 Those wards called townships in New England are the vital principle of their governments, and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self-government, and for its preservation.  The Lost Cause Regained - Страница 206по Edward Alfred Pollard - 1868 - 214 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1889 - 676 страници
...Self-government, general as well as local, is indispensable to our liberty." Thomas Jefferson said : " These wards, called townships in New England, are...exercise of self-government, and for its preservation. As Cato, then, concluded every speech with the words 'Carthago delemJa est,' so do I every opinion,... | |
 | Isaac Mellen Weston - 1889 - 168 страници
...victim of diffidence was allowed to bring his wife to give expression to his ideas. Jefferson said : " These wards called townships in New England are the...man for the perfect exercise of self-government and its preservation. Where every man is a sharer in the direction of his ward republic, or of some of... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1891 - 670 страници
...different times. He recommended the division of the counties of Virginia into wards of six miles square. "These wards, called townships in New England, are...devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self-governmeut, and for its preservation." Again he says: "These little republics would be the main... | |
 | Fred Homer Williams - 1890 - 90 страници
...Jefferson, seventy years ago, longed to see the township system adopted in Virginia, and said : — " Those wards called townships in New England are the vital...exercise of self-government, and for its preservation. As Cato concluded every speech with the words Carthago est delenda, so do I every opinion with the... | |
 | James Kendall Hosmer - 1890 - 856 страници
...becomes almost fierce in the earnestness with which he urges Virginia to adopt the township. " Those wards, called townships in New England, are the vital...exercise of self-government, and for its preservation. ... As Cato, then, concluded every speech with Kercheval, July 12,1816, and to Cabell, February 2,... | |
 | James Kendall Hosmer - 1890 - 452 страници
...urges Virginia to adopt the township. " Those wards, called townships in New England, are the vita,! principle of their governments, and have proved themselves...exercise of self-government, and for its preservation. ... As Cato, then, concluded every speech with Kercheval, July 12, 181fi, and to Cabell, February 2,1816.... | |
 | 1918 - 892 страници
...exaggerate when he said : Those wards called townships in New England are the vital principle of tlieir governments, and have proved themselves the wisest...exercise of self-government and for its preservation. * * * As Cato, then, concluded every speech with the words, " Carthago -tlelenda est," so do I conclude... | |
 | John Cleaves Henderson - 1890 - 414 страници
...said : " These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their government, and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever...exercise of self-government and for its preservation." The form of township government which Jefferson esteemed as highly as he did still characterizes New... | |
 | John Fiske - 1890 - 418 страници
...townships in New Eng- ? 0 p ™|S£ f land, are the vital principle of their govern- 8° ¥emment ments, and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever...exercise of self-government, and for its preservation. 1 . . . As Cato, then, concluded every speech with the words Carthago delenda est, so do I every opinion... | |
 | John Cleaves Henderson - 1890 - 408 страници
...said ; " These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their government, and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever...the perfect exercise of self-government and for its V* preservation." The form of township government which Jefferson esteemed as highly as he did still... | |
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