Remarks Concerning the Government and the Laws of the United States of America: In Four Letters, Addressed to Mr. Adams ... |
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... legislative affem- bly of the republic . From this circum- ftance muft you become more easily enabled to keep all arrangements in their proper or der . Never will the representatives form fo fo large a number as to occafion the danger ...
... legislative affem- bly of the republic . From this circum- ftance muft you become more easily enabled to keep all arrangements in their proper or der . Never will the representatives form fo fo large a number as to occafion the danger ...
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... legislative power the care of tempering and rendering more lenient those laws which are too fevere ; which either debase or alarm the heart ; and which , not being proportion- ed to the nature of crimes , can only lead unviolated ...
... legislative power the care of tempering and rendering more lenient those laws which are too fevere ; which either debase or alarm the heart ; and which , not being proportion- ed to the nature of crimes , can only lead unviolated ...
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... legislators not to employ demo- cracy in a republic , but with extreme pre- caution . I fhall , perhaps , be told , that the laws of America are borrowed from the laws of England , the wisdom of which has proved a theme a theme of ...
... legislators not to employ demo- cracy in a republic , but with extreme pre- caution . I fhall , perhaps , be told , that the laws of America are borrowed from the laws of England , the wisdom of which has proved a theme a theme of ...
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... legislative power , which is the foul of the ftate , or rather the pivot whereon turns the whole political machine , be not eftablished according to the most just pro- portions , what diforders will not refult from this extreme defect ...
... legislative power , which is the foul of the ftate , or rather the pivot whereon turns the whole political machine , be not eftablished according to the most just pro- portions , what diforders will not refult from this extreme defect ...
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... legislative power be composed of citizens accustomed to respect each other , and entertaining an elevated idea of the auguft employment with which they are invested . All the United States of America have exacted a certain qualification ...
... legislative power be composed of citizens accustomed to respect each other , and entertaining an elevated idea of the auguft employment with which they are invested . All the United States of America have exacted a certain qualification ...
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Page 107 - Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people...
Page 273 - It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property and character, that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws, and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial and independent as the lot of humanity will admit.
Page 265 - And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God, and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their functions : therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding any civil or military office or place within this State.
Page 265 - It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great Creator and Preserver of the Universe. And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping God in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience...
Page 279 - That monopolies are odious, contrary to the spirit of a free government and the principles of commerce, and ought not to be suffered.
Page 128 - AND WHEREAS we are required by the benevolent principles of rational liberty, not only to expel civil tyranny, but also to guard against that spiritual oppression and intolerance wherewith the bigotry and ambition of weak and wicked priests and princes have scourged mankind...
Page 267 - That all men have a natural and unalienable right to worship Almighty God, according to the dictates of their own consciences and understanding: and that no man ought or of right can be compelled to attend any religious worship, or erect or support any place of worship, or maintain any ministry, contrary to, or against his own free will and consent...
Page 267 - ... nor can any man, who acknowledges the being of a God, be justly deprived or abridged of any civil right as a citizen, on account of his religious sentiments or peculiar mode of religious worship...
Page 91 - Commonwealth, for seven years next preceding ; and unless he shall, at the same time, be seized, in his own right, of a freehold within the Commonwealth, of the value of one thousand pounds ; and unless he shall declare himself to be of the Christian religion.
Page 162 - The people have a right to keep and to bear arms for the common defence: and as, in time of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the legislature ; and the military power shall always be held in an exact subordination to the civil authority, and be governed by it.