The agrarian view, popular in the south, held that a prosperous socio-economic system would create wealth and happiness for all, resulting in a stable and long lasting political system. If a man owned land, he would be free from the trials of life which could cause him to be impoverished. This philosophy was dovish in its militancy – believing that a landowning class was a kind of utopia that did not need to protect itself from decay.
As the convention opened, delegates were faced with the decision of how best to adapt the Roman system to a modern Unites States. There were certainly fundamental differences between America and the Roman Republic and these influenced by the span of time and the evolution of western culture over two millennia.
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