Constitutions should consist only of general provisions the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.
The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.
Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.
When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.