The Philosophy of Intimidation; Or, Historical Sketches on the Elective Franchise, Its Defects and RemediesShepherd & Aitchison, 1856 - 185 Seiten |
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... believe the elective franchise is extended too far in this country . No man , I think , should be entrusted with this high privilege , who has not been instructed in the principles of our Government , and in the duties of a good citizen ...
... believe the elective franchise is extended too far in this country . No man , I think , should be entrusted with this high privilege , who has not been instructed in the principles of our Government , and in the duties of a good citizen ...
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... believe not in Rattery ; they are ordinary renting tenants , I conceive . 2706. Voting under the £ 50 clause ? I apprehend so ; in the election of 1832 those voters all voted for Mr. Bulteel , the reform candidate . 2707. Are they all ...
... believe not in Rattery ; they are ordinary renting tenants , I conceive . 2706. Voting under the £ 50 clause ? I apprehend so ; in the election of 1832 those voters all voted for Mr. Bulteel , the reform candidate . 2707. Are they all ...
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... believe not ; I would state that they are as intelligent and re- spectable a set of yeomen as any in the county of Devon . In the parish of Broadhempstone , the voters are nearly all freeholders ; there are twenty - nine free- holders ...
... believe not ; I would state that they are as intelligent and re- spectable a set of yeomen as any in the county of Devon . In the parish of Broadhempstone , the voters are nearly all freeholders ; there are twenty - nine free- holders ...
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... believe it is their own surveyor . 2720. Were you acquainted before the election with the political sentiments of the voters in those three parishes ? I have been in the habit of associating with the yeomen of that neighbourhood a good ...
... believe it is their own surveyor . 2720. Were you acquainted before the election with the political sentiments of the voters in those three parishes ? I have been in the habit of associating with the yeomen of that neighbourhood a good ...
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... believe he lives out of the parish . 2732. In the course of your communication with the voters in the county , are you aware of any instances of persons who have voted contrary to their inclinations , in consequence of any superior ...
... believe he lives out of the parish . 2732. In the course of your communication with the voters in the county , are you aware of any instances of persons who have voted contrary to their inclinations , in consequence of any superior ...
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Seite 125 - The Lord bless thee, and keep thee : the Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee : the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
Seite 4 - The true reason of requiring any qualification, with regard to property, in voters, is to exclude such persons as are in so mean a situation that they are esteemed to have no will of their own.
Seite 129 - Every person who shall directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person on his behalf, make use of or threaten to make use of any force, violence or restraint, or inflict or threaten to inflict, by himself or any other person, any temporal or spiritual injury, damage, harm or loss...
Seite 129 - ... intimidation upon or against any person in order to induce or compel such person to vote or refrain from voting...
Seite 9 - Like three distinct powers in mechanics, they jointly impel the machine of government in a direction different from what either acting by itself would have done ; but at the same time in a direction partaking of each and formed out of all ; a direction which constitutes the true line of the liberty and happiness of the community.
Seite 21 - In consequence of this change, it became a fundamental maxim and necessary principle (though in reality a mere fiction) of our English tenures, " that the king is the universal lord and original proprietor of all the lands in his kingdom...
Seite 178 - That he always thought any of the simple, unbalanced, governments bad; simple monarchy, simple aristocracy, simple democracy ; he held them all imperfect or vicious : all were bad by themselves : the composition alone was good. That these had been always his principles, in which he had agreed with his friend Mr. Burke, of whom he said many kind and flattering things, which Mr.
Seite 127 - WHEREAS the laws now in force for preventing corrupt practices in the election of members to serve in Parliament have been found insufficient : And whereas it is expedient to consolidate and amend such laws, and to make further provision for securing the freedom of such elections...
Seite 8 - And herein indeed consists the true excellence of the English government, that all the parts of it form a mutual check upon each other. In the legislature, the people are a check upon the nobility, and the nobility a check upon the people, by the mutual privilege of rejecting what the other has resolved ; while the king is a check upon both, which preserves the executive power from encroachments.
Seite 8 - In the legislature, the people are a check upon the nobility, and the nobility a check upon the people, by the mutual privilege of rejecting what the other has resolved ; while the king is a check upon both, which preserves the executive power from encroachments. And this very executive power is again checked and kept within due bounds by the two houses, through the privilege they have of inquiring into, impeaching, and punishing the conduct, not indeed of the king...