In such a dilemma his choice could not be doubtful.

At all risk he must endeavor to sustain himself at home.
[Sidenote] Douglas, Senate Speech, December 9, 1857.

"Globe," p.

18.
He met the encounter with his usual adroitness and boldness.

Assuming that the President had made no express recommendation, he devoted his speech mainly to a strong argument of party expediency, repelling without reserve and denouncing without stint the work of the Lecompton Convention.