of rights is what the people are entitled to against every
government on earth, general or particular; and what no just government
should refuse, or rest on inference.

The second feature I dislike, and strongly dislike, is the abandonment,
in every instance, of the principle of rotation in office, and most
particularly in the case of the President. Reason and experience tell
us, that the first magistrate will always be re-elected if he may be
re-elected. He is then an officer for life.

This once observed, it becomes of so much consequence to certain
nations, to have a friend or a foe at the head of our affairs, that they
will interfere with money and with arms. A Galloman, or an Angloman,
will be supported by the nation he befriends. If once elected, and at a
second or third election outvoted by one or two votes, he will pretend
false votes, foul play, hold possession of the reins of government,
be supported by the States voting for him, especially if they be the
central ones, lying in a compact body themselves, and separating their
opponents; and they will be aided by one nation in Europe, while the
majority are aided by another. The election of a President of America,
some years hence, will be much more interesting to certain nations of
Europe, than ever the election of a King of Poland was. Reflect on all
the instances in history, ancient and modern, of elective monarchies,
and say, if they do not give foundation for my fears; the Roman
Emperors, the Popes while they were of any importance, the German
Emperors till they became hereditary in practice, the Kings of Poland,
the Deys of the Ottoman dependencies. It may be said, that if elections
are to be attended with these disorders, the less frequently they
are repeated the better. But experience says, that to free them from
disorder, they must be rendered less interesting by a necessity of
change. No foreign power, nor domestic party, will waste their blood and
money to elect a person, who must go out at the end of a short period.
The power of removing every fourth year by the vote of the people, is
a power which they will not exercise, and if they were disposed
to exercise it, they would not be permitted. The King of Poland is
removable every day by the diet. But they never remove him. Nor would
Russia, the Emperor, &c. permit them to do it. Smaller objections are,
the appeals on matters of fact as well as law; and the binding all
persons, legislative, executive