The Firmest Pyramid of Government

The government which takes in the consent of the greatest number of people may justly be said to have the broadest bottom; and if it be terminated in the authority of one single person, it may be said to have the narrowest top, and so makes the firmest pyramid. Temple. $166. GOVERNMENT, Family. The eldest son of President Edwards congratulated a friend on having a family of sons, and said to him, “Remember, there is but one mode of family government.

I have brought up and educated fourteen boys, two of whom I brought up, or suffered to grow up, without the rod. One of these was my youngest brother, and the other, Aaron Burr, my sister’s only son, both of whom had lost their parents in their childhood; and from both my observation and experience, I tell you, sir, a maple-sugar government will never answer. Beware how you let the first act of disobedience in your little boys go unnoticed, and unless evidence of repentance be manifest, unpunished.”