ile government is of divine ordination. Man is left to perfect what the wisdom of the infinite ordained as necessary to preserve the race (271). He believes that although government and social order is inherent to maintain the order of a society, it is up to man himself to perfect the government, and this is done by rules or in a modern sense, implemented by the Constitution. Calhouns next argument is centered on the framework of the Constitution and rules, most notably the argument between concurrent and numerical majorities. Calhoun asks, how can those who are invested with the powers of government be prevented from employing them as the means of aggrandizing themselves instead of using them to protect and preserve society (271-272). This serves as his key dilemma in the whole debate. Calhoun notes that the people must have the means to resist tyrants who abuse their authority by saying, the ruled must possess the means of resisting successfully this tendency on the part of rulers to oppression and abuse. Power can only be resisted by power and tendency-by-tendency. Those who exercise power and those subject to its exercise stand in antagonistic relations to each other. (272). He believes the people are key to maintaining order and rules. Calhoun believes that people should elect those in the best of interests of society. Calhoun notes this is key by saying, right of suffrage, ensuring the responsibility of the rulers to the ruled . . . is the indispensable and primary principle in the foundation of a constitutional government (272). Basically, he is saying that Government is made up by the people and is maintained by the people. Calhoun alludes to this when he asserts:The sum total . . . of its effects, when most successful, is to make those elected the true and faithful representatives of those who elected them . . .[,] but in doing so, it only changes the seat of authority without counteracting, in the least, the tendency of...
