In the early days of the republic, which was constructed by men whose souls were imbued with these principles—or at least the fraternal principle—it may be fair to admit that something nearly assimilating to the true kind of government did exist.
Woodhull reflects on the early republic's alignment with fraternal principles of governance.
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, this people vaunteth and puffeth itself with knowledge, but wisdom hath surely departed to the lowly ones of earth!
Where are all the great of the past; its orators, philosophers and statesmen; Confucius, Zoroaster, Moses, David, Solomon, Lycurgus, Demosthenes, Cicero, Bonaparte, Washington, and many others, of all nations and climes, to whom history…
Are not their minds expanded to the comprehension of the great principles of governmental justice?
Prisons would be converted into asylums and workshops for the weak and unfortunate, and their keepers into superintendents and teachers.