A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett: Selected and Arranged with a Preface by Theodore Sedgwick, Jr, Volumen1Taylor & Dodd, 1840 - 312 páginas 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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... citizen , and he preferred the evils which resulted from a want of registry to those which he feared might follow from a system that should impose any restraint or qualification upon the right of suffrage . In the same light he looked ...
... citizen , and he preferred the evils which resulted from a want of registry to those which he feared might follow from a system that should impose any restraint or qualification upon the right of suffrage . In the same light he looked ...
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... the sentiments , and wreaking the vengeance of this great and moral community , is an in- sult on the character of the city . A mob attacking and ---- destroying the private dwellings of citizens , and not stay 32 POLITICAL WRITINGS OF.
... the sentiments , and wreaking the vengeance of this great and moral community , is an in- sult on the character of the city . A mob attacking and ---- destroying the private dwellings of citizens , and not stay 32 POLITICAL WRITINGS OF.
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... citizens , and not stay . ed even at the threshold of the church , but with sacrile . gious fury assailing even such an edifice , though held in respect by the common sentiment of mankind - such a mob ought to be treated with no honeyed ...
... citizens , and not stay . ed even at the threshold of the church , but with sacrile . gious fury assailing even such an edifice , though held in respect by the common sentiment of mankind - such a mob ought to be treated with no honeyed ...
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... citizens , and have a right to be protect- ed in their persons and property against all assailants whatsoever . We trust that the authorities will this night show that this right is not a mere mockery ; we trust that the rioters will be ...
... citizens , and have a right to be protect- ed in their persons and property against all assailants whatsoever . We trust that the authorities will this night show that this right is not a mere mockery ; we trust that the rioters will be ...
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... citizens , by the Constitution of the United States ; and that the 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 ...
... citizens , by the Constitution of the United States ; and that the 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 ...
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A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett, Volumen1 William Leggett Vista completa - 1840 |
A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett, Volumen1 William Leggett Vista completa - 1840 |
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abolitionists adopted amount Andrew Jackson argument aristocracy banking system bill body politic Buren CAMBRELENG character charter citizens commercial Committee conduct Congress Constitution corporate corruption course cracy currency debt defence democracy democratic despotism doctrines dollars duty elected equal rights evil exclusive privileges exercise exerted favour France franking privilege Government Governor Marcy Grand Island grant honour incorporation institutions interest Jack Cade Jackson joint-stock partnerships journal labour Leggett legislation legislature liberty Martin Van Buren means measure ment millions mind monopolies nation never New-York object obliged opposed paper party pass patriotism persons Post present President principle of equal prison proper purpose question readers republican revenue Senate sentiments small note species spirit suffrage tion trade true trust ultraism United States Bank usurper violation vote Whigs whole WILLIAM LEGGETT
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.