2813. EXECUTIVE, Republican and monarchical.—
A monarchical head should
confide the execution of its will to departments
consisting each of a plurality of hands,
who would warp that will as much as possible
towards wisdom and moderation, the two
qualities it generally wants. But a republican
head, founding its decrees, originally, in these
two qualities, should commit them to a single
hand for execution, giving them, thereby, a
promptitude which republican proceedings
generally want.—
Answers to M. De Meunier. Washington ed. ix, 247.
Ford ed., iv, 151.
(P.
1786)
