Albert Beveridge: “Those who at first had been so disappointed in his dress and manners soon forgot both in his wholesome charm.”

In argument and reasoning he was the equal if not the superior of Madison himself; and his grim personality made the meek one of Madison seem tender in comparison.

Would they abandon their posts as judges, and the interests of millions committed to them, to serve the purposes of a single individual?

The Constitution's enemies, thus far out-pointed by its perfectly trained and harmonious supporters, could delay no longer.

Indeed, he thought them only "an experiment on the American mind to see how far it will bear an avowed violation of the constitution.