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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الصفحة 59
... other conve- nient place , on a certain day annually , to elect two provincial senators , and one warden or * In this case , there would be about 4,100 persons of all ages in each ward . judge for the ward . These three officers must be 59.
... other conve- nient place , on a certain day annually , to elect two provincial senators , and one warden or * In this case , there would be about 4,100 persons of all ages in each ward . judge for the ward . These three officers must be 59.
الصفحة 60
... wardens and jury - men of every forty conti- guous wards in the nation to elect out of their respective provincial senators , two men to be national senators ; these to continue to be also provincial senators . THE national senate ...
... wardens and jury - men of every forty conti- guous wards in the nation to elect out of their respective provincial senators , two men to be national senators ; these to continue to be also provincial senators . THE national senate ...
الصفحة 61
... wardens and jury- men , give instructions to their respective sena- tors to vote against any measure , they must vote accordingly ; and if a majority of senators are instructed to vote against any measure , it is then dropt , as the ...
... wardens and jury- men , give instructions to their respective sena- tors to vote against any measure , they must vote accordingly ; and if a majority of senators are instructed to vote against any measure , it is then dropt , as the ...
الصفحة 62
... wardens , to have the same power over their province in all civil affairs , that the national senate has over the nation the senators and wardens of each district , to have the same power over their district ; and the senators , wardens ...
... wardens , to have the same power over their province in all civil affairs , that the national senate has over the nation the senators and wardens of each district , to have the same power over their district ; and the senators , wardens ...
الصفحة 63
... wardens , and jury - men of the nation annually , the votes to be taken in their respective wards or districts . These persons to elect a consul , who , as prime minister and agent of the senate , shall have the superintendence of all ...
... wardens , and jury - men of the nation annually , the votes to be taken in their respective wards or districts . These persons to elect a consul , who , as prime minister and agent of the senate , shall have the superintendence of all ...
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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.