0nce the Americans had backed into independence by demanding their rights as Englishmen, what next? No one supposed they were immune to the universal passions distin- guished by Kant: for possession, for power, and for honor. To fend off anarchy and sus- tain a workable society they would have to govern and ration those passions, in the process evolving cultural norms that even those who did not benefit immediately or equally would abide by.
Many foreigners and a fair number of ultrafederalists...