Wouldithavebeenanimprovementoftheplan, tohaveunitedtheSupremeCourtwiththeSenate, intheformationofthecourtofimpeachments? Thisunionwouldcertainlyhavebeenattendedwithseveraladvantages; butwouldtheynothavebeenoverbalancedbythesignaldisadvantage, alreadystated, arisingfromtheagencyofthesamejudgesinthedoubleprosecutiontowhichtheoffenderwouldbeliable? Toacertainextent, thebenefitsofthatunionwillbeobtainedfrommakingthechiefjusticeoftheSupremeCourtthepresidentofthecourtofimpeachments, asisproposedtobedoneintheplanoftheconvention; , whichsoconsiderableanaugmentationofitsauthoritywouldhaveafforded.
Wouldithavebeendesirabletohavecomposedthecourtforthetrialofimpeachments, ofpersonswhollydistinctfromtheotherdepartmentsofthegovernment? Thereareweightyarguments, aswellagainst, asinfavorof, , thatitcouldtendtoincreasethecomplexityofthepoliticalmachine, andtoaddanewspringtothegovernment, , isthis: acourtformeduponsuchaplan, wouldeitherbeattendedwithaheavyexpense, , stationaryattheseatofgovernment, andofcourseentitledtofixedandregularstipends, , , forreasonsalreadygiven, oughttobenumerous, ; theinjurytotheinnocent, fromtheprocrastinateddeterminationofthechargeswhichmightbebroughtagainstthem; theadvantagetotheguilty, fromtheopportunitieswhichdelaywouldaffordtointrigueandcorruption; andinsomecasesthedetrimenttotheState, , andmightnotbelikelyoftentobeverified, yetitoughtnottobeforgottenthatthedemonoffactionwill, atcertainseasons, extendhissceptreoverallnumerousbodiesofmen.
Butthoughoneortheotherofthesubstituteswhichhavebeenexamined, orsomeotherthatmightbedevised, shouldbethoughtpreferabletotheplaninthisrespect, reportedbytheconvention, , untileverypartofithadbeenadjustedtothemostexactstandardofperfection, societywouldsoonbecomeageneralsceneofanarchy, ? Whowillundertaketounitethediscordantopinionsofawholecommunity, inthesamejudgmentofit; andtoprevailupononeconceitedprojectortorenouncehisINFALLIBLEcriterionfortheFALLIBLEcriterionofhismoreCONCEITEDNEIGHBOR? ToanswerthepurposeoftheadversariesoftheConstitution, theyoughttoprove, notmerelythatparticularprovisionsinitarenotthebestwhichmighthavebeenimagined, butthattheplanuponthewholeisbadandpernicious.
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