American Government and PoliticsMacmillan, 1910 - 772 páginas |
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... number of shows almost an equal variation ; Massachusetts and Co ticut showing at times only two per cent of actual ... large election districts , and the absence of party organiz combined to make the most sharply contested elections in ...
... number of shows almost an equal variation ; Massachusetts and Co ticut showing at times only two per cent of actual ... large election districts , and the absence of party organiz combined to make the most sharply contested elections in ...
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... number at w the modern democratic principle of equal elec not recognized , an attempt was made to give larger numbers . In the middle colonies , the unit of representation , and , according to ancie dent , each county elected its ...
... number at w the modern democratic principle of equal elec not recognized , an attempt was made to give larger numbers . In the middle colonies , the unit of representation , and , according to ancie dent , each county elected its ...
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... large states representation accord- ing to population ; a compromise gave the small states equality in the Senate ... number of slaves should be counted . In the third place , the North , having larger commercial interests than the South ...
... large states representation accord- ing to population ; a compromise gave the small states equality in the Senate ... number of slaves should be counted . In the third place , the North , having larger commercial interests than the South ...
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... large number of states and the principle of allowing states equal weight , regardless of their population or wealth , has been the subject of much adverse criticism , from the protest of Patrick Henry , which we have noted , down to the ...
... large number of states and the principle of allowing states equal weight , regardless of their population or wealth , has been the subject of much adverse criticism , from the protest of Patrick Henry , which we have noted , down to the ...
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... large es equal weight , een the subject Patrick Henry , of the most re- an exceptionally system : " When relations ... number of ratifications obtained . Professor Smith also estimates that , on the the last census , one forty - fourth ...
... large es equal weight , een the subject Patrick Henry , of the most re- an exceptionally system : " When relations ... number of ratifications obtained . Professor Smith also estimates that , on the the last census , one forty - fourth ...
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Página 718 - A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest, with many lesser interests, grow up of necessity in civilized nations, and divide them into different classes actuated by different sentiments and views.
Página 49 - The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity, of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
Página 339 - International law is part of our law, and must be ascertained and administered by the courts of justice of appropriate jurisdiction, as often as questions of right depending upon it are duly presented for their determination.
Página 313 - ... the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Página 717 - But the most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold and those who are without property have ever formed distinct interests in society.
Página 308 - If there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred; in other words, the constitution ought to be preferred to the statute, the intention of the people to the intention of their agents.
Página 331 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world...
Página 61 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Página 722 - ... multiplied by the number of his shares of stock shall equal, or to distribute them on the same principle among as many candidates as he shall think fit; and such directors or managers shall not be elected in any other manner.
Página 64 - They would contain various exceptions to powers not granted; and, on this very account, would afford a colorable pretext to claim more than were granted. For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?