Van Buren had made it plain, by his exhaustive argument, that constitution-makers, seeking the latest expression of the people's will, could devise no better plan, and that experience in the newest States having the same system, had developed no serious objection.
This quote highlights Van Buren's argument for a particular constitutional approach, reflecting the influence of state experiences on political thought.
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He represented Republican principles and aims more fully than any man in the country, but Thurlow Weed, looking into the future through the eyes of a practical politician, disbelieved in Republican success.
The heart of the country is fixed on higher and nobler things.
And is it not needed when its taking helps us and hurts our enemy?
An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a people, until he fancies himself commissioned by heaven to liberate them.
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