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...Books XIX., XX...
Best general references: Timothy O. Howe, No. Am. Rev. 130, p. 115. J. B. McMaster, Forum, XX, 257. E. W. Stoughton, No. Am. Rev. 130, p. 224. G. S. Boutwell, No. Am. Rev., 130, p. 570. N. Y. World, Oct. 7, '95. New York Herald...
...according to the spirit of the Constitution. I. The Federal Constitutional Convention favored it. (a) They gave the question thorough discussion (McMasters, Forum, XX, 258). (b) The only objection to re-eligibility was when Congress should elect the President. (1) Frequent votes show this (Aowe, No. Am. Rev., 130, p. 120). (2) When the electoral plan was debated no objection was offered to re-eligibility. (c) None of the delegates who refused to sign the Constitution gave, in their public statements, as a reason for their refusal, the re-eligibility clause. II. The State Conventions, called to ratify the Constitution...
Best general references: J. B. McMaster, Forum XX, p. 257; D. B. Eaton, N. Am. Rev., 154, p. 691; Nat. I. Review, XI, p. 377; Bryce, Am. Commonwealth, Vol. I, Chaps. V, VI, VII; Horace White, Lecture on Third Term Dangerous...
...Expediency does not call for the breaking of these principles. A. Efficient men are readily found to fill the position. McMaster, Forum, XX, 265. B. The maintenance of a steady policy does not require it. (1) The foreign policy is controlled more by natural the President. (Bryce). (2) The home policy is mainly controlled by congress. (3) Continuance of the same policy depends upon the continued supremacy of the same party and not upon the re-election of the same president...