The American Caucus System: Its Origin, Purpose and UtilityG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1885 - 107 Seiten |
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... gentlemen have not furnished me with a satisfactory account of the origin of caucus . It seems to mean a num- ber of persons , whether more or less , met together to consult upon adopting and prosecuting some scheme of policy for ...
... gentlemen have not furnished me with a satisfactory account of the origin of caucus . It seems to mean a num- ber of persons , whether more or less , met together to consult upon adopting and prosecuting some scheme of policy for ...
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... gentlemen offering themselves as candidates for the office to be filled . The sentiment in those communities was such as to invite men to come forward and solicit , person- ally , votes . Indeed the gentry encouraged mem- bers of their ...
... gentlemen offering themselves as candidates for the office to be filled . The sentiment in those communities was such as to invite men to come forward and solicit , person- ally , votes . Indeed the gentry encouraged mem- bers of their ...
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... gentlemen advising him to do so , and entered the canvass in his own behalf as a can- didate to represent them in the House of Com- mons . This was in October , 1774. Being an ac- complished orator , and having well known sympa- thies ...
... gentlemen advising him to do so , and entered the canvass in his own behalf as a can- didate to represent them in the House of Com- mons . This was in October , 1774. Being an ac- complished orator , and having well known sympa- thies ...
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... Gentlemen , I am come hither to solicit in person that favor which my friends have hitherto endeavored to procure for me , " and continuing so eloquently and effectively that great enthusiasm was aroused in his favor . Indeed his ...
... Gentlemen , I am come hither to solicit in person that favor which my friends have hitherto endeavored to procure for me , " and continuing so eloquently and effectively that great enthusiasm was aroused in his favor . Indeed his ...
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... gentlemen ; . . . but how should I appear to the voters themselves ? If I had gone round to the citizens entitled to freedom and seized them by the hand , Sir , I humbly beg your vote ; I shall be eternally thank- ful ; may I hope for ...
... gentlemen ; . . . but how should I appear to the voters themselves ? If I had gone round to the citizens entitled to freedom and seized them by the hand , Sir , I humbly beg your vote ; I shall be eternally thank- ful ; may I hope for ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abimelech advocate American appointed attend ballot-box behalf body politic borough Burke call a caucus Canaan candidates canvass cast caucus system caucuses and conventions chair chairman challenge choose chosen citizen civil Clinton colonies colonists committee common Congress Constitution contest Crockett crowd defeat delegates democratic discussion Edmund Burke election electors favor Federal Federalists freedom friends G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS gather Gentlemen glorious system governor honor imperia Jefferson John Adams king laws legislative Legislature matters of justice meeting ment Mizpah nation ness nomi nomination Octavo opponents opposed party measures person pocket borough politician polls president principles proceedings record rection representative Republican Republican party Rhode Island rule ruler Samuel Adams secretary secure senator sentiment Shechem Sir James Slumkey solicit votes speaker speech Tacitus tellers Tennessee tion Tom Dawes town town-meetings United unto voter Whigs word caucus York
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 49 - But authoritative instructions ; mandates issued, which the member is bound blindly and implicitly to obey, to vote, and to argue for, though contrary to the clearest conviction of his judgment and conscience, — these are things utterly unknown to the laws of this land, and which arise from a fundamental mistake of the whole order and tenor of our constitution.
Seite 19 - God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid, and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Seite 49 - Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests; which interests each must maintain, as an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates; but parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole; where, not local purposes, not local prejudices, ought to guide, but the general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole.
Seite 4 - ... meets in one room. There they smoke tobacco till you cannot see from one end of the garret to the other. There they drink flip, I suppose, and there they choose a moderator, who puts questions to the vote regularly.
Seite 59 - I presume you all know who I am. I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by many friends to become a candidate for the Legislature. My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance. I am in favor of a national bank. I am in favor of the internal improvement system and a high protective tariff. These are my sentiments and political principles. If elected I shall be thankful ; if not it will be all the same.
Seite 4 - There they drink flip, I suppose, and there they choose a moderator, who puts questions to the vote regularly ; and selectmen, assessors, collectors, wardens, firewards, and representatives, are regularly chosen before they are chosen in the town. Uncle Fairfield, Story, Ruddock, Adams, Cooper, and a rudis indigestaque moles of others are members. They send committees to wait on the merchant's club, and to propose and join in the choice of men and measures.
Seite 4 - This day learned that the Caucus Club meets, at certain times, in the garret of Tom Dawes, the Adjutant of the Boston Regiment. He has a large house, and he has a movable partition in his garret which he takes down, and the whole club meets in one room. There they smoke tobacco till you cannot see from one end of the garret to the other. There they drink . flip, I suppose, and there they choose a moderator, who puts questions to the vote regularly ; and selectmen, assessors, collectors, wardens,...
Seite 54 - Thine most, when friends turn pale, when traitors fly, When, hard beset, thy spirit, justly proud, For truth, peace, freedom, mercy, dares defy A sullen priesthood and a raving crowd. " Amidst the din of all things fell and vile, Hate's yell, and envy's hiss, and folly's bray, Remember me ; and with an unforced smile See riches, baubles, flatterers, pass away. " Yes : they will pass away ; nor deem it strange : They come and go, as comes and goes the sea : And let them come and go : thou, through...
Seite 24 - And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. 31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
Seite 70 - A few years more will put us all in the dust ; and it will then be of more importance to me to have governed myself than to have governed the State.