| Richard Hildreth - 1863 - 736 Seiten
...and judgments of an honest and enlightened people ? For it is the people only that are represented ; it is their power and majesty that is reflected, and only for tllteir good, in every legitimate government, under whatever form it may appear. The existence of such... | |
| Louis John Jennings - 1868 - 356 Seiten
...Senate seemed most likely to answer the purpose." (Madison's • Reports,' p. 13S.) reflected, aud only for their good in every legitimate government under whatever form it may appear." According to Jefferson the guiding principle of representation should be to secure the absolute supremacy... | |
| John Cleaves Henderson - 1877 - 154 Seiten
...eloquent Inaugural Address, delivered in the senate-chamber to both Houses of Congress, he said, " The existence of such a government as ours for any...of knowledge and virtue throughout the whole body of the people. And what object of consideration more pleasant than this can be presented to the human... | |
| Richard Hildreth - 1879 - 698 Seiten
...and judgments of an honest and enlightened people ? For it is the people only that are represented ; it is their power and majesty that is reflected, and...of knowledge and virtue throughout the whole body of the people. And what object or consideration more pleasing than this can be presented to the human... | |
| Richard Hildreth - 1879 - 698 Seiten
...and judgments of an honest and enlightened people ? For it is the people only that are represented ; it is their power and majesty that is reflected, and...of knowledge and virtue throughout the whole body of the people. And what object or consideration more pleasing than this can be presented to the human... | |
| Charles Reemelin - 1881 - 670 Seiten
...3 from popular inability to appreciate independent minds. Mr. Adams is entirely right in saying: " The existence of such a government as ours, for any...of knowledge and virtue throughout the whole body of the people." But will it do to assume this from a mere nominal existence ? The government, he spoke... | |
| John Robert Irelan - 1886 - 536 Seiten
...and judgments of an honest and enlightened people? For it is the people only that are represented ; it is their power and majesty that is reflected, and...for any length of time, is a full proof of a general disseraination of knowledge and virtue throughout the whole body of the people. And what object of... | |
| Henry Beebee Carrington - 1894 - 448 Seiten
...the hearts and judgments of an honest and enlightened people ? It is the people that are represented. It is their power and majesty that is reflected, and...as ours, for any length of time, is a full proof of the general dissemination of knowledge and virtue throughout the whole body of the people. What object... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - 1894 - 460 Seiten
...veneration for it. What other form of government, indeed, can so well deserve our esteem and love? The existence of such a government as ours for any...of knowledge and virtue throughout the whole body of the people. And what object or consideration more pleasing than this can be presented to the human... | |
| United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - 1896 - 658 Seiten
...honest and enlightened people? For it is the ]>eoplc only that are represented. It is their ¡»wer and majesty that is reflected, and only for their...of knowledge and virtue throughout the whole body of the people. And what object or consideration more pleasing than this can Ije presented to the human... | |
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