I'm sure in his time, most in government were on the plus side of honorable, unlike today. The scale of debt in blue states like California, et al is staggering - they are run nowhere near anyone with any sense would call honorable.
What you are referring to is called "the assumption." It was intended to promote union between the states so that they would all feel more strongly bound to each other. When I first learned of it, I thought it was an excellent idea. It was just another way of saying "We are all in this together."
However, it was a one shot deal, and it was not intended to justify or forgive irresponsibility on the part of states who are behaving idiotically. California, Michigan, and other states which are following the Democrat model, not only ought to suffer the ravages of their own foolishness, I believe that it is our civic duty to make them suffer it faster and as horribly as we can make it!
What these people have been flirting with NEEDS to leave a horrible memory burned onto their psyche. The voting public who tolerates the Socialist/Communistic mindset needs to be made fully aware of what is WRONG with socialist ideas. If they don't feel the burn, they will never learn.
If it's assumed by the fed, and therefore effectively by all of us, they won't see that they're any worse off than responsible people who live in free states. In fact, the clever ones would realize they got the "bennies"to themselves but we all split the tab, so they actually fared better for having selected communism.