- Collection
- Thaddeus Stevens Collection
- Title
- Letter from Amos Ellmaker to Thaddeus Stevens
- Object ID
- MG0115_P01_F002_In06
- Date Range
- 1850/07/16
opponents on the defensive. And without such a practice, no party can
succeed—except temporarily.
On the contrary most the Whigs, endeavor to answer every charge; and they are almost always
on the defensive.
A charge can be made a few words, which every body reads. The answer is usually long, which
few read