Duties and limits of the judiciary power.
Functions and duties of the military power.'
You see that these are the materials of a superb edifice, and the hands
which have prepared them are perfectly capable of putting them together,
and of filling up the work, of which these are only the outlines. While
there are some men among them of very superior abilities, the mass
possess such a degree of good sense, as enables them to decide well. I
have always been afraid their numbers might lead to confusion. Twelve
hundred men in one room are too many. I have still that fear. Another
apprehension is, that a majority cannot be induced to adopt the trial by
jury, and I consider that as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man,
by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.
Mr. Paradise is the bearer of this letter. He can supply those details
which it would be so tedious to write.
I am, with great esteem, Dear Sir, your friend and servant,
Th: Jefferson.
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