Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-01-09
From the Daily K"ys,o1c.
One Ter IN .

.. One Ter
BY the Constitution ,f the United States,
the President may be Indefinitely reelected
but by The ptoer'ss " knowledgc-,ho exam.
pie OF great men--and the opinion of the pco.
pie, the period OF service was originally prscti.
cally limited TO two terms, and is now finally
reduced to one term nffour years, beyond which
perud no man, however patriotic. eau be Presi-
deht of this free and happy Republic. General
Washington, The Father Of his Country, saga.
cious in his views, but stunning, DOT seeking
power had determined To retire TO private life
cal situation Of our inan, countrv, aud the
strong urgency Of friends oycrrumc his i,hy
ment and his wishes, ana, hr reluctantly CON
sentcd again 10 De elected to this iioh tficc.
The last Of the two term Presidents closed with
the second Father of his country, ANDREW
JACKSON, who 10 seven Of ho annual messages
recommended onc term ns The final Unit Of Ex.
eon've service 10 b. solpn,ny inserted ts ar,
amendment To- the Constitution. The People
of the United States haze however settled this
question for themselves without the form Of nm
a'rendment, aud our present excellent Chirf
Magistrate was expressly elected u,on the
principle Of one term. which has by The unani.
n,nus consent ofullpar'ps, been prt c, ;cally ~.
grated upon tie executive branch Of the gov
s!nt.ent.
The eanre feelings and the SHINE principles
have tx;cnded themselves TO our State govern
mont The constitution of 1890 limited the
term OF service OF the governor 70 three terms
or n'ne years GU, OF twelve. This race OF Go
vernurs coSed with Simon SNYDER, one of the
rcbcst and purest Executives this Stale viii
ever see. Public opinion had settled down 10
two ,erms, aud one Of our best Chic. Mdgis
,ra,cs was q, feated by his unwhting'y dh.e.
eordirC the wishes OF the people.
THIS principle of two terms, ,hrs settled, in
fuct twenty years before, il was put into our
amended constitution Of 1889. nud sncc tia;
period, still following the example OF the rest Of
The Union in relation 10 The Presdent The eau.
dida,e and dlsinteresed nien Of all parties have
adopted the one term principle in relation to the
executive head Of the State Government, and
have practically determined that no ;nan ehul
be Governor OF Pennsylvania tor iungcr period
thln Ole term Of three years.
a violation Of the principles IL the nomIna.
ton OF the Canal Commissioners has lost Us
The services Of one Of The most accomplished
officers in the State, and We know hat neither
of the present Democratic iucu;H5ents intend Ia
be candidates Tor denomination. An amend
men, to the Constitution limiting the services
Of the Governor 10 one term ~ MTss. NOT Of Sir
years will be presented 10 the Legislature al
the coming session. 10 be passed npon by them
in order tha, after going through the forms pre-.
scribed By the Constitution i, may be submit
/ Ted TO the people 1t vii receive the neR''y
I unanimous vote Of both Houses
/ In ;he face Of this settled public opinion. it
aoud seem clear that no DemocTaI eau be re
elected 10 the Executive chair, however worthy
or patriotic, aud OF course 20 Governor can be
/ renominated by Democratic Convention