When the tempest rages, when the thunders roar, and the lightnings blaze around us it is then that the truly brave man stands firm at his post.

In April 1788 it voted to ratify the Constitution the seventh state to do so. By the mid-1820s he was subsisting on a special tax imposed on Maryland lawyers solely for his personal support. Ratification fight
In November 1787 in a speech to the Maryland House of Delegates he assailed the Constitutional Convention not only for what it was attempting to do but also for how it was going about the job.

He was a leading Anti-Federalist along with Patrick Henry and George Mason whose actions helped passage of the Bill of Rights. Luther Martin (February 9 1748 Piscataway New Jersey – July 8 1826 New York N.