The public services of Gouverneur Morris to 1787 . rystem of elnction byelectors brought forward the objections of the inconveniency andexpense of getting all the electors together, and sunh was the po-tency of tneir arguments that on July they secured a reconsid-eration of the of election. lillection by the Legislaturewas again adopted, which brou^nt up tnose vexing questions of re-eligiDility and length of terra,. Morris was dismayed^ ana declared, Of all posslDie mocics of that by the Legislature isthe worst. He urged a short term , re-eligibility, and a differ-ent mode
The public services of Gouverneur Morris to 1787 . rystem of elnction byelectors brought forward the objections of the inconveniency andexpense of getting all the electors together, and sunh was the po-tency of tneir arguments that on July they secured a reconsid-eration of the of election. lillection by the Legislaturewas again adopted, which brou^nt up tnose vexing questions of re-eligiDility and length of terra,. Morris was dismayed^ ana declared, Of all posslDie mocics of that by the Legislature isthe worst. He urged a short term , re-eligibility, and a differ-ent mode of election. He had changed his ideas in regard to im-peachment, and that it was proper if the term was to be. ofany lengtli f3). The small states were afraid that a popular electionwould put them at a disadvantage, in tnat the Executive v/ould al-ways be a resident of a large state. Ilrrris brought forward as asolution for that difficulty, a plan whereby each voter voted for fl) ^arrand, II, b^i-b4. (2) Ibid, II, 58. (3) Ibia, 11, 60 two raen, one of whom should not T^e from his own state. Even thisdid net clear away the difficulties in the rinds of tlie opponentsto the system of election by electors; therefore on July 2G theclause was adopted as reported from the Committee of the v;ho3e,t?iat the Executi7t) he appointod by me Legislature for seven years,and that he he ineligible a second time (1). In this form theclause was referred to the Committee on Detail. The Committee on Detail did not change the clause, butreported it as received on August 24 (2). The opponents of anelection by the Legislature brought in a moti-^n to substituteelection by the people, but they were decisivly defeated (3), How-ever, r^lorris would not see a clause adopted, which seemed to himso utterly bad, without strong objection. To guard against theevils of corruption and cabal in the Legislature, he desired apurely popular election, but the vote had Just shown that an im-possibility.
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