Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 26, 1987

Transcript:

Man: What a day...I never should have gone into whale oil! Person: A Senate is the only prudent action, I tell you! Man: Cursed conventioneers! Person 2: Why? To forestall power, sliding into the hands of the people? Person: No, to prevent the tyranny of the many over the few! Man: They must think they own this inn! Person: Madison, your senate guarantees the collapse of the democratic spirit of the revolution! Person 2: The level spirit, you mean! Your house is a house of cards! Person: House of cards? Sir, I.... Man: Gentlemen! Create a house and a Senate. For crying out loud! They are not mutually exclusive instruments of governance! Person: What sort of terms of office? Man: Two and six years. Now, pipe down, willya? 1787, in Philadelphia, a whale oil salesman endures the late night harangues of fellow lodgers...