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| B. the effects of confining the eligibility to a single term, | No. LXXI. | 504 |
| a. the inducements to good behavior would be diminished, | 504 | |
| b. temptations would be offered to selfishness, peculation, and usurpation, | 504 | |
| c. it would deprive the country of experience in the magistracy, | 505 | |
| d. it would deprive the country of the services of those who can be most useful in cases of emergency, | 506 | |
| e. it would operate as a constitutional interdiction of stability in the administration, | 506 | |
| C. an examination of the supposed advantages of such a limitation of eligibility, | 507 | |
| a. greater independence in the magistracy, | 507 | |
| b. greater security to the People, | 507 | |
| D. conclusions, on the impropriety of confining the choice of the People, when incumbents are qualified, to other and inexperienced candidates, | 508 | |
| iii. an adequate provision for its support, | LXXII. | 508 |
| i. without such a provision the Executive would be at the mercy of the legislature, | 509 | |
| ii. the independence of the Executive cannot be impaired, | 509 | |
| iv. competent powers, | 510 | |
| i. the power of returning bills to the legislature without approval, | 510 | |
| A. the propensity of the legislature to usurp authority considered, | 510 | |
| B. the propriety of delegating this authority to the Executive considered, | 510 | |
| a. to defend the Executive from legislative aggressions, | 510 | |
| b. to defend the People from improper legislation, | 511 | |
| C. objection, that "one man cannot possess more wisdom and virtue than a number of men," considered, | 511 | |
| D. objection, that "the power of preventing bad laws includes that of preventing good ones," considered, | 512 | |
| E. the influence of the legislature will prevent the frequent and incautious use of this power, | 512 |
