Albert Beveridge: “To men who think as you and I do, the present is gloomy enough; and the future presents no cheering prospect.”

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 ...

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

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.