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Show MIC -J' J i 1 1 J : J J 'lLKM riCKill;i;.T V. i.'-n t 1' ,ii 1 1-. 1 1 1 1 I). I;.--o-M-lt v h.s inatiuraU-iJ pre-siiltht ,. .J.,i:i,,i,-y ), it t!.;irk-l a rioUilts change in the cus- ,,) .., i-ii.-an i',lii.n-al lil''-. Vv'hi-n our pjVL'rnjiient v,;, , x.ilA; o-.l, l'.-ar u a.s lV-!t l:.-:t the country should -.,rn.- nn. l.-r Un; in!-.- of a kin. The people had escaped f,,,, .M! ml.; of a hated monarch, and they wanted no mure .j.i.-h riih-i-s. They f.-ar.-l that if some president was ci.Tt.-d lAi-r and over iiain, eh rnifit become so powerful that oraihially he would take over kingly authority. .Such l.hiioi had happened elsewhere. Nu prohibition of such a thrid term was placed in the roii.iLution, hut this fear has heretofore prevented any prciidrnt from obtaining such an extension of his power. The American people appear now to think this ilani-r is past, and that they are entitled to keep a man in oll'ire as lontf as they want to, also that when the time has come for him to retire, they will be able to tell him to do so. |