The People's will is made known by manifesto, and by many fists too.
Every man shall be qualified to sit in Congress that is a ten-pound pig-holder, provided that the pig and the member sleep under the same roof.
Members of Congress will be paid for their services. Gentlemen wearing gloves only to have the privilege of shaking the President's hand. The unwashed members to be paid at the door.
Pipes will not be allowed on the Opposition benches, nor may any member take whiskey until challenged by the President.
Under no circumstances will a member be suffered to sit with his blunderbuss at full cock, nor pointed at the President's ear.
Our Ambassadors will be chosen from our most meritorious postmen, so that they may have no difficulty in reading their letters.
The Foreign Office will be presided over by a patriotic editor who has travelled in New South Wales and is thoroughly conversant with the language.
Instead of bulwarks, the island will be fortified with Irish Bulls, our engineers being of opinion that no other horn-works are so efficient.
To prevent heartburnings between Landlord and Tenant, a Government collector of rents shall be appointed, and Tenant-right shall include a power to shoot over the land and at anyone on it.
And this was written half-a-century ago. It reads like yesterday!