Honorary titles were showered upon him.

He was in much demand at fairs and gatherings of notable people.

He accepted every invitation of consequence, whenever possible, and traveled far and wide winning friends by his bewitching eloquence and his pleasing personality.
The democrats, after that defeat, always passed the second district by and Bernard held his seat in Congress from year to year unmolested.
He made application and was admitted to plead law before the Supreme Court of the United States.

And when we shall see him again it will be there, pleading in one of the most remarkable cases known to jurisprudence..