Warmly as he sympathized with Federalist opinion of the absurd Republican retaliatory measures, and earnestly as he shared Federalist partisanship for Great Britain, John Marshall deplored all talk of secession and sternly rebuked resistance to National authority, as is shown in his opinion in Fletcher vs.
Beveridge notes John Marshall's strong opposition to secession and his commitment to national authority despite his Federalist sympathies.
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