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1823. Feb. 27
Greece

In holding up to view the state of government in that confederated United States
federative democracy as a model for imitation, I mean not that that the imitation should
be indiscriminate. It should be founded in principle undiscriminating. In that hitherto
scale of wisdom would matchless seat of practical wisdom and experienced felicity, the machinery of government has
not however as yet all that simplicity of which it appears to me susceptible.
The President is placed in his situation by the suffrages of
a set of appropriate Electors nominated by the legislatures of the several
confederated Commonwealths: and the time of his continue continuance
in Office is four years. For my part, I see not any evil that would be
likely to arise, if, in your case at the beginning of each year are to be this Chief of
the Executive Department were elected by the members of the legislative body, meaning your meaning
of your so called so-stiled Legislative Senate, the negative of

Identifier: | JB/106/334/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 106.
Date_1	1823-02-27	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	106	Main Headings	constitutional code
Folio number	334	Info in main headings field	greece
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e5 / f8
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	j whatman 1821
Marginals		Paper Producer	admiral pavel chichagov
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1821
Notes public		ID Number	34922
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