The very nature of the compact is, that each and every part is joined in a system of mutual and reciprocal interdependence, to which general system no member can set up for itself any system peculiarly its own, in contradistinction or opposition to, or to interfere with, the general system.
Woodhull discusses the nature of societal compacts and the necessity of mutual interdependence among its members.
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