In the absence of such a revolution they had no sufficient inducement to seek their own material and moral improvement.

The theory was proclaimed and accepted as a justification for this system of popular oppression that men were not to be trusted to take care of themselves--that they could be kept socially useful only by the severest measures of moral, religious, and political discipline.

The theory of the American democracy and its practice was proclaimed to be the antithesis of this European theory and practice.

The people were to be trusted rather than suspected and disciplined.

They must be tied to their country by the strong bond of self-interest.