The turmoil, the darkness, the very 'chaos of anarchy,' which had for three successive days pervaded the American Congress, was dispelled by the magic, the talismanic eloquence, of a single man; and once more the wheels of government and legislation were put in motion.
Quincy describes how the eloquence of a single speaker can restore order and function to a chaotic Congress.
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