American Government and PoliticsMacmillan, 1910 - 772 páginas |
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... electors were not owners of property , but voted as freemen of the city . Taking some scat- tered figures for mid - century elections in Virginia , he places the voting population at from seven to ten per cent of the white inhabitants ...
... electors were not owners of property , but voted as freemen of the city . Taking some scat- tered figures for mid - century elections in Virginia , he places the voting population at from seven to ten per cent of the white inhabitants ...
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... electors ; and New York City and Virginia showing the far larger proportion of eight per cent of the population as actual voters . At best the colonial elections called forth both relatively and absolutely only a small fraction of the ...
... electors ; and New York City and Virginia showing the far larger proportion of eight per cent of the population as actual voters . At best the colonial elections called forth both relatively and absolutely only a small fraction of the ...
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... electors , who chose the town officers , levied taxes , appropriated money , passed by - laws , and reviewed the activities of the various local officers . " Counties existed , of course , in New England , but only in a rudi- mentary ...
... electors , who chose the town officers , levied taxes , appropriated money , passed by - laws , and reviewed the activities of the various local officers . " Counties existed , of course , in New England , but only in a rudi- mentary ...
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... electors appointed as the legislatures of the several states might determine . 2. No less grave defects were inherent in the legislature created by the Articles of Confederation . Three , in particular , engaged the attention of the ...
... electors appointed as the legislatures of the several states might determine . 2. No less grave defects were inherent in the legislature created by the Articles of Confederation . Three , in particular , engaged the attention of the ...
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... electors for President . The original system , which was prepared without taking into account the rise of parties and their effect on the framework of the government , provided that the presidential electors chosen in each state should ...
... electors for President . The original system , which was prepared without taking into account the rise of parties and their effect on the framework of the government , provided that the presidential electors chosen in each state should ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 700 - 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 321 - 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 159 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Página 295 - ... 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 313 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world...
Página 704 - ... 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 47 - 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 62 - 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?
Página 724 - The Legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a system of free common schools, wherein all the children of this State may be educated.
Página 276 - The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.