"Controvertist" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... ability and promise gathered about him, and made him the centre of their chosen circle. He became a prominent member of the whig party, and was everywhere known as the brilliant orator and successful controvertist of the Scott campaign of 1852. The whig party, worn out by its many gallant but unsuccessful battles, was ultimately gathered to its fathers, and Mr. DAVIS led off in the American movement. He was elected successively ...
— Oration on the Life and Character of Henry Winter Davis • John A. J. Creswell |
