The treaty has been made, and though it may be censured, and the party which made it ousted, yet the difficulty it was meant to cure is cured, and the opposing party, if it takes office, will not have that difficulty to deal with.
Bagehot notes that once a treaty is made, its effects persist regardless of political changes.
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But all men heed great results, and a change of Government is a great result.
If those persons be people of different temperaments, different ideas, and different educations, you have an almost infallible security that nothing, or almost nothing, will be done with excessive rapidity.
Thirdly, we see why so few nations have made rapid advance, and how many have become stationary.
It is absurd to choose by contested party election an impartial chooser of Ministers.
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