I will not enumerate the causes from which, in my conception, the heart-burnings of a majority of its opposers have originated." His argument was unanswerable as a matter of pure reason and large statesmanship, but it made little headway and had only slight if any influence.
Beveridge reflects on the reasons behind the opposition to the Constitution, acknowledging the complexity of political sentiments.
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