We may not expect to agree in a perfect Syſtem of Government: This is not the Lot of Mankind. The great End of Government, is, to promote the Supreme Good of human Society: Every ſocial Affection ſhould therefore be intereſted in the Forming of a Government and in judging of one when it is Formed. Would it not be prudent for Individuals to caſt out of the Scale, ſmaller Conſiderations and fall in with an evident Majority, unleſs in Matters in which their Conſciences ſhall conſtrain them to determine otherwiſe? Such a Sacrifice, made for the ſake of Union, would afford a ſtrong Evidence of public Affection; and Union, ſtrengthened by the ſocial Feeling, would promiſe a greater Stability to any Conſtitution, and, is its operation, a greater Degree of Happineſs to the Society. It is here to be remembred, that on the Expiration of Fifteen Years a new Convention may be held, in order that ſuch Amendments may be made in the Plan you may now agree to, as Experience, that beſt Inſtructor, ſhall then point out to be expedient or neceſſary.
A Government without Power to exert itſelf, is at beſt, but an uſeleſs Piece of Machinery.
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