He could not escape from the penalties of an unwise, an ill-drawn, or a foolhardy legislative proposal.

At the same time he would be obliged constantly to meet severe criticism both as to the principle and details of his measures on the part of the legislative council.

Such criticism would fasten upon any weakness and would sufficiently protect the public against the submission of unnecessary, foolish, or dangerous legislative proposals.
I am aware, of course, that the plan of legislative organization, vaguely sketched above, will seem to be most dubious to the great majority of Americans, intelligently interested in political matters; but before absolutely condemning these suggestions as wild or dangerous, the reader should consider the spirit in which and the purpose for which they are made.

My intention has not been to prepare a detailed plan of local governmental organization and to stamp it as the only one, which is correct in principle and coherent in detail.

In a sense I care nothing about the precise suggestions submitted in the preceding paragraphs.