23/56 It was able, but extreme in its hostility to the policy of Congress. He and Mr.Browning were law-partners at the time of Mr.Johnson's accession to the Presidency. Both had supported Mr. General Ewing's loss was regretted by a large number of friends. He had inherited talent and capacity of a high order, was rapidly rising in his profession, and seemed destined to an inviting political career in the party to which he had belonged from its first organization. |