Albert Beveridge: “Was it not the favored of the earth that government protected?”

These had power To charm through life and cheer his dying hour.

Genius, and learning, and consummate skill, Moulding each thought, obedient to the will; Affections pure, as e'er warmed human breast, And love, in blessing others, doubly blest; Virtue unspotted, uncorrupted truth, Gentle in age, and…

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.

The Richmond Whig and Public Advertiser said that "no man has lived or died in this country, save its father George Washington alone, who united such a warmth of affection for his person, with so deep and unaffected a respect for his…