vention than any other. i refer to the security which it gives to the just and equitable action of the legislature upon all parts of the union. it could not but have occurred to the convention that in a country so extensive， embracing so great a variety of soil and climate， and consequently of products， and which from the same causes must ever exhibit a great difference in the amount of the population of its various sections， calling for a great diversity in the employments of the people， that the legislation of the majority might not always justly regard the rights and interests of the minority， and that acts of this character might be passed under an express grant by the words of the constitution， and therefore not within the competency of the judiciary to declare void； that however enlightened and patriotic they might suppose from past experience the members of congress might be， and however largely partaking， in the general， of the liberal feelings of the people， it was impossible to expect that bodies so constituted should not sometimes be controlled by local interests and sectional feelings. it was proper， therefore， to provide some umpire from whose situation and mode of appointment more independence and freedom from such influences might be expected. such a one was afforded by the executive department constituted by the constitution. a person elected to that high office， having his constituents in every section， state， and subdivision of the union， must consider himse
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