History of the Formation of United States of America

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The choice of the president a difiicult problem, 165 How shall he be chosen, 166 - Shall he be re-eligible, 166 - The tenure of good behavior con sidered, 167 Question between the tenure of good behavior or the tenure for seven years with perpetual re-eligibility, 168 - Choice by the national legisla ture and re-eligibility incompatible, 168 - The choice of the president by the aggregate people rejected, 169 The choice by an electoral college, 169 Oh jections started against it, 170 - A triple executive proposed, 170 - Relation of re-eligibility of the executive to the length of the period of office, 171 Madison proposes the election by the people at large, 171 - Jealousy of the smaller states, 171 - Proposal that each person should vote for two candidates, the highest to prevail, 172 - Different plans proposed, 172 - The convention votes for a single executive, to be chosen by the legislature for seven years, and to be ineligible, 173 The decision not accepted as final, 173 - Report of the committee of detail, 17 3 Antagonism of the smaller and the large states, 174 - The choice of the president by the vote Of the states negatived, 175 Subject referred to a committee of eleven, 176 -opinions of Gouverneur Mor ris, 176 - Of Sherman, 177 Report of the committee, 177 - The president to be voted for in the electoral colleges of the states, 178 - And the vote to be counted by the senate, 178 - The plan of leaving so much power to the senate objected to, 179 - Continued debate, 180 Speech of Wilson, 181 - Of Hamil ton, 182 - Ilow the votes were to be counted, 182 The mode of counting in Massachusetts preferred to that of Virginia, 183 - A summary statement of the matter, 184 - Election of the vice-president, 186 Title of the president, 187 - The veto power, 187 - Power of pardon, 188 - The president commander in-chief, 188 - Restraints proposed on the executive power, 188 - A privy council proposed, 189 - The plan for

The choice of the president a difiicult problem, 165 How shall he be chosen, 166 — Shall he be re-eligible, 166 — The tenure of good behavior con sidered, 167 Question between the tenure of good behavior or the tenure for seven years with perpetual re-eligibility, 168 — Choice by the national legisla ture and re-eligibility incompatible, 168 — The choice of the president by the aggregate people rejected, 169 The choice by an electoral college, 169 Oh jections started against it, 170 — A triple executive proposed, 170 — Relation of re-eligibility of the executive to the length of the period of office, 171 Madison proposes the election by the people at large, 171 — Jealousy of the smaller states, 171 — Proposal that each person should vote for two candidates, the highest to prevail, 172 — Different plans proposed, 172 — The convention votes for a single executive, to be chosen by the legislature for seven years, and to be ineligible, 173 The decision not accepted as final, 173 — Report of the committee of detail, 17 3 Antagonism of the smaller and the large states, 174 — The choice of the president by the vote Of the states negatived, 175 Subject referred to a committee of eleven, 176 -opinions of Gouverneur Mor ris, 176 — Of Sherman, 177 Report of the committee, 177 — The president to be voted for in the electoral colleges of the states, 178 — And the vote to be counted by the senate, 178 — The plan of leaving so much power to the senate objected to, 179 — Continued debate, 180 Speech of Wilson, 181 — Of Hamil ton, 182 — Ilow the votes were to be counted, 182 The mode of counting in Massachusetts preferred to that of Virginia, 183 — A summary statement of the matter, 184 — Election of the vice-president, 186 Title of the president, 187 — The veto power, 187 — Power of pardon, 188 — The president commander in-chief, 188 — Restraints proposed on the executive power, 188 — A privy council proposed, 189 — The plan for a council rejected, 190 Relation of the president and the senate, 190 — Power of war and peace, 191 — Over inter course with foreign states, 191 Power of appointment, 191 — Power of removing, 192 Qualifications of the president, 192 — Impeachment of the president, 193 — State of the president while on trial, 194 — Judgment in case of impeachment, 194.