He had held high rank as a senator in the Augustan period of the Senate's learning and eloquence, and he had been one of the ablest members of the distinguished Cabinets organized by the only two Presidents elected by the Whig party.

He had reached the ripe age of seventy-eight years but was still in complete possession of all his splendid faculties.

He had voted for Mr.Lincoln at both elections, had been a warm supporter of the contest for the Union, and was represented by his own blood on many of the great battle-fields of the war.

The Lieutenant-General of the army, with his illustrious record of service, second only to that of General Grant, was his son-in-law.
Of whatever deadly designs Mr.Johnson might be suspected, there was no man of intelligence in the United States willing to believe that Mr.Ewing could be tempted to do an unpatriotic act, to violate the Constitution, or to fail in executing with fidelity the laws of the land.

If the President intended to corrupt the army, as charged by Mr.Boutwell, he had certainly chosen a singular co-laborer in the person of Mr.Ewing.