Parliament: Its History, Constitution and PracticeH. Holt, 1911 - 256 pages |
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... electors were those who were entitled to attend and take part in the proceedings of that court . No further definition of the machinery of election was attempted , or was , at first , necessary . The sheriff would conduct the ...
... electors were those who were entitled to attend and take part in the proceedings of that court . No further definition of the machinery of election was attempted , or was , at first , necessary . The sheriff would conduct the ...
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... electors . The Act of 1430 , which was passed to prevent riotous and disorderly elections , directed that the electors were to be people dwelling in the county , whereof every one was to have free land or tenement to the value of forty ...
... electors . The Act of 1430 , which was passed to prevent riotous and disorderly elections , directed that the electors were to be people dwelling in the county , whereof every one was to have free land or tenement to the value of forty ...
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... electors of Boroughbridge num- bered sixty - five , those of Aldborough about fifty . Each returned two members , at the time when Birmingham was not represented in parliament . Whilst the selection and distribution of par- • liamentary ...
... electors of Boroughbridge num- bered sixty - five , those of Aldborough about fifty . Each returned two members , at the time when Birmingham was not represented in parliament . Whilst the selection and distribution of par- • liamentary ...
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... electors . At Bristol , in 1812 , 1,720 freemen were admitted with a view to an election in the autumn of that year . Under the electoral system as it worked before 1832 a small number of powerful and wealthy men controlled all the ...
... electors . At Bristol , in 1812 , 1,720 freemen were admitted with a view to an election in the autumn of that year . Under the electoral system as it worked before 1832 a small number of powerful and wealthy men controlled all the ...
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... electoral statistics and parliamentary history tends to show that the young men of promise who were given a comparatively free hand were rare , and that the tie between the nominated member and his patron was much less roman- tic and ...
... electoral statistics and parliamentary history tends to show that the young men of promise who were given a comparatively free hand were rare , and that the tie between the nominated member and his patron was much less roman- tic and ...
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Page 158 - Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him; their opinion high respect; their business unremitted attention.
Page 159 - 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. You choose a member indeed : but when you have chosen him, he is not a member of Bristol,...
Page 158 - If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination : and, what sort of reason is that, in which the determination precedes the discussion ; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decide ; and where those who form the conclusion are perhaps three hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments...
Page 225 - States, except in cases of impeachment ; to recommend to the consideration of Congress such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient...
Page 159 - 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 the land, and which arise from a fundamental mistake of the whole order and tenor of our constitution.
Page 204 - Resolved, &c., that all aids and supplies, and aids to his Majesty in Parliament, are the sole gift of the Commons ; and all bills for the granting of any such aids and supplies ought to begin with the Commons ; and that it is the undoubted and sole right of the Commons to direct, limit and appoint in such bills the ends, purposes, considerations, conditions, limitations and qualifications of such grants, which ought not to be changed or altered by the...
Page 188 - Many of the company remembered the debate, and some passages were cited, with the approbation and applause of all present. During the ardour of conversation, Johnson remained silent. As soon as the warmth of praise subsided, he opened with these words : " That speech I wrote in a garret in Exeter street." The company was struck with astonishment. After staring at each other in silent amaze, Dr. Francis asked, " how that speech could be written by him ?" " Sir," said Johnson,
Page 242 - ... choice of advisers in the Crown, were the Colonial Governor to be instructed to secure the co-operation of the Assembly in his policy, by entrusting its administration to such men as could command a majority ; and if he were given to understand that he need count on no aid from home in any difference with the Assembly, that should not directly involve the relations between the mother country and the Colony.
Page 26 - The most high and absolute power of the realm of England consisteth in the parliament...
Page 158 - My worthy colleague says his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent : if government were a matter of will upon my side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination...