In addition to these he inveighed bitterly against the abolitionists, as a junto of secretaries, sophists, enthusiasts, and fanatics.

Apenas los oficiales dieron vista á la plaza en que se hallaba situado el alojamiento de su nuevo amigo, este, que les aguardaba impaciente, salió á encontrarles; y después de cambiar algunas palabras á media voz, todos penetraron juntos en la iglesia, en cuyo lóbrego recinto la escasa claridad de una linterna luchaba trabajosamente con las obscuras y espesísimas sombras.

In his first conversation with Ormsby, Kent had spoken of the three leading spirits of the junto as from personal knowledge; but of the three, Bucks, Hendricks and Meigs, the attorney-general was the least known to him.

Kent saw, or thought he saw, the fine hand of the junto in all this.