The proposed limitation would destroy the idea of property now so generally connected with official station, and although individual distress may be some times produced, it would, by promoting that rotation which constitutes a leading principle in the republican creed, give healthful action to the system.
Jackson believes limiting terms would promote a healthy rotation in office, aligning with republican principles.
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For the several reasons above assigned, the President disapproves the opinion of the court, and remits to it the proceedings in question.
I am constrained to retain the bill, without acting definitively thereon
I transmit a report * from the Secretary of State, together with the documents by which it was accompanied.
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