Yes they did spell out the way, and they followed it with great courage. Their courage spawned the greatest nation ever known to mankind, which became the bastion of freedom for a whole world dying for liberty.
Our generation may one day look back on the wisdom of the Framers, and realize that our own war for independence needn't have been fought, if we'd only listened to them.
Yes...you are so correct. The interesting thing is that we are better able to do now what they did then...we outnumber those who have to go. Do we have the balls?