His inclinations and wants, physical and moral, irresistibly impel him to associate with his kind . . . The answer will be found in the fact . I intentionally avoid the expression ' selfish feelings' . . . This is compared to the law of gravitation. Society is primary.
Constitution is the contrivance of man, while government is of divine ordination.
An echo here of the distinction in Aquinas between natural law and human law. The sum total . . . of its effects, when most successful, is to make those elected the true and faithful representatives of those who elected them . . . If the whole community had the same interests . But such is not the case. This leads Calhoun to alter an earlier claim.