The truth is, all intelligent men know--and few even in America, except obvious demagogues, hesitate to admit--that there are cases where a good government does not and ought not to rest on the consent of the governed.
Reid argues that there are instances where good governance does not rely solely on the consent of the governed.
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Our national experience has demonstrated that public order reposes most securely on the broad base of universal suffrage.
Brushing aside, then, these bugbears, gentlemen, what are the obvious duties of the hour?
The danger commences with the first extra-continental State.
Spain failed to maintain her title to the security she had pledged, but the lenders knew the instability of that security when they risked their money on it.