 It is essential to such a government, that it be derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion, or a favored class of it ; otherwise a handful of tyrannical nobles, exercising their oppressions by a delegation of their...  STATE GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES - Page 37by ARTHUR N. HOLCOMBE - 1919Full view - About this book
 | Constitutional law - 1802 - 344 pages
...derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion, or a favoured class of it ; otherwise a handful of tyrannical nobles,...of republicans, and claim for their government, the honourable title of republic. It is sufficient for such a government, that the persons administering... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1817 - 570 pages
...derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion, or a favoured class of it; otherwise a handful of tyrannical nobles, exercising...of republicans, and claim for their government the honourable title of republic. It is sufficient for such a government, that the persons administering... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1818 - 882 pages
...derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion, or a favoured class of it ; otherwise a handful of tyrannical nobles,...of republicans, and claim for their government the honourable title of republic. It is sufficient for such a government, I hat. the persons administering... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - United States - 1831 - 758 pages
...rank of republicans, and claim for their government the honourable title of republic. It is sufJicient for such a government, that the persons administering...indirectly, by the people ; and that they hold their appointments by cither of the tenures just specified ; otherwise every government in the United States,... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1837 - 516 pages
...derived from the great body of the society, not fron) an inconsiderable proportion, or a favoured class of it ; otherwise a handful of tyrannical nobles,...a delegation of their powers, might aspire to the lank of republicans, and claim for their government the honourable title of republic. It is sufficient... | |
 | George Washington Frost Mellen - Constitutional history - 1841 - 452 pages
...proportion, or a favored class of it; otherwise, a handful of tyrannical nobles, exercising their oppression by a delegation of their powers, might aspire to the...their government the honorable title of republic; " and that " it is sufficient for such a government, that the persons administering be appointed, either... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1841 - 1092 pages
...derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion or a favored class of it ; otherwise a handful of tyrannical nobles,...exercising their oppressions by a delegation of their power, might aspire to the rank of republicans, and claim for their government the honorable title... | |
 | Constitutional history - 1842 - 492 pages
...derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion, or a favored class of it ; otherwise a handful of tyrannical nobles,...indirectly, by the people ; and that they hold their appointments by either of the tenures just specified ; otherwise everygovernment in the United States,... | |
 | Elisha Reynolds Potter - Rhode Island - 1842 - 76 pages
...derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion or a favored class of it ; otherwise, a handful of tyrannical nobles,...claim for their government the honorable title of a republic." And in another place (No. 10, p. 53) he defines a republic to be a " government in which... | |
 | United States - 1842 - 712 pages
...derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion or a favored class of it; otherwise a handful of tyrannical nobles, exercising their oppressions by a delegation of their power, might aspire to the rank of republicans and claim for their government the honorable title of... | |
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