There was no danger, then, that Virginia would be left out of the Union, as the Constitutionalists had hinted might happen if Virginia rejected the Constitution; the other States would be glad to have her on her own terms.
Beveridge argues that Virginia's inclusion in the Union is assured despite fears to the contrary.
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Indeed, he thought them only "an experiment on the American mind to see how far it will bear an avowed violation of the constitution.
On this, the only vital and enduring question involved, Marshall's views were clear and unshakable.
Had not mobs been the precursors of our own Revolution?
The Constitution's enemies, thus far out-pointed by its perfectly trained and harmonious supporters, could delay no longer.
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