The gravamen of the charge against Ishmael lies in the last word of Gen.
It would appear that the gravamen of the Quaker attack on the little sect was the failure of its members to dispense with sacraments.
The gravamen of the charge is so well known to the reader that the simple account which Phineas gave of it need not be repeated.
Mr. Sumner insisted that the hasty proclamation by Great Britain of neutrality between the United States and the Southern Confederacy was the gravamen of the Alabama claims.
It was soon developed that the gravamen of the charges was not the removal of Stanton, but was the attempt of the President to force General Lorenzo Thomas into a high office without the advice and consent of the Senate.
