When some one would have removed her, he looked up and said: "Oh, let the little one alone!" He spoke with profound admiration of Mrs. Purviance, wife of the member of Congress from Butler, Pa.

He thought the success of the North in the famous struggle which elected Banks Speaker of the House, was largely due to Mrs. Purviance.

As early as November 12, 1824, the Regents feared trouble and obtained from William Wirt, John Purviance and Daniel Webster, a legal opinion that their position was inexpugnable.