The English ConstitutionHenry S. King & Company, 1872 - 291 páginas |
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... electors did not analyze very much they liked to have one of their " betters " to represent them ; if he was rich , they respected him much ; and if he was a lord , they liked him the better . The issue put before these electors was ...
... electors did not analyze very much they liked to have one of their " betters " to represent them ; if he was rich , they respected him much ; and if he was a lord , they liked him the better . The issue put before these electors was ...
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... electors to their betters was the only way in which our old system could be maintained . No doubt countries can be imagined in which the mass of the electors would be thoroughly competent to form good opinions ; approximations to that ...
... electors to their betters was the only way in which our old system could be maintained . No doubt countries can be imagined in which the mass of the electors would be thoroughly competent to form good opinions ; approximations to that ...
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... electors take too much interest . They only elect a deputy to vote for Mr. Lincoln or Mr. Breckenridge , and the deputy only takes a ticket , and drops that ticket in an urn . He never chooses or thinks of choosing . He is but a mes ...
... electors take too much interest . They only elect a deputy to vote for Mr. Lincoln or Mr. Breckenridge , and the deputy only takes a ticket , and drops that ticket in an urn . He never chooses or thinks of choosing . He is but a mes ...
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... electors themselves to make them . The law may say all the adult males of a country shall vote , or those males who can read and write , or those who have £ 50 a year , or any persons any way defined , and then leave those voters to ...
... electors themselves to make them . The law may say all the adult males of a country shall vote , or those males who can read and write , or those who have £ 50 a year , or any persons any way defined , and then leave those voters to ...
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... electors , but the electors would rule all the others . Thus , the members for a good voluntary constituency would be hopelessly enslaved , because of its goodness ; but the members for a bad voluntary constituency would be yet more ...
... electors , but the electors would rule all the others . Thus , the members for a good voluntary constituency would be hopelessly enslaved , because of its goodness ; but the members for a bad voluntary constituency would be yet more ...
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