In this wise did the Legislature of his own State repudiate and defy that opinion of John Marshall which has done more for the American Nation than any single utterance of any other one man, excepting only the Farewell Address of Washington.
Beveridge highlights the significance of John Marshall's opinion for the American nation, comparing it to Washington's Farewell Address.
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The Virginians, on their part, found the giving of new notes a convenient way of canceling old obligations and thus piled up mountains of debt which they found hard to remove.
On this, the only vital and enduring question involved, Marshall's views were clear and unshakable.
The genius of the Constitution, and the opinions of the people of the United States, cannot be overruled by those who administer the Government.
The Alien and Sedition Laws were, they asserted, the beginning of monarchy, the foundation of absolutism.
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