But in a new colony, in a community where merit MAY be equal, and where there CANNOT be traditional marks of merit and fitness, it is obvious that a political deference can be yielded to higher culture only upon proof, first of its existence, and next of its political value.
He reflects on the challenges of establishing political deference in new colonies where merit is not traditionally recognized.
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The nation then selected the English policy, but the Crown chose the English Ministers.
It is absurd to choose by contested party election an impartial chooser of Ministers.
He could have found the truth as a statesman just as he found it when a judge; but he never did find it.
And, to the effectual maintenance of such a separation, the exclusion of the President's Ministers from the legislature is essential.
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