...heroes of the Revolutionary day, frowning from the wall, he exclaimed : " I thought those pictured lips would have broken into voice to rebuke the recreant American, — the slanderer of the dead. The gentleman said" (here he fixed his glittering gaze on Austin) " that he should sink into insignificance,...

...arguments of John Adams to prove the taxes laid by the British Parliament unconstitutional,—beyond its power. It was not till this was made out that...— the slanderer of the dead. [Great applause and counter applause.] The gentleman said that he should sink into insignificance if he dared to gainsay...

...excitements of those days and our own, which the gentleman in kindness to the latter has over7 looked, is simply this : the men of that day went for the...— the slanderer of the dead. [Great applause and counter applause.] The gentleman said that he should sink into insignificance if he dared to gainsay...

...laws and constitution of the Province. The rioters of our day go for their own wills, right or ivrong. Sir, when I heard the gentleman lay down principles...— the slanderer of the dead. [Great applause and counter applause.] The gentleman said that he should sink into insignificance if he dared to gainsay...

...Otis and Hancock, with Quincy and Adams, I thought those pictured lips [pointing to the portraits m the Hall] would have broken into voice to rebuke the...— the slanderer of the dead. [Great applause and counter applause.] The gentleman said that . he should sink into insignificance if he dared to gainsay...

...gentleman lay down principles which place the murderers of Alton side by side with Otis, and Hancock, and Quincy, and Adams, I thought those pictured lips [pointing...recreant American — the slanderer of the dead." Twenty years later, October llth, 1858, Jefferson Davis spoke in Faneuil Hall, and used similar imagery....

...Hancock, with Quincy and Adams, I thought those pictured lips [pointing to the portraits in the Hull] would have broken into voice to rebuke the ! | recreant...the slanderer of the dead. [Great' ' applause and counter applause.] The gentleman said that I he should sink into insignificance if he dared to gainsay...

...murderers of Alton side by side with Otis and Hancock, with Quincy and Adams, I thought those precious lips, (pointing to the portraits in the hall) would have broken into voices to rebuke the recreant American ; the slanderer of the dead. * * * Sir, for the sentiments that...

...murderers of Alton side by side with Otis and Hancock, with Quincy and Adams, I thought those precious lips, (pointing to the portraits in the hall) would have broken into voices to rebuke the recreant American ; the slanderer of the dead. * * * Sir, for the sentiments that...

...Chairman, when I heard the gentleman lay down principles which placed the rioters, incendiaries, and murderers of Alton side by side with Otis and Hancock,...of the dead. [Great applause and counter-applause.] Sir, the gentleman said that he should sink into insignificance if he dared not to gainsay the principles...