“Constitutions should consist only of general provisions the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.”
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In the main it will be found that a power over a man's support (salary) is a power over his will.
Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.
In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
