Resist the crazy extension of the doctrine that government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed to an extreme never imagined by the men who framed it, and never for one moment acted upon in their own practice.
Reid critiques the extreme interpretation of the principle that government derives its powers from the consent of the governed.
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Brushing aside, then, these bugbears, gentlemen, what are the obvious duties of the hour?
They have covered many phases of the subject, but have preserved a singular uniformity of purpose and consistency of ideas throughout.
The people have generally more education and refinement than in other parts of the State; their public improvements are better, and their country is every way more attractive.
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