"Loveyet. I tell you, it is the most infernal scheme that ever was devised.
"Trueman. And I tell you, sir, that your argument is heterodox, sophistical, and most preposterously illogical.
"Loveyet. I insist upon it, sir, you know nothing at all about the matter! And give me leave to tell you, sir—
"Trueman. What! Give you leave to tell me I know nothing at all about the matter? I shall do no such thing, sir. I'm not to be governed by your ipse dixit.
"Loveyet. I desire none of your musty Latin, for I don't understand it, not I.
"Trueman. O the ignorance of the age! To oppose a plan of government like the new Constitution! Like it, did I say? There never was one like it. Neither Minos, Solon, Lycurgus, nor Romulus ever fabricated so wise a system. Why, it is a political phenomenon, a prodigy of legislative wisdom, the fame of which will soon extend ultramundane, and astonish the nations of the world with its transcendent excellence. To what a sublime height will the superb edifice attain!
"Loveyet. Your aspiring edifice shall never be erected in this State, sir.
"Trueman. Mr. Loveyet, you will not listen to reason. Only calmly attend one moment.
[Reads.] 'We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide—'
"Loveyet. I tell you I won't hear it.