CHAPTER X

THE FINAL CONFLICT Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable. (Daniel Webster.) Fellow citizens, the die is now cast. Prepare for the crisis and meet it as becomes men and freemen. (South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification.) The Union has been prolonged thus far by miracles. I fear they cannot continue. (Marshall.) It is time to be old, To take in sail. (Emerson.) The last years of Marshall's life were clouded with sadness, almost despair. His health failed; hi…