Albert Beveridge: “The foundations of the Republic are shaken and the judges sleep in tranquillity at home....”

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.

There was about him so little of 'the insolence of office,' and so much of the benignity of the man, that his presence always produced ... the most delightful 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…

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