Albert Beveridge: “But this supreme and irresistible power to make or to unmake, resides only in the whole body of the people; not in any…”

Thus were the ideas of Nationality and localism in America brought into sharper conflict by the mob and guillotine in France.

The Constitution's enemies, thus far out-pointed by its perfectly trained and harmonious supporters, could delay no longer.

Would they abandon their posts as judges, and the interests of millions committed to them, to serve the purposes of a single individual?

In argument and reasoning he was the equal if not the superior of Madison himself; and his grim personality made the meek one of Madison seem tender in comparison.