The American Caucus System: Its Origin, Purpose and UtilityG.P. Putnam's sons, 1885 - 107 Seiten |
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Seite 49 - 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 convictions 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
Seite 48 - Parliament was 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 3 - make a caucus and lay plans for introducing certain persons into places of trust and power. When they had settled it they separated and used each their particular influence within his own circle. He and his friends would furnish themselves with ballots including the names of the parties fixed upon, which they distributed
Seite 59 - Gentlemen and fellow-citizens, 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.
Seite 19 - enact, constitute and frame just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices from time to time as shall
Seite 3 - All my repeated applications to different gentlemen have not furnished me with a satisfactory account of the origin of caucus. It seems to mean a number of persons, whether more or less, met together to consult upon adopting and prosecuting some scheme of policy for carrying a favorite point. The word is not
Seite 51 - myself or very forward in troubling you. From the beginning to the end of the election I have kept silence in all matters of discussion. I have never asked a question of a voter on the other side, or supported a doubtful vote on my own I
Seite 59 - during harvest. There were some thirty men in the field. He got his dinner and went out in the field where the men were at work. I gave him an introduction, and the boys said they could not vote for a man unless he could
Seite 54 - 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.