Albert Beveridge: “No gloom of events, no lowering of prospects ever excites a fear for the issue of a contest which was to change the…”

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…

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! but snatched from time, To bloom afresh in yonder sphere sublime.

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.