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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... tion which Mr. Leggett attained , during his short career as an editor , could not have been acquired un- less his writings had possessed merits of an abiding character . What , then , was that character ? What are the claims which ...
... tion which Mr. Leggett attained , during his short career as an editor , could not have been acquired un- less his writings had possessed merits of an abiding character . What , then , was that character ? What are the claims which ...
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... tion of government from its fiscal agents . In like manner , he reprobated all the state inspection laws , and one of his last productions in the Plaindealer is that in which he advocates the idea of a free trade post office , or a ...
... tion of government from its fiscal agents . In like manner , he reprobated all the state inspection laws , and one of his last productions in the Plaindealer is that in which he advocates the idea of a free trade post office , or a ...
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... tion , but he was the earliest to denounce the popular violence , and to call upon the municipal government to suppress it by the most vigorous and effective wea- pons . The same course he pursued in regard to the Bank . The vehemence ...
... tion , but he was the earliest to denounce the popular violence , and to call upon the municipal government to suppress it by the most vigorous and effective wea- pons . The same course he pursued in regard to the Bank . The vehemence ...
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... tion in which his memory is held - it is to these that the influence his pen acquired during his life is chiefly attributable . At the same time it should be said that it is difficult to distinguish between his intellect and his ...
... tion in which his memory is held - it is to these that the influence his pen acquired during his life is chiefly attributable . At the same time it should be said that it is difficult to distinguish between his intellect and his ...
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... tion of the American people — that of direct taxation . Mr. Leggett has ably put forth the leading argu- ments in favour of this , the only fair , uniform , and democratic mode of raising funds for the support of the government . It is ...
... tion of the American people — that of direct taxation . Mr. Leggett has ably put forth the leading argu- ments in favour of this , the only fair , uniform , and democratic mode of raising funds for the support of the government . It is ...
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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.