It should be added that the jurors are afterwards drawn from these lists by lot.] [Footnote c: See Act of February 28, 1787.

"General Collection of the Laws of Massachusetts," vol.i.p.

302.] Nowhere has so much been left by the law to the arbitrary determination of the magistrate as in democratic republics, because this arbitrary power is unattended by any alarming consequences.

It may even be asserted that the freedom of the magistrate increases as the elective franchise is extended, and as the duration of the time of office is shortened.

Hence arises the great difficulty which attends the conversion of a democratic republic into a monarchy.