In this fashion Marshall leads up to the serious National problem of the hour--the disposition of some States, revealed by threats and sometimes carried into execution, to interfere with the officers of the National Government in the execution of the Nation's laws.
Beveridge highlights Marshall's concerns about states interfering with the execution of federal laws during a critical national issue.
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The passions of men stimulate them to avail themselves of the weakness of others.
History, reason, evidence, march through these pages like infantry, cavalry, and artillery going to battle.
On this, the only vital and enduring question involved, Marshall's views were clear and unshakable.
Thus provincialism in the form of States' Rights was given a fresh impulse and a new vitality.
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