And when he entered Lexington, he passed beneath an arch on which was written in flowers:
Welcome! Friend of America!
To the Birthplace of American Liberty.
SEPTEMBER 24
JOHN MARSHALL
THE EXPOUNDER OF THE CONSTITUTION
I had grown up at a time ... when the maxim, “United we stand, divided we fall,” was the maxim of every orthodox American; and I had imbibed these sentiments so thoroughly that they constituted a part of my being.
John Marshall.
He had a deep sense of moral and religious obligation, and a love of truth, constant, enduring, unflinching. It naturally gave rise to a sincerity of thought, purpose, expression and conduct, which, though never severe, was always open, manly, and straightforward.
Yet it was combined with such a gentle and bland demeanour, that it never gave offense. But it was, on the contrary, most persuasive in its appeals to the understanding.
Justice Joseph Story