Delegate Tench Coxe, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, using the pseudonym “An American Citizen” writes a pro-federalist essay contrasting the limited powers of the President with the more expansive powers of the king of Great Britain. In paragraphs seven and eight he writes,
In England the king has a power to create members of the upper house, who are judges in the highest court, as well as legislators. Our President not only cannot make members of the upper house, but their creation, like his own, is by the people through their representatives, and a member of assembly may and will be as certainly dismissed at the end of his year for electing a weak or wicked Senator, as for any other blunder or misconduct.
The king of England has legislative power, while our President can only use it when the other servants of the people are divided. …
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Authority:
Articles of Confederation, Article XIII
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References:
Michael Maharrey, with Michael Boldin, The Other Federalist Papers: Tench Coxe, (Irvine, California: By the author, 16755 Von Karman #200 PMB705, 2024), 102-08.
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