The proposition that no authority should be exercised over the people except such as came from the people necessarily opened the door to an election of the governor by the people; but how to restrict his power seems to have taxed Jay's ingenuity.
This quote reflects Alexander's analysis of the challenges faced by early American leaders in balancing popular sovereignty with the need for effective governance.
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Of imposing appearance, he looked like a man formed to rule.
As he lived, so he died, a strange, lonely, unhappy man, out of tune with the beautiful world in which he was permitted to exist upward of four score years.
People were getting tired of bold action without achievement in the field, and every opponent of the Administration became a threnodist.
Why should we now make any concessions to them?
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