Like all men of the first rank, Marshall met in a great way, and without attempt at compromise, a great issue that could not be compromised--an issue which, everywhere, at that moment, was challenging the existence of the Nation.
Beveridge highlights Marshall's decisive approach to critical national issues without compromise.
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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.
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.
What a gloom will spread over the nation when he is gone!
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