A Study of "monarchical" Tendencies in the United States, from 1776 to 1801, Band 10University of Illinois, 1922 - 164 Seiten |
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Seite 83 - ... a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure, for a limited period, or during good behavior.
Seite 147 - Charles A. Beard, An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States (New York, 1913); J.
Seite 109 - The western States (I speak now from my own observation) stand as it were upon a pivot. The touch of a feather would turn them any way.
Seite 45 - Some people have so connected the idea of tyranny and monarchy, as to find it very difficult to separate them. It may, therefore, be requisite to give the head of such a constitution as I propose, some title apparently more moderate ; but, if all other things were once adjusted, I believe strong arguments might be produced for admitting the title of King, which, I conceive, would be attended with some material advantages.
Seite iv - The executive committee shall meet at the call of the president or of any two members thereof on forty-eight hours...
Seite 15 - They left their native land in search of freedom, and found it in a desert. Divided as they are into a thousand forms of policy and religion, there is one point in which they all agree: they equally detest the pageantry of a king and the supercilious hypocrisy of a bishop.
Seite 121 - I hope will be admitted as an apology, if I venture to say that if a preference, upon principle, of a free republican government, formed upon long and serious reflection, after a diligent and impartial inquiry after truth...
Seite 120 - Against us are the executive, the judiciary, two out of three branches of the legislature, all the officers of the government, all who want to be officers...
Seite 99 - If your American chief be a man of ambition and abilities, how easy will it be for him to render himself absolute ! The army is in his hands, and, if he be a man of address, it will be attached to him ; and it will be the subject of long meditation with him to seize the first auspicious moment to accomplish his design.
Seite 82 - Another objection against a single magistrate is, that he will be an elective king, and will feel the spirit of one. He will spare no pains to keep himself in for life, and will then lay a train for the succession of his children. It was pretty certain he thought, that we should at some time or other have a king; but he wished no precaution to be omitted that might postpone the event as long as possible.