Albert Beveridge: “Prepare for the crisis, and ... meet it as becomes men and freemen....”

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.

In the excitement produced by ardent controversy, gentlemen view the same object through such different media that minds, not infrequently receive therefrom precisely opposite impressions.

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…

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…