<p>The American system of choosing a President has not worked out badly, far as it may be from the Founding Fathers’ vision of a natural aristocracy </p>
<p><span class="deck">Is it libel to say that the President of the United States tried to seduce his neighbor’s wife—even if he did? Thomas Jefferson tried to gag the venomous editor of upstate New York’s <span class="typestyle"> Wasp;</span> Alexander Hamilton argued brilliantly in defense of journalistic candor.</span></p>
