David Lindsay on the Origins of the American Republic

"The American Republic is not a product of the Revolution," writes the Englishman, quoted here — Catholic republicanism? He continues, "Nevertheless, it sits under a radically orthodox theological critique, most obviously by reference to pre-Revolutionary traditions of Catholic and Protestant republican thought, on the Catholic side perhaps Venetian, on the Protestant side perhaps Dutch, and on both sides perhaps at cantonal level in Switzerland, where it is possible that such thought might hold sway even now."