CONTENTS
[PREFACE]
[INTRODUCTION]
[DEFENCE]
[ERRATA]
[OTHER WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR]
TO
JOHN PARKER HALE
AND
CHARLES MAYO ELLIS,
MAGNANIMOUS LAWYERS,
FOR THEIR LABORS IN A NOBLE PROFESSION,
WHICH HAVING ONCE IN ENGLAND ITS KELYNG, ITS SAUNDERS, ITS JEFFREYS, AND ITS
SCROGGS, AS NOW IN AMERICA ITS SHARKEY, ITS GRIER, ITS CURTIS, AND ITS
KANE, HAS YET ALSO SUCH GENEROUS ADVOCATES OF HUMANITY
AS EQUAL THE GLORIES OF HOLT AND ERSKINE, OF
MACKINTOSH AND ROMILLY,
FOR THEIR ELOQUENT AND FEARLESS DEFENCE OF TRUTH, RIGHT, AND LOVE,
THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED,