No statute of Carolinia was to bind beyond a century.

Europe suffered from the multiplication of law-books and the perplexities of the law.

In Carolinia not a commentary might be written on the constitutions, the statutes, or the common law.

Europe suffered from the furies of bigotry.
Carolinia promised not equal rights, but toleration to 'Jews, heathens and other dissenters,' to 'men of any religion.' In other respects, 'the interests of the proprietors,' the desires of 'a government most agreeable to monarchy,' and the dread of 'a numerous democracy,' are avowed as the motives for forming the fundamental constitutions of Carolinia.
"The proprietaries, as sovereigns, constituted a close corporation of eight, a number which was never to be diminished or increased.

The dignity was hereditary, but in default of heirs, the survivors elected a successor.