Albert Beveridge: “The principal American demand was compensation for the immense spoliation of American commerce by the French.”

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.

That time, however, is unquestionably arrived, and every oppression now exercised on a helpless people depending on our magnanimity and justice for the preservation of their existence impresses a deep stain on the American character.

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.

No man ever bore public honors with so meek a dignity ...