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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... whole people , that candi- dates recommended themselves to the higher offices . WHAT a noble emulation must such views have excited in the breast of every Roman ! And what an encouragement to the practice of the noblest virtues , when a ...
... whole people , that candi- dates recommended themselves to the higher offices . WHAT a noble emulation must such views have excited in the breast of every Roman ! And what an encouragement to the practice of the noblest virtues , when a ...
Σελίδα 23
... offices , 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.
... offices , 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 43
... whole nation in a ferment , producing the most shameful bribery and sanguinary violence , what must be expect- ed when the inhabitants of one city have the disposal of so many mighty kingdoms ; and where the candidates could gain their ...
... whole nation in a ferment , producing the most shameful bribery and sanguinary violence , what must be expect- ed when the inhabitants of one city have the disposal of so many mighty kingdoms ; and where the candidates could gain their ...
Σελίδα 59
... whole number above twen- ty - one , and those of the strongest passions and least experience , would be prevented from crowding or disturbing the meetings . ADMITTING the propriety of this regulation , the Roman constitution may be ...
... whole number above twen- ty - one , and those of the strongest passions and least experience , would be prevented from crowding or disturbing the meetings . ADMITTING the propriety of this regulation , the Roman constitution may be ...
Σελίδα 71
... whole nation ; and then the other ward clerks are obliged to transmit the number that chooses to vote for the measure , to the national clerk , although a minority of their ward , which otherwise they are not to do . For although there ...
... whole nation ; and then the other ward clerks are obliged to transmit the number that chooses to vote for the measure , to the national clerk , although a minority of their ward , which otherwise they are not to do . For although there ...
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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.