A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett: Selected and Arranged with a Preface by Theodore Sedgwick, Jr, Volume 1Taylor & Dodd, 1840 - 312 pages This collection provides important example of populist laissez-faire opinion from the Jacksonian Era in the United States. In terms of economic policy, the Jacksonians favored low taxes, decentralization, and hard-money while opposing central banks and regulation of private business. |
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... expressed upon all the con- troverted topics which these pages contain . Many of those most attached to Mr. Leggett , and most devoted to the leading doctrines of his political faith , were at the same time the most opposed to the ...
... expressed upon all the con- troverted topics which these pages contain . Many of those most attached to Mr. Leggett , and most devoted to the leading doctrines of his political faith , were at the same time the most opposed to the ...
Page vii
... expressed to the adoption of foreigners into our political family . As to freedom of trade , he was equally consistent . He from the first warred against the tariff , and a federal bank . He was the leader of those who raised the ...
... expressed to the adoption of foreigners into our political family . As to freedom of trade , he was equally consistent . He from the first warred against the tariff , and a federal bank . He was the leader of those who raised the ...
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... expressed repeatedly our deep abhorrence of a portion of their views , and our conviction that other portions are wholly visionary and impractica- ble . Even if their notions on the subject of abolition were proper in themselves , their ...
... expressed repeatedly our deep abhorrence of a portion of their views , and our conviction that other portions are wholly visionary and impractica- ble . Even if their notions on the subject of abolition were proper in themselves , their ...
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... expression of a calm and temperate opinion on the conduct of the aboli . tionists , as it affects the peace and order of society , which , properly embraced , might have been pro- ductive of much good , both on the minds of the enthu ...
... expression of a calm and temperate opinion on the conduct of the aboli . tionists , as it affects the peace and order of society , which , properly embraced , might have been pro- ductive of much good , both on the minds of the enthu ...
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... expressed in language of great similarity ; and both , we presume , may be ascribed to the same paternity . Being thus , as it were , twin - brothers , we shall save space by copying only the set that stands first , which will ...
... expressed in language of great similarity ; and both , we presume , may be ascribed to the same paternity . Being thus , as it were , twin - brothers , we shall save space by copying only the set that stands first , which will ...
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Page 199 - Still one thing more, fellow-citizens — a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Page 253 - Laws shall be made for ascertaining, by proper proofs, the citizens who shall be entitled to the right of suffrage hereby established, and for the registration of voters ; which registration shall be completed at least ten days before each election.
Page 194 - The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the Legislature, shall be requisite to every bill appropriating the public moneys or property for local or private purposes.
Page 162 - There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing.
Page 120 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has...
Page 176 - ... some serious intention of being of use to them, they are generally inclined to pardon a great deal of incorrectness in the performance of his duty, and sometimes even to conceal from the public a good deal of gross negligence. Those parts of education, it is to be observed, for the teaching of which there are no public institutions, are generally the best taught.
Page 267 - No mechanical trade shall hereafter be taught to convicts in the State prison of this State, except the manufacture of those articles of which the chief supply for home consumption is imported from other States or countries.
Page 119 - Whether the consequences be prejudicial or not, if there be an illegal exercise of power, it is to be resisted in the proper manner. Even if no harm or inconvenience result from transgressing the boundary, the intrusion is not to be suffered to pass unnoticed. Every encroachment, great or small, is important enough to awaken the attention of those who are intrusted with the preservation of a constitutional...
Page 172 - Have those public endowments contributed., in general, to promote the end of their institution? Have they contributed to encourage the diligence, and to improve the abilities, of the teachers ? Have they directed the course of education towards objects more useful, both to the individual and to the public...
Page 255 - Where a meaning is clear, the consequences, whatever they may be, are to be admitted; where doubtful, it is fairly triable by its consequences. In controverted cases, the meaning of the parties to the instrument, if to be collected by reasonable evidence, is a proper guide.