History of the Formation of United States of America, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Bancroft, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 133030120X ISBN 13: 9781330301203

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2019

Synopsis

Excerpt from History of the Formation of United States of America, Vol. 2 of 2

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.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 133030120X
• ISBN 13: 9781330301203
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 524