Many persons can remember in what dangerous forms this temptation came, and how many men, who otherwise deserve to be held in high esteem, yielded to it wholly or partly.

Mr.Boutwell's powerful influence was a very important factor in attaining the result in which we all now take so much satisfaction, and keeping the American people in the path of duty and honor.
William A.Wheeler, of New York, entered the House in 1869.
I soon became very well acquainted with him, an acquaintance which ripened into a very intimate friendship.

He was a very serious, simple-hearted and wise man.

There was no man in his time who had more influence in the House.

His ancestors dwelt in my native town of Concord in the early generations, and in Lincoln, which had been part of Concord.