Book excerpt: Excerpt from Some Objections to the Proposed Constitution The inferior magistrates aretobe elecfied hythe same, plan. Now let us, the electors, coqsider w at is the import of thisme'thod of choosing judges. I admit that it is de sirable to have juidgeson each, bench otdifierent political parties, that they may be a check on each other, and that the court may have, the fullest confidence of the public. But are we to gain that result by disfranchising the citiz zen by really depriving hiin. Of any choice in the matter? The fundamental and onlylrepublicanrule the ma jority- of votes shall decide all, elections; and that every electorial voteshalldbe as good, as every other elector's vote There must be party nominations 'of candidates to concentrate the votes and to make elections practicable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.