... and swore that he never voted against the supplies — that it was a slander-and caught hold of Ficklin, who sat on the stand, and said, Here, Ficklin, tell the people that it is a lie. Well, Ficklin , who had served in Congress with him, stood up and told them all that he recollected about it. It was that when George Ashmun, of Massachusetts, brought forward a resolution declaring the war unconst...