Albert Beveridge: “We shall remain free if we do not deserve to be slaves.”

These had power To charm through life and cheer his dying hour.

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

To Marshall reared--the great, the good, the wise; Born for all ages, honored in all skies; His was the fame to mortals rarely given, Begun on earth, but fixed in aim on heaven.

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.