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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... greater power than it possessed during the time of the kings , or , if the society collectively had been claiming new powers , such claims must have been taken notice of , and retorted upon one another by the parties . As no such charge ...
... greater power than it possessed during the time of the kings , or , if the society collectively had been claiming new powers , such claims must have been taken notice of , and retorted upon one another by the parties . As no such charge ...
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... greater partiality in favour of the higher ranks , in pro- portion as the difference of rank increased , it was finally withdrawn when the comitia by tribes was established , in the 304th year of Rome . After which period , as the ...
... greater partiality in favour of the higher ranks , in pro- portion as the difference of rank increased , it was finally withdrawn when the comitia by tribes was established , in the 304th year of Rome . After which period , as the ...
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... greater judgment and worth , than have appeared in the public offices of that , or of any other coun- try , since that constitution was destroyed . ว BESIDES these invaluable good effects upon the senators and candidates for public ...
... greater judgment and worth , than have appeared in the public offices of that , or of any other coun- try , since that constitution was destroyed . ว BESIDES these invaluable good effects upon the senators and candidates for public ...
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... and of encouraging virtue ; as magistrates of integrity and abilities . are of much greater consequence for promoting these ends than the best laws ; as they not only distribute justice impartially , and set a good example to 24.
... and of encouraging virtue ; as magistrates of integrity and abilities . are of much greater consequence for promoting these ends than the best laws ; as they not only distribute justice impartially , and set a good example to 24.
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... greater hard- ship than numbers of individuals are obliged to submit to under every government , who , after launching out into different branches of business , a monopoly is granted , or a prohibition . takes place , or a heavy tax is ...
... greater hard- ship than numbers of individuals are obliged to submit to under every government , who , after launching out into different branches of business , a monopoly is granted , or a prohibition . takes place , or a heavy tax is ...
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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.