Throughout the entire debate Henry often sounded his loudest alarms on the supreme power of Congress over the ten miles square where the National Capital was to be located; and, indeed, this seems to have been one of the chief sources of popular apprehension.
Beveridge notes the public's fears regarding Congressional power during the debates over the National Capital's location.
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No man ever bore public honors with so meek a dignity ...
No! but snatched from time, To bloom afresh in yonder sphere sublime.
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.
What a gloom will spread over the nation when he is gone!
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