Even a lady was once nominated as a presidential candidate, although she did not obtain many votes.
One of the things which arouses my admiration is the due observance by the people of the existing laws and the Constitution.

Every one obeys them, from the President to the pedler, without any exception.
Sometimes, however, by a too strict and technical interpretation of the law, it works a hardship.

Let me quote a case.

According to Article 1, Section 6, of the Constitution, "no Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased, during such time." A certain Senator was appointed by the President to a Cabinet office, but it happened that the salary attached to that office had been raised during the time he was in the Senate, and so it was held that he could draw only the salary which was allowed before he became a Senator, and that he was not entitled to the increase which was sanctioned by Congress while he was in the Senate, although at the time he had not the slightest notion that the increase would ever affect his own pocket.
The relation of the states to the Federal Government is peculiar and unique.

I will illustrate my point by correcting a mistake often made by foreigners in regard to the different provinces of China.