...m of this provision in terms of the most extravagant praise, he breaks forth in admiration of the greatness of Nathan Dane; and great indeed he must be, if it be true, as stated by the Senator from Massachusetts , that he was greater than Solon and Lycurgus, Minos, Numa Pompilius, and all the legislators and philosophers of the world, ancient and modern. Sir, to such high authority it is certainly my duty,...