5129. MASSACHUSETTS, Justice to.—
So far as either facts or opinions have been
truly quoted from me, they have never been
meant to intercept the just fame of Massachusetts
for the promptitude and perseverance of
her early resistance. We willingly cede to her
the laud of having been (although not exclusively )
“the cradle of sound principles”, and,
if some of us believe she has deflected from
them in her course, we retain full confidence in
her ultimate return to them.—
To Samuel A. Wells. Washington ed. i, 117.
Ford ed., x, 129.
(M.
1819)
