The new government, soon to be placed on trial, needed the help of sympathetic governors and legislatures, and Clinton and his supporters, forced to accept the Constitution, could hardly be regarded as its wisest and safest guardians.
This statement critiques the reliability of certain political leaders in supporting the new government under the Constitution.
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