Fortunate, indeed, was it for the United States, at this critical time in its development, that one department of the Government could not be swayed by the passion of the hour, and thrice happy that the head of that department was John Marshall.
Beveridge praises John Marshall for his steadfastness and constitutional adherence during a critical time for the United States.
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No! but snatched from time, To bloom afresh in yonder sphere sublime.
What a gloom will spread over the nation when he is gone!
These had power To charm through life and cheer his dying hour.
The Experiment, with its foundations laid on universal Suffrage and an unfettered and licentious Press is of too violent a nature for our excitable People.
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