Federalist Paper #2
Okay, look, says Hamilton, we conceived a country and put together a government, but we were in a big hurry--being at war with England at the time and all. The war's over. We've been living with things for awhile and now we have the chance to do it better.
That's kind of cool, actually. Instead of saying--hey, this is the way it is, we will now defend it against all comers. Or, look, let's just let things slide and see what happens. What they said is, let's take a good look at ourselves and what we said we wanted when we declared our independency. Let's figure out what will make us great. Then, let's do that!
Although some people did say--let's go back to: what's yours is yours and what's mine is mine and DON'T YOU DARE CROSS THAT STATE LINE.