Albert Beveridge: “The people of this country have not established ... such a fabric of despotism....”

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.

What a gloom will spread over the nation when he is gone!

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…

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