"He had talents and acquirements which enabled him effectually to help the cause
he espoused. His knowledge was various, and his eloquence was of a high order.
It was like his character, mild and pleasing like his deportment, correct and fault.
less. His taste was peculiarly chaste, for he was a scholar of extraordinary accomplish-
ments, and few, if any, of the speakers in the New World came nearer the model of the
more refined oratory practised in the parent state."-LORD BROUGHAM.

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW YORK & LONDON
abe Knickerbocket Press