Note 62 — Chapter III · Recall of Judges.

Ante idem. The great Wirt was asked, after the Burr trial: “Why did you not tell Judge Marshall that the people of America demanded a conviction?” And his reply showed not only the high-minded, professional gentleman that he was, but the patriotic citizen as well. It was: “Tell him that? I would as soon have gone to Herschel and told him that the people of America insisted that the moon had horns as a reason why he should draw her with them.”