He seldom used a word more or a word less than was needed to give elegance to his diction, explicitness to his meaning, completeness to his logic.

He analyzed every argument of the Impeachment with consummate skill.

Those who dissented from his conclusions united with those who assented to them in praise of his masterly presentment of the President's defense.
After Judge Curtis had concluded, witnesses were called on behalf of the President.

The struggle that followed for the admission or exclusion of testimony obviously strengthened the President's case in popular opinion, which is always influenced by considerations of what is deemed fair play.

Exclusion of testimony by an arbitrary vote on mere technical objections, especially where men equally learned in the law differ as to its competency and relevancy, is not wise in a political case that depends for its ultimate judgment upon the sober thought of the people.