“Well, sir, you must remember that I"m reporting, not criticizing. Europeans came here and uprooted a native population. By not securing rights for them as part of your, our independence, you left a legacy, which even today, continues to be a shadow on your success.”
“Mr. Russell, please tell us what is your livelihood?” asked Franklin.
“Sir, as we have chatted about before, I teach history in a public high school. Public education for most boys and girls has become law.”
“Most?” asked Adams.
“Mr. Adams,” said the president, “the country now consists of fifty states, stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific. All have governments of their own, with issues such as how much education is required.”
“How do you govern centrally, while having fifty competing governments?” asked Jefferson
