As an advocate Mr.Evarts early became conspicuous, and, in the best sense, famous.

But he is more than an advocate.

He is an orator,--affluent in diction, graceful in manner, with all the rare and rich gifts which attract and enchain an audience.
He possesses a remarkable combination of wit and humor, and has the happy faculty of using both effectively, without inflicting deadly wounds, without incurring hurtful enmities.

Differing in temperament and in manner from Judge Curtis, the two seemed perfectly adapted for professional co-operation, and united they constituted an array of counsel as strong as could be found at the English-speaking bar.
It was expected that Judge Jeremiah S.Black would add his learning and ability to the President's counsel, but at the last moment before the trial began he withdrew, and his place was filled by William S.
Groesbeck of Cincinnati.

Mr.Groesbeck was favorably known to the country by his service as a Democratic representative in the Thirty-sixth Congress, but little had been heard of his legal learning outside of Ohio.