I was in earnest when I told you that I would not come into that body, and really believed that I should adhere to that determination; but I have acted like a girl addressed by a gentleman she does not positively dislike, but is unwilling to marry.
Beveridge uses a metaphor to describe his internal conflict about joining a political body he initially resisted.
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That time, however, is unquestionably arrived, and every oppression now exercised on a helpless people depending on our magnanimity and justice for the preservation of their existence impresses a deep stain on the American character.
There can be little doubt that a majority of the people did not favor the Constitution when adopted by the Convention and ratified by the States.
These had power To charm through life and cheer his dying hour.
What a gloom will spread over the nation when he is gone!
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