Considerations on the Choice of Public Rulers: On the Extent of Their Powers; and on the Best Means of Securing the Advantages, and Reforming the Abuses, of Popular ElectionsHopkins & Seymour, 1805 - 156 من الصفحات |
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... adopted . The Romans not only divided the power between two men , to be called con- suls , but also limited the duration of their pow- er to one year . This alteration had the desir- ed effect , not only in checking the presump- tion of ...
... adopted . The Romans not only divided the power between two men , to be called con- suls , but also limited the duration of their pow- er to one year . This alteration had the desir- ed effect , not only in checking the presump- tion of ...
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... adopting it . A number of plain men , all equal in rank , and nearly equal in for- tune , as the Romans were when they formed their ... adopted so ruinous a measure . But the Romans deserve much praise for parting with so much power 15.
... adopting it . A number of plain men , all equal in rank , and nearly equal in for- tune , as the Romans were when they formed their ... adopted so ruinous a measure . But the Romans deserve much praise for parting with so much power 15.
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... adopted . But as the Romans seem to have had no example to follow , and being very illiterate when they formed their constitution , their adopting such a regulation showed great prudence ; and they showed equal prudence in not allowing ...
... adopted . But as the Romans seem to have had no example to follow , and being very illiterate when they formed their constitution , their adopting such a regulation showed great prudence ; and they showed equal prudence in not allowing ...
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... adopted by the Romans , for the manage- ment of the common concerns of a society . ture , involving life or limb , and where the jury consists of fifteen , of whom the narrowest majority is equally decisive for or against the person ...
... adopted by the Romans , for the manage- ment of the common concerns of a society . ture , involving life or limb , and where the jury consists of fifteen , of whom the narrowest majority is equally decisive for or against the person ...
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... adopting some such regulations as the following : Divide the nation into provinces of from thirty to sixty miles square , according as the country is popu- lous and conveniently situated ; and divide each province into districts , and ...
... adopting some such regulations as the following : Divide the nation into provinces of from thirty to sixty miles square , according as the country is popu- lous and conveniently situated ; and divide each province into districts , and ...
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الصفحة 57 - ... such persons with the magistracy, or even with the right of voting. " Would it not be prudent, and give greater steadiness and respectability to national deliberations, if none were allowed to hold any magistracy, or to vote for any public officer, until they were forty years of age ? Such a regulation would very much lessen the number of voters without injuring the...
الصفحة 58 - Would it not be prudent, and give greater steadiness and respectability to national deliberations, if none were allowed to hold any magistracy, or to vote for any public officer, until they were forty years of age ? Such a regulation would very much lessen the number of voters, without injuring the rights of any class, and would put the magistracy, the election and control of public agents, and the judging and voting on laws, into the hands of men, who from having cooler pa*w>n(, and more experience,...
الصفحة 57 - As there are so many instances of young persons, who, in a few years after their majority, spend their fortunes and ruin their health, from the want of experience, and from the violence of their passions, their own interest being an insufficient check to prevent them, nothing can appear more imprudent than to entrust such persons with the magistracy, or even with the right of voting.
الصفحة 59 - Every three hundred of these, living most contiguous, to form a w«rd, and to meet in a church, or some other convenient place, on a certain day annually, to elect two provincial senators, and one ware'en or judge for the ward.
الصفحة 50 - But by the constitution which was formed for the bank, the directors are not only elected annually, but they are liable to be superseded at any time by their constituents, and each director is liable individually, for every act which he has not protested against which the members of congress are not.
الصفحة 51 - ... congress with power over the property of the nation; yet the American legislators did not think it prudent to allow the directors of the bank any absolute power whatever.