This page has been validated.
Contents.
cxvii
| Essay. | Page | |
| B. the disadvantage of long intervals discussed, | No. XLIX. | 355 |
| C. the example of Pennsylvania referred to, | 355 | |
| iv. the interior structure of the government should be so arranged that its several constituent departments, by their mutual relations, may keep each other in their proper places, | L. | 358 |
| A. the members of each should have little to do in the appointment of members of the others, | 359 | |
| B. the members of each department should be as little dependent as possible on those of the others for their emoluments, | 359 | |
| C. the members of each should possess the constitutional means and personal motives to resist invasions by the members of other departments, | 360 | |
| a. this policy not unfrequently resorted to, | 360 | |
| b. an equal power of self-defence cannot be granted to each department, | 361 | |
| c. a division of the power of the legislature necessary, in order to guard against its encroachments, | 361 | |
| d. an increase of the power of the executive, that of the veto, for its protection, necessary, | 361 | |
| v. the advantages afforded by the Fœderal system of America, in securing the rights of the People, | 362 | |
| A. the division of the delegated powers between two distinct governments, and its subsequent subdivision, in each, among distinct and separate departments, | 362 | |
| B. the multitude of different and distinct interests among the People, | 362 | |
| b. "the House of Representatives," | LI. | 365 |
| A. the qualifications of the electors thereof, | 365 | |
| a. why not subject to regulation by the Congress, | 365 | |
| b. why not subject to regulation by the State legislatures, | 365 | |
| c. why not made uniform throughout the several States, | 365 | |
| d. the advantages derived from the constitutional provision, | 365 | |
| B. the qualifications of the members, | 366 | |
| C. the term of office of its members, | 366 | |
| a. "whether biennial elections, in this case, will be safe," considered, | 366 |
