If that was true, it was a most cruel and savage thing on the part of the Government, because at the very Crisis of the Man's action, and at a time when, according to them, he was broken down in health, they, by dismissing him, practically condemned him in public estimation.

Therefore, in this Crisis in Man's fate - and it is a crisis in man's fate - as in the last crisis, we of this nation shall play our part and carry manfully burdens which the world may well think insupportable.