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" The present generation must of necessity look on the constitution in a spirit different from the sentiment either of 1791 or of 1818 . Mr. Freeman gives but one-third of his book to anything as modern as the days of the Stuarts . This renewed faith in the pre-eminent wisdom of the people has probably acquired new force from its congeniality with democratic sentiment . Any one will see that this is so who compares for a moment the position of writers , such as Kent or Story , who commented on the Constitution of America , with the situation of any person who undertakes to give instruction in the constitutional law of England . New Zealand , is now most sparingly exercised , and will hardly be used unless the Bill directly interferes with Imperial interests or is as regards the colonial legislature ultra vires .