Macaulay tells us that "I know of no rational objection; nor can I think of any expedient to remove the well grounded apprehensions of the different interests which compose a commonwealth, than a fair and equal representation of the whole people, a circumstance which appears very peculiarly necessary in a mixed form of government, where the democratic part of the constitution will ever be in danger of being overborne by the energy attending on its higher constituent parts."

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Macaulay argues that a fair and equal representation of the whole people is necessary in a mixed form of government to address the well-grounded apprehensions of different interests and to prevent the democratic part of the constitution from being overborne by the higher constituent parts.

Macaulay Tells Us That "I Know of No Rational Objection;