“...he fought bitterly; for months”
No, he did not. He sat there more as a spectator hoping those in Congress would help him out. He made to offense against those that attacked him.
‘He made to offense against those that attacked him.’
sigh...his offensive was his refusal to quit based on just their sayso; he was one individual, are you suggesting he should have brought a machine gun to Congress and mowed them down...?