They shall at least be offered in a spirit which will not disgrace the cause of truth.
In this entire thing, truth and the public good are taken to be worth protecting for their own sake. This is refreshing, after all the post-modernism of 2026, where so many are stuck discussing the meta-politico-strategic considerations of any political stance.
I will not amuse you with an appearance of deliberation when I have decided.
Honesty, not fake modesty. :)
A torrent of angry and malignant passions will be let loose.
"Brace for the shitstorm. People on all sides will predictably forget the basic principles of cohabitation."
This entire paragraph is relevant as-is in 2026.
It is not, however, my design to dwell upon observations of this nature.
Of course, there are many interests to dislodge, but we should believe in enough good faith to move forwards.
It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force
This is the most important part imo, and the core of TBC
Do we reflect and make choices? Or do we resign ourselves to suffering from fate and "Might is right"?
AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficiency of the subsisting federal government
Interesting that "inefficiency" is the first problem mentioned