But we shall be led to acknowledge that this is only a secondary cause of its superiority, when we recollect that eleven new States have been added to the American Confederation since the promulgation of the Federal Constitution, and that these new republics have always rather exaggerated than avoided the defects which existed in the former Constitutions.
Hala ere, edonor komentzituko da kausa hau bigarren mailakoa dela, kontuan izanik, Konstituzio federala ezarri ostean, konfederazio amerikarrak hamaika estatu berri hartu dituela, eta hauek ia beti gutxitu baino gehiago areagotu egin dituztela beren aurretikoen konstituzioetan zeuden akatsak.