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 σελίδες |
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... , this mode of election had an equally good ef- fect upon the whole society . FOR as all men wish to be of consequence , the surest way of obtaining that end in such a society as that of ancient Rome , was to acquire 23.
... , this mode of election had an equally good ef- fect upon the whole society . FOR as all men wish to be of consequence , the surest way of obtaining that end in such a society as that of ancient Rome , was to acquire 23.
Σελίδα 24
... 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.
... 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.
Σελίδα 86
... consequence of absolute governments grasping at power , are avoided by the foregoing sketch . The far greater part of public business will be execut- ed by the ward and district legislatures ; schemes respecting large bridges , great ...
... consequence of absolute governments grasping at power , are avoided by the foregoing sketch . The far greater part of public business will be execut- ed by the ward and district legislatures ; schemes respecting large bridges , great ...
Σελίδα 89
... consequence , they were formed into a constitu- tion , called a limited monarchy . N By this constitution , the representatives were invested with unlimited On the Nature and Tendency of the Powers intrusted by the National Assembly, to ...
... consequence , they were formed into a constitu- tion , called a limited monarchy . N By this constitution , the representatives were invested with unlimited On the Nature and Tendency of the Powers intrusted by the National Assembly, to ...
Σελίδα 107
... consequences . It occasions a great increase of business in all the public offices , with a proportional addition of officers and clerks , many of whom , being dependants of the rulers , are kept in pay after the war is over , though ...
... consequences . It occasions a great increase of business in all the public offices , with a proportional addition of officers and clerks , many of whom , being dependants of the rulers , are kept in pay after the war is over , though ...
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Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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,...
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.