While it was pending the Expounder generally gave out his puzzling verses, and then both pondered a good while before they arrived at their conclusions and made them known.
"Not Pretty, But Precious"
John Hay, et al.
The Abolitionists supposed they were following a safe guide when they confined themselves, in their petitions to Congress for legislative action against slavery, exclusively to such measures as they were assured, by the eminent Expounder, were strictly constitutional.
"A Letter to the Hon. Samuel Eliot, Representative in Congress From the City of Boston, In Reply to His Apology For Voting For the Fugitive Slave Bill."
Hancock
Although elevated to the bench of the Superior Court he remained in the Executive Council, a firm and consistent advocate of his country's rights-a bold Expounder of Britain's wrongs.
"Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution"
L. Carroll Judson