The difference between our own case and that of Great Britain upon which we have most reason to congratulate ourselves is that here public opinion has definite criteria for its conservatism; whereas in England it has only shifting and uncertain precedent.
He contrasts American public opinion's stability with the uncertainty of British legal precedents, highlighting a key difference in governance.
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