Albert Beveridge: “All who are attached to peace and order, ... will now come forward and speak for themselves....”

The Constitution of Virginia of 1776 was the basis upon which was built one of the most perfect political machines ever constructed; and this machine in later years came to be Marshall's great antagonist.

The passions of men stimulate them to avail themselves of the weakness of others.

On this, the only vital and enduring question involved, Marshall's views were clear and unshakable.

The dreams he had dreamed, the visions he had seen back in his Virginia mountains were clad in glories as enchanting as the splendors of their tree-clad summits at break of day--dreams and visions for which strong men should be glad of the…