， could not fail to produce an effect equally salutary on all those questions connected with the internal organization. these favorable anticipations have been realized.
in our whole system， national and state， we have shunned all the defects which unceasingly preyed on the vitals and destroyed the ancient republics. in them there were distinct orders， a nobility and a people， or the people governed in one assembly. thus， in the one instance there was a perpetual conflict between the orders in society for the ascendency， in which the victory of either terminated in the overthrow of the government and the ruin of the state； in the other， in which the people governed in a body， and whose dominions seldom exceeded the dimensions of a county in one of our states， a tumultuous and disorderly movement permitted only a transitory existence. in this great nation there is but one order， that of the people， whose power， by a peculiarly happy improvement of the representative principle， is transferred from them， without impairing in the slightest degree their sovereignty， to bodies of their own creation， and to persons elected by themselves， in the full extent necessary for all the purposes of free， enlightened and efficient government. the whole system is elective， the complete sovereignty being in the people， and every officer in every department deriving his authority from and being responsible to them for his conduct.
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