Albert Beveridge: “Despots and tyrants! now may you safely pronounce 'ingratitude is the common vice of all republics.”

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

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

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.

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.