Without  such  vital  support  as  he,  and  such  as
he,  brought  to  the  government,  where  would
that  government  be  1  When  one  remembers  his
incessant  service;  his  journeys  and  residences
in  many  States ;  the  societies  he  worked  with ;
the  councils  in  which  he  sat;  the  wide  corre-
spondence, presently  enlarged  by  printed  circu-
lars, then  by  newspapers  established  wholly  or
partly  at  his  own  cost ;  the  useful  suggestions ;
the  celerity  with  which  his  purpose  took  form;
and  his  immovable  convictions, — I  think  this
single  will  was  worth  to  the  cause  ten  thousand
ordinary  partisans,  well-disposed  enough,  but
of  feebler  and  interrupted  action.
