 ... a jealous care of the right of election by the people, a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided: absolute acquiescence in the decisions 'of the majority, the vital principle...  The Southern Review - Page 71871Full view - About this book
 | 1883 - 906 pages
...'• Equal und exact justice to all men of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political." '• Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority. the vital principle of republics, from wni^-li tlicra is no appeal but to force, the vital principie and immediate purent of despotism." "... | |
 | Tri-State Old Settlers' Association - 1884 - 84 pages
...when peaceable remedies are unprovided; absolute acquiesence in the decisions of the majority—the vital principle of republics, from which there is...vital principle and immediate parent of despotism ; a well disciplined militia our best reliance in peace, and for the first moments of war, till regulars... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Perry - 1887 - 644 pages
...safety abroad ; a jealous care of the rights of election by the people ; a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution...appeal but to force the vital principle and immediate point of despotism ; a well-disciplined militia ; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority... | |
 | Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1928 - 1014 pages
...election by the people — a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword where peaceable remedies are unprovided; Absolute acquiescence...vital principle and immediate parent of despotism. With these principles for guidance, Tammany has no misgivings as to past, present, or future. A Laboratory... | |
 | William Lyne Wilson - 1888 - 676 pages
...are unprovided ; absolute acquiescence in the decision of the majority, the vital principle of the republics, from which there is no appeal but to force,...immediate parent of despotism ; a welldisciplined militia ; economy in the public expenses, that labor may be lightly burdened ; the honest payment of our debt,... | |
 | Democratic National Committee (U.S.) - 1888 - 676 pages
...abuses, which are lopped off by the sword of revolution where peaceable means are unprovided ; (6) absolute acquiescence In the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics, from which is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and Immediate parent of despotism ; (7) a well-disciplined... | |
 | Charles Burr Todd - 1889 - 464 pages
...the people ; a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided ; absolute acquiescence...vital principle and immediate parent of despotism ; a well disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace, and for the first moments of war, till regulars... | |
 | Henry Adams - 1889 - 468 pages
...convictions and the fixed practice of the Republican party. " Absolute acquiescence " was required "in the decisions of the majority, — -the vital...vital principle and immediate parent of despotism." No principle was so thoroughly entwined in the roots of Virginia republicanism as that which affirmed... | |
 | Henry Adams - 1889 - 466 pages
...convictions and the fixed practice of the Republican party. " Absolute acquiescence " was required "in the decisions of the majority, — the vital principle...vital principle and immediate parent of despotism." No principle was so thoroughly entwined in the roots of Virginia republicanism as that which affirmed... | |
 | Henry Adams - 1889 - 466 pages
...acquiescence " was required "in the decisions of the majority, — -the vital principle* of republic?, from which there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism." ^No principle was so thoroughly entwined in the roots of Virginia republicanism as that which affirmed... | |
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