The  senator  should  have  no  constituency  but  that
of  the  highest  wisdom,  the  hiost  prudent  discretion,  the
clearest  insight  and  the  most  comprehensive  judgment
of  the  state  and  nation.  Such  are  the  duties  the  consti-
tution imposes  upon  him,  and  consequently  such  should
be  his  qualifications.  The  founders  of  the  general  gov-
ernment, therefore,  manifested  great  wisdom  and  fore-
sight when  they  provided  for  the  election  of  senators  by
the  legislature  of  the  state.  By  no  other  means  could
they  have  secured  the  appropriate  men  to  constitute  the
highest  deliberative  body  of  the  nation,  qualified  to
counsel  the  president,  and  take  part  with  him.  in  adjust-
ing the  relations  between  the  nation  and  foreign  powers.
g  304.  While  the  principles  of  popular  or  democratic
governments  require  that  the  people  should  be  poten-
tially present  in  the  legislature,  and  that  their  voice
should  be  heard,  and  their  rights  respected  in  the
making  of  laws,  their  own  well-being,  and  the  welfare
of  society  requires  that  no  one  should  have  a  local  con-
stituency, who  is  selected  to  administer  in  departments
of  the  government  where  the  duties  of  the  depart-
ment will  not  consistently  permit  the  influence  of  such
constituency.  Thus,  the  duties  of  the  judicial  office
admit  of  no  popular  influence ;  they  are  the  same,  inde-
pendent of  all  constituencies.    To  be  in  sympathy  with


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,  any  on  the  subject  of  adjudication  is  a  disqualification.
