The True Theory of Representation in a State ...Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857 - Representative government and representation - 101 pages |
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... object being to represent not merely numbers , but the various great and leading in- terests in the state . He says , that , by annexing the right of voting for members of the House of Commons to different qualifications in different ...
... object being to represent not merely numbers , but the various great and leading in- terests in the state . He says , that , by annexing the right of voting for members of the House of Commons to different qualifications in different ...
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... object to raise , and which it appears extraordinary has not before been mooted , is this . Ought interests , or ought numbers only , to form the representative element in a State ? The cry of the mob , and the principle of the Reform ...
... object to raise , and which it appears extraordinary has not before been mooted , is this . Ought interests , or ought numbers only , to form the representative element in a State ? The cry of the mob , and the principle of the Reform ...
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... object of which was admirably stated by Lord Eldon to be " not to make the Church political , but the State religious . " Consistently , however , with the principle which is now gaining the ascendancy , that the influence of the higher ...
... object of which was admirably stated by Lord Eldon to be " not to make the Church political , but the State religious . " Consistently , however , with the principle which is now gaining the ascendancy , that the influence of the higher ...
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... object of the true statesman will be not merely to promote the present influence of his party , but the permanent interest of his country ; and his care should be devoted to the welfare not of this or that branch of trade or wealth ...
... object of the true statesman will be not merely to promote the present influence of his party , but the permanent interest of his country ; and his care should be devoted to the welfare not of this or that branch of trade or wealth ...
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... object of the enfranchisement of many small boroughs in former times . The interest comprised in Class VI . , or that of numbers alone , should also have a fair representation given to it , E 3 PROPOSED PLAN OF REPRESENTATION . 53.
... object of the enfranchisement of many small boroughs in former times . The interest comprised in Class VI . , or that of numbers alone , should also have a fair representation given to it , E 3 PROPOSED PLAN OF REPRESENTATION . 53.
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