But the knowledge of Henry and of Pendleton, that the document under consideration was the Constitution of a nation whose citizens alone could give to its government any valid power to interfere with their human freedom, was the knowledge of all in that and the other “conventions,” in which the one people of America assembled and adopted that Constitution. Let us note another distinct type in that Virginia convention, the famous Light-horse Harry Lee of the Revolution. “Descended from one of the oldest and most honorable families in the colony, a graduate of Princeton College, one of the most daring, picturesque, and attractive officers of the Revolution, in which by sheer gallantry and military genius he had become commander of a famous cavalry command, the gallant Lee was a perfect contrast to the venerable Pendleton.” (Beveridge, _Life of Marshall_, Vol. I, page 387.) Lee also replied to Henry’s attack on the expression “We, the people” and not “We, the states.” In his reply, there was shown the same accurate knowledge of basic American law. “This expression was introduced into that paper with great propriety. This system is submitted _to the people_ for their consideration, because on them it is to operate, if adopted. It is not binding on the people until it becomes their act.” (3 _Ell. Deb._ 42.) In the Massachusetts convention, General William Heath, another soldier of the Revolution, showed his accurate conception of the legal fact of which we average Americans have just been reading in the decisions of our Supreme Court. “Mr. President, I consider myself not as an inhabitant of Massachusetts, but as a citizen of the United States.” (2 _Ell. Deb._ 12.) In the North Carolina convention, William Goudy seems to have had some prophetic vision of our own immediate day. Speaking of the document under discussion and clearly having in mind its First Article, this is the warning he gave us: “Its intent is a concession of power, on the part of the people, to their rulers. We know that private interest governs mankind generally. Power belongs originally to the people; but if rulers [all governments] be not well guarded, that power may be usurped from them. People ought to be cautious in giving away power.... Power is generally taken from the people by imposing on their understanding, or by fetters.” (4 _Ell. Deb._ 10.)