Albert Beveridge: “From Connecticut to the Mississippi River, from Lake Erie to New Orleans, the craze for irresponsible banking spread…”

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.

In the excitement produced by ardent controversy, gentlemen view the same object through such different media that minds, not infrequently receive therefrom precisely opposite impressions.

Genius, and learning, and consummate skill, Moulding each thought, obedient to the will; Affections pure, as e'er warmed human breast, And love, in blessing others, doubly blest; Virtue unspotted, uncorrupted truth, Gentle in age, and…

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.