For this purpose they did not, like a cabal of courtiers, send for a Dutch Stadtholder, or a German Elector; but they referred the whole matter to the sense and interest of the country.
In "Rights of Man," this passage praises the American Constitutional Convention for referring the proposed constitution to the people rather than relying on foreign rulers.
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