So in the old colonies.

Had Washington been sent abroad in command of a regiment, Adams to govern a colony, Franklin to make experiments in an observatory like that at Greenwich, and a more extended field been opened to colonial talent, the United States would still have continued to be dependencies of Great Britain.
"There is no room for men of talent in British America; and by not affording them an opportunity of distinguishing themselves, or rewarding them when they do, they are always ready to make one, by opposition.

In comparing their situation with that of the inhabitants of the British Isles, they feel that they labour under disabilities; these disabilities they feel as a degradation; and as those who impose that degradation live three thousand miles off, it becomes a question whether it is better to suffer or resist." "The Prince de Joinville's horse," said Mr.Slick, "is a case in pint." "One moment, Sam," said Mr.Hopewell.
"The very word 'dependencies' shows the state of the colonies.

If they are to be retained, they should be incorporated with Great Britain.
The people should be made to feel, not that they are colonists, but Englishmen.

They may tinker at constitutions as much as they please; the root of the evil lies deeper than statesmen are aware of.