Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, Historical and Juridical: With Observations Upon the Ordinary Provisions of State Constitutions and a Comparison with the Constitutions of Other Countries, Volume 1
Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, Historical and Juridical: With Observations Upon the Ordinary Provisions of State Constitutions and a Comparison with the Constitutions of Other Countries, Volume 1
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ...power in the legislature. The qualifications of electors and elected were fundamental articles in a republican government, and ought to be fixed by the Constitution. If the legislature could regulate those of either, it can by degrees pervert the Constitution." He referred also to the abuses in the acts of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ...power in the legislature. The qualifications of electors and elected were fundamental articles in a republican government, and ought to be fixed by the Constitution. If the legislature could regulate those of either, it can by degrees pervert the Constitution." He referred also to the abuses in the acts of Parliament regulating the qualifications of members. "They had made the changes, in both cases, subservient to their own views or to the views of political and religious parties." " The whole section was thrown out by the vote of seven States to three,18 and the Convention proceeded to fix the length of citizenship as previously stated. Time has proved the wisdom of this proceeding. It lias been found that the people can protect themselves, and that there is no benefit in imposing obstacles to their choice. Property qualifications for membership in their legislatures have now been alwl-ished in all the United States, and usually residence for a specified time within the State or district, and the age of twenty-one years, are the sole qualifications required for membership in either House. In one State a member of the upper house must be thirty,19 and in two twenty-five years of age.20 In Delaware a representative must be twenty-four years of age.21 Some States make officers of the United States and judicial or municipal officers ineligible,22 but in most the people have wisely allowed the voters of each district to choose their representatives in the legislature with few restrictions. It is the constant practice in Great Britain and France for the constituents to choose representatives irrespective of their places of residence. In the United States local prejudice rarely permits this in the case of members of Congress where it is allowed, and...
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