We had racial, linguistic, cultural and religious homogeneity at the conception of The Untied States Constitution, field hands and stone age savages notwithstanding. John Adams remarked, “Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” Morality and virtue and faith are the bedrock of our republic. Only men of property were afforded the responsibility of voting. Universal suffrage was anathema to the founders. Democracy was intentionally employed and inscribed with a little d. It was a tool, not a system.