American Government and PoliticsMacmillan, 1910 - 772 pages |
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Page 13
... removed from local jealousies . It was of course an expensive process , and only cases involving certain amounts could be appealed . In Pennsylvania the amount had to exceed fifty pounds , and in Georgia five hundred pounds , before the ...
... removed from local jealousies . It was of course an expensive process , and only cases involving certain amounts could be appealed . In Pennsylvania the amount had to exceed fifty pounds , and in Georgia five hundred pounds , before the ...
Page 35
... removed the prime cause for radical agitation and brought a new group of thinkers into prominence . When independence had been gained , the practical work to be done was the maintenance of social order , the payment of the public debt ...
... removed the prime cause for radical agitation and brought a new group of thinkers into prominence . When independence had been gained , the practical work to be done was the maintenance of social order , the payment of the public debt ...
Page 56
... removal of the most grievous inconveniences and oppression by refusing to accede to amendments . . . . Is this an easy mode of securing the public liberty ? It is , sir , a most fearful situation when the most contemptible minority can ...
... removal of the most grievous inconveniences and oppression by refusing to accede to amendments . . . . Is this an easy mode of securing the public liberty ? It is , sir , a most fearful situation when the most contemptible minority can ...
Page 84
... removed by many separate measures . The process may be illustrated by some passages in the constitutional history of New York . The first constitution of that state , as we have seen , provided a property qualification for all voters ...
... removed by many separate measures . The process may be illustrated by some passages in the constitutional history of New York . The first constitution of that state , as we have seen , provided a property qualification for all voters ...
Page 85
... or officers . This example was soon followed by ' Removed by an amendment ratified in 1874 . 2 Indiana , admitted in 1816 , had similar qualifications . the other states ; and , by the end of The Evolution of State Constitutions 85.
... or officers . This example was soon followed by ' Removed by an amendment ratified in 1874 . 2 Indiana , admitted in 1816 , had similar qualifications . the other states ; and , by the end of The Evolution of State Constitutions 85.
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