How do the members of the Democratic-Republican Society defend their right to form a society that comments on public affairs?
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Members of the Democratic-Republican society by the unity that they have accorded themselves in the interpretation of the constitution and the defense of the common mans rights as the fully condemn the loose interpretation of the constitution and the law. The Democratic-Republican view resulted due to the French revolution ideas that were strongly anti-monarchical as they thought that power tended to benefit only the nobles.
The Democratic-Republican Society preached equal justice and an overall dispersal of knowledge as essential "pillars supporting the holy temple of liberty."
A primary drive of the societies was to distribute political information, as members thought ignorance was the highest threat to democracy.
They worked carefully with republican newspaper editors, publishing numerous letters, essays and theses. The societies politicked in local elections officially or quietly to defend the right.