the conduct and prospects of the battle. He impressed me as possessing a stronger individuality than I had credited him with, and his enforced policy of silence made him appear as a severely dignified gentleman with strong intellectual possibilities. But considering the record he made in the early part of the war, when he had, for the first time, opportunity to display his abilities, there are few who will not feel that his election to the Presidency might have been equally disastrous to himself and to the country. The battle ended by the election of Buchanan, although Fremont carried the New England States and New York and the Northwestern Democratic States with the whirl of the tempest. The following table exhibits the popular and electoral vote: ══════════════════╤═════════════════════════════╦═════════════════════════════ │ POPULAR VOTE. ║ ELECTORAL VOTE. ├─────────┬─────────┬─────────╫─────────┬────────┬────────── STATES. │James │ John C. │Millard ║ │ │ │Buchanan,│ Fremont,│Fillmore,║Buchanan.│Fremont.│Fillmore. │Penn. │ Cal. │N. Y. ║ │ │ ──────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────╫─────────┼────────┼────────── Maine │ 39,080│ 67,379│ 3,325 ║ ―― │ 8 │ ―― New Hampshire │ 32,789│ 38,345│ 422 ║ ―― │ 5 │ ―― Vermont │ 10,569│ 39,561│ 545 ║ ―― │ 5 │ ―― Massachusetts │ 39,240│ 108,190│ 19,626 ║ ―― │ 13 │ ―― Rhode Island │ 6,680│ 11,467│ 1,675 ║ ―― │ 4 │ ―― Connecticut │ 34,995│ 42,715│ 2,615 ║ ―― │ 6 │ ―― New York │ 195,878│ 276,007│ 124,604 ║ ―― │ 35 │ ―― New Jersey │ 46,943│ 28,338│ 24,115 ║ 7 │ ―― │ ―― Pennsylvania │ 230,710│ 147,510│ 82,175 ║ 27 │ ―― │ ―― Delaware │ 8,004│ 308│ 6,175 ║ 3 │ ―― │ ―― Maryland │ 39,115│ 281│ 47,460 ║ ―― │ ―― │ 8 Virginia │ 89,706│ 291│ 60,310 ║ 15 │ ―― │ ―― North Carolina │ 48,246│ ――――――│ 36,886 ║ 10 │ ―― │ ――