But Marshall's opinion in Gibbons vs. Ogden[1106] had now reached the whole country and, for the time being, changed popular hostility to the Supreme Court into public favor toward it. The assault in Congress died away and Webster allowed his soothing resolution to be forgotten. When the attack on the National Judiciary was again renewed, the language of its adversaries was almost apologetic.
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[947] Annals, 16th Cong. 1st Sess. 107-08.
[948] Ib. 175.
[949] Ib. 275.
[950] Ib. 359.
[951] Annals, 16th Cong. 1st Sess. 1033.
[952] Ib. 209. The Justices of the Supreme Court followed the proceedings in Congress with the interest and accuracy of politicians. (See, for example, Story's comments on the Missouri controversy, Story to White, Feb. 27, 1820, Story, i, 362.)
[953] Annals, 16th Cong. 1st Sess. 1106-07.
[954] For instance, Joshua Cushman of Massachusetts was sure that, instead of disunion, "the Canadas, with New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, allured by the wisdom and beneficence of our institutions, will stretch out their hands for an admission into this Union. The Floridas will become a willing victim. Mexico will mingle her lustre with the federal constellation. South America ... will burn incense on our ... altar. The Republic of the United States shall have dominion from sea to sea, ... from the river Columbia to the ends of the earth. The American Eagle ... will soar aloft to the stars of Heaven." (Ib. 1309.)