VOLUME II. CONTENTS* РАОВ No. LXIII.-THE SENATE CONTINUED - Prevents a want of a due sense of national character, of a No. LXIV. THE POWERS OF THE SENATE . - The treaty-making power-Importance of this power- No. LXV. THE POWERS OF THE SENATE CONTINUED - The appointment of public officers - The authority to sit as No. LXVI. — OBJECTIONS TO THE POWER OF THE SENATE TO SIT - opposition admire―That it unduly accumulates power in the Senate, and tends to the establishment of an aristocracy · That the Senate will judge too leniently officers for whose con- firmation it has voted-That the senators may be called upon No. LXVIII. - THE MODE OF ELECTING THE PRESIDENT No. LXIX. THE REAL CHARACTER OF THE EXECUTIVE - A single person-Compared with the king of Great Britain and the governor of New York - Elected for four years, and is re-eligible - Further comparison with the same executives— Liable to impeachment, removal from office, and punishment by civil law-Compared again as above, and also with gov- ernors of Maryland and Delaware - Veto power - Compared again as above, and also with governor of Massachusetts- Commander-in-chief of militia in federal service - Compared again as above - Commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States-Compared again as above, and also with governors of New Hampshire and Massachusetts-Par- doning power-Compared as above-Treaty-making power - No. LXX. THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT FURTHER CONSIDERED ment- What constitutes a proper Executive-Unity — Rea- sons for this- Vesting executive authority in two or more 41 No. LXXI.-THE DURATION IN OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE. No. LXXII.-THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED, AND RE-ELIGIBIL- Duration in office affects stability of administration - Heads Without suitable provision the Executive will be at the mercy of the legislature, and the independence of the Ex- ecutive should not be impaired - The veto power-Reasons for and against enumerated and considered-The veto power No. LXXIV. THE COMMAND OF THE MILITARY AND NAVAL Forces, and the Pardoning Power of THE EXECUTIVE 77 No. LXXV.-THE TREATY-MAKING POWER OF THE EXECUTIVE 80 One of the best features of the Constitution - Objection that it combines the executive and legislative departments This an excellent feature-This power cannot be exer- cised by the people at large-It will cause a livelier sense of duty in the Executive-Objection to its being intrusted 86 PAGE that the President may thus control Senate considered - No. LXXVII.-THE APPOINTING POWER CONTINUED AND OTHER The concurrence of the Senate necessary to displace as No. LXXVIII.—THE JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT Mode of appointment-Tenure-Need of complete inde- A fixed provision for the support of the judiciary neces- No. LXXX. THE POWERS OF THE JUDICIARY - To what cases the judicial authority ought to extend 92 98 107 III under proposed Constitution-Statement of constitutional provi- sions-These provisions conform to what the powers of the judiciary ought to be-Propriety of delegating equity Propriety of establishing one court of final and supreme The jurisdiction of the State courts on federal questions -The State courts will retain all that is not exclusively dele- gated - Decision of causes arising from a particular regula- tion may be delegated by Congress exclusively to Supreme Court- Relation between State and federal courts when they have concurrent jurisdiction-An appeal will lie from State No. LXXXIII.-THE JUDICIARY CONTINUED IN RELATION TO Objection that there is no provision in the proposed Con- |