Assuming the impeccability of a State, and openly declaring that States, like kings, can do no wrong, while, like kings, they wear “the round and top of sovereignty,” politicians treat them with most mistaken forbearance and tenderness, as if these Rebel corporations could be dandled into loyalty.
He criticizes the mistaken leniency shown towards states, likening them to kings who cannot do wrong, despite their rebellious actions.
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