They will never want their liberty taken from them ever again. After fighting so hard against the oppressive control of France in Haiti for it, no one would be willing to have it stolen from them. The men would rather die.
The concept of constitution originated with magna carta in british monarchy way back in 1215 A .D. magna carta liberatum is a charter agreed to by king john of england. It promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment, access to swift justice and limitation on feudal payments to crown to be implemented through a council of 25 barons.