It was in the nature of monarchical prerogative, and would convert them into the mere tools and creatures of his will.

A dependence so servile on one individual, would deter men of high and honourable minds from engaging in the public service; and if, contrary to expectation, such men should be brought into office, they would be reduced to the necessity of sacrificing every principle of independence to the will of the chief magistrate, or of exposing themselves to the disgrace of being removed from office, and that too at a time when it might be no longer in their power to engage in other pursuits.
Gentlemen they feared were too much dazzled with the splendour of the virtues which adorned the actual President, to be able to look into futurity.

But the framers of the constitution had not confined their views to the person who would most probably first fill the presidential chair.

The house of representatives ought to follow their example, and to contemplate this power in the hands of an ambitious man, who might apply it to dangerous purposes; who might from caprice remove the most worthy men from office.
[Illustration: View of the Old City or Federal Hall, New York, in 1789 _On the balcony of this building, the site of which is now occupied by the United States Sub-Treasury, at the corner of Broad and Wall Streets, George Washington took the oath of office as First President of the United States, April 30, 1789.

In the near distance, at the intersection of Wall and Broadway, may be seen the original Trinity Church structure which was completed in 1697.