Fortunate, indeed, will it be for this country if our people lose not faith in popular institutions; fortunate, indeed, if they abate not their confidence in the integrity of that high tribunal, for a century the bulwark of our liberties.
He emphasizes the importance of public faith in democratic institutions and the judiciary for the nation's future.
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