[190] "Opinion as to the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States"; Works: Lodge, iii, 445-93. Washington was sorely perplexed by the controversy and was on the point of vetoing the Bank Bill. (See Rives, iii, 170-71.)
[191] Marshall, ii, 206-07.
[192] Ames to Dwight, Jan. 23, 1792; Works: Ames, i, 110-11.
[193] "A Candid State of Parties"—National Gazette, Sept. 26, 1792.
[194] "I was no party man myself and the first wish of my heart was, if parties did exist, to reconcile them." (Washington to Jefferson, July 6, 1796; Writings: Ford, xiii, 230.)
CHAPTER III
LEADING THE VIRGINIA FEDERALISTS
I think nothing better could be done than to make him [Marshall] a judge. (Jefferson to Madison, June 29, 1792.)