Somebody told him during the hardest
part of the war that we ought to bend all our energies to
the capture of Richmond. If Richmond were to fall the rebellion
would be easily put down. "You are quite right, sir," said
the Major. "It ought to be done, and I will speak to Colonel
Wetherell about it." But everybody who knew the worthy Major,
unless it were some offender against justice, or some person
against whose wrong-doing he had been the shield and protector
to a client, liked the kindly, honest and sturdy old man.
He was District Attorney for the district which included Worcester
County--an office then and ever since held by admirable lawyers.
He prided himself on the fact that he never drew an indictment
which was not sustained by the Court, if it were questioned.
He liked to recite his old triumphs. He especially plumed
himself on his sagacity in dealing with one case which came
before him. A complaint was made of a book well known at
that time, the memoirs of a dissolute woman, which was full
of indecency, but in which there could not be found a single,
separate indecent sentence or word.
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