In his private opinion the British government was the best in the world and that he doubted whether anything short of it would do in America. It was once thought that the power of Confederate Congress was amply sufficient to secure the end of their institution. The members most tenacious of republicanism, were loud in declaiming against the vices of democracy. This progress of the public mind led him to anticipate the praise bestowed by Mr. Neckar on the British Constitution, namely, that it is the only government in the world “which unites public strength with individual security.”
In every community where industry is encouraged, there will be a division of it into the few and the many. Hence, separate interests will arise. There will be debtors and creditors, give all power to the many, they will oppress the few. The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the upper class a distinct, permanent share in the government. They will check the unsteadiness of the lower classes, and as they cannot receive any advantage by a change, they therefore will ever maintain good government. Can a democratic assembly, who annually revolve in the mass of the people, be supposed steadily to pursue the public good? Nothing but a permanent body can check the imprudence of democracy.