The Question Before the House: Libertarians Should Embrace Democracy.

Political theorizing is not for every gentleman, indeed. But it is a maxim with me that these harmless avocations are to be tolerated and even encouraged. I will therefore say that it was the opinion of the late Mr. Madison and our other American cousins that a Republic would avoid many of the defects of a democracy. Mr. Tocqueville, a widely-traveled foreign gentleman, was of the opinion that Christian faith was an additional remedy to the rule of the lower classes.