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wonted caution is to be observed. The Mayor is no
longer "almost on his knees," but is, "metaphorically
"
speaking, on his knees and he is at ; pains to sum
mon witnesses to make his case good. (Nos. II.
and IV.)
A couple of weeks later he delivered what he
was pleased to term a repetition of his discourse, at
Steinway Hall in New York. Here he failed not to
make up for any little constraint he might have felt
in Boston, as the following sentences will show :
Boston Lecture, Nov. 1. |
" He saw the Mayor
of the city, cap in
hand, almost on his
knees, entreating the
men who were his so
cial companions to
have the kindness to
obey
the laws."
Newspaper Discussion.
"
Mayor Lyman be
sought instead of com
manding that day, and
was, metaphorically
speaking, on his knees
to the mob."
New York Lecture,
Nov. 16.
"
I saw the Mayor,
the representative of
law and magistracy, en
treating, suing
like a
spaniel, beseeching like
a beggar, this crowd of
his social companions, to
respect the law. I saw
the turbulent defiance,
the derisive laugh, with
which his good-natured
appeals were received.
I saw him descend
lower and lower in his
appeals to the mercy
of the mob, that they
would spare his office."
Whence these additions, this increased venom ?
Do they reveal the uncontrolled indignation of a
? or do
patriot against meanness and incornpetency
they betray the anger of a coward, who seeks to
exasperate the living by insulting
the dead?
Who was this person who is spoken of as a