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Papers number 76 said about the requirement of advising consent. this is what mr. hamilton wrote a very long time ago, 1788. the senate could not be tempted by the preference they might feel to another to reject the one proposed because they could not assure themselves that the person they might wish would be brought forth. i second the second nomination. they could not even be certain that a future nomination would present a candidate in any degree acceptable to them. what purpose then require the cooperation of the senate? it would tend greatly to prevent the appointment of unfit characters ...