Albert Beveridge: “What did we choose the Senate for ... but to think for us....”

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.

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…

No! but snatched from time, To bloom afresh in yonder sphere sublime.

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