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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... object which has been had in view . The wish of his friends is to re - publish such of his writings as will give a true picture of the mind and character of the man whom they so much lament ; and in dis- charging the duty confided to me ...
... object which has been had in view . The wish of his friends is to re - publish such of his writings as will give a true picture of the mind and character of the man whom they so much lament ; and in dis- charging the duty confided to me ...
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... object was to wring from the sufferings of the people their assent to the per- petuation of its existence . Its curtailments were there- fore rapid and sudden , and so managed as to throw the greater part of the burden on those ...
... object was to wring from the sufferings of the people their assent to the per- petuation of its existence . Its curtailments were there- fore rapid and sudden , and so managed as to throw the greater part of the burden on those ...
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... objects of the Treasury ; refuse to give up the national funds at the commands of the com- petent authority ; and ... object of which appeared to be to excite the public mind to strong hostility to the negroes generally , and to the ...
... objects of the Treasury ; refuse to give up the national funds at the commands of the com- petent authority ; and ... object of which appeared to be to excite the public mind to strong hostility to the negroes generally , and to the ...
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... objects of assault in this case ; we may keep a vigilant eye upon them , and procure them to be indicted and visited with legal punishment whenever their proceedings become obnoxious to the law . But till then they are entitled to all ...
... objects of assault in this case ; we may keep a vigilant eye upon them , and procure them to be indicted and visited with legal punishment whenever their proceedings become obnoxious to the law . But till then they are entitled to all ...
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... objects of the society are not incompatible with the duties of its members as citizens under the existing institutions of this country . With all due respect for the motives which actuated the Board of Aldermen in unanimously refusing ...
... objects of the society are not incompatible with the duties of its members as citizens under the existing institutions of this country . With all due respect for the motives which actuated the Board of Aldermen in unanimously refusing ...
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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.