What, itmaybeasked, isthetruespiritoftheinstitutionitself? IsitnotdesignedasamethodofNATIONALINQUESTintotheconductofpublicmen? Ifthisbethedesignofit, whocansoproperlybetheinquisitorsforthenationastherepresentativesofthenationthemselves? Itisnotdisputedthatthepoweroforiginatingtheinquiry, or, inotherwords, ofpreferringtheimpeachment, ? Themodelfromwhichtheideaofthisinstitutionhasbeenborrowed, , , astheformer, ?
WhereelsethanintheSenatecouldhavebeenfoundatribunalsufficientlydignified, orsufficientlyindependent? WhatotherbodywouldbelikelytofeelCONFIDENCEENOUGHINITSOWNSITUATION, topreserve, unawedanduninfluenced, thenecessaryimpartialitybetweenanINDIVIDUALaccused, andtheREPRESENTATIVESOFTHEPEOPLE, HISACCUSERS?
CouldtheSupremeCourthavebeenrelieduponasansweringthisdescription? Itismuchtobedoubted, whetherthemembersofthattribunalwouldatalltimesbeendowedwithsoeminentaportionoffortitude, aswouldbecalledforintheexecutionofsodifficultatask; anditisstillmoretobedoubted, whethertheywouldpossessthedegreeofcreditandauthority, whichmight, oncertainoccasions, , wouldbefataltotheaccused; inthelast, , couldonlybeavoided, ifatall, , , eitherinthedelineationoftheoffensebytheprosecutors, orintheconstructionofitbythejudges, , , todoomtohonorortoinfamythemostconfidentialandthemostdistinguishedcharactersofthecommunity, forbidsthecommitmentofthetrusttoasmallnumberofpersons.
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