...y Council, compelled to listen while calumny, in the service of lawless force, aimed a death-blow at his honor, and his virtues called on God and man to see how unjustly he suffered. The reply of Dunning , who was very ill and was fatigued by standing so long, could scarcely be heard; and that of Lee produced no impression. There was but one place in England where fit reparation could be made; and ...