 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
 | Burke Aaron Hinsdale - 1899 - 470 страници
...it the subject of frequent eulogy. "These wards, called townships in New England," he said, in 1816, "are the vital principle -of their governments, and...exercise of self-government and for its preservation." Again, in 1810 he speaks of " the large lubberly division into counties," of the Middle, Southern,... | |
 | Tennessee Bar Association - 1899 - 718 страници
...government, Thomas Jefferson : "Those wards, called townships in New England, arc the vital principles of their governments, and have proved themselves the...exercise of self-government and for its preservation ... As Cato concluded every speech with the words, '0'arthago delenda eat,' so do I every opinion with... | |
 | Joseph Lanman - 1899 - 34 страници
...England town meetings, which are Teutonic mark-moots transplanted to America, Jefferson said, "They have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised...exercise of self-government and for its preservation." Thirdly, another duty of the mark- moot was to choose competent men to attend the hundred -moot. This... | |
 | Wisconsin. Tax Commission - 1899 - 332 страници
...present system, and of which Thomas Jefferson once said : ''These wards called townships in New England, have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised...exercise of self-government and for its preservation."' While the township plan met with great favor in the New England colonies, it did not seem to be so... | |
 | Wisconsin. Tax Commission - 1899 - 324 страници
...present system, and of which Thomas Jefferson once said : "These wards called townships in New England, have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised...exercise of self-government and for its preservation." While the township plan met with great favor in the New England colonies, it did not seem to be so... | |
 | Franklin Pierce Rice - 1899 - 824 страници
...meeting, which was never more perfected than in the towns of New England. Our own Jefferson declared, "These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of government, and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for the... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 1504 страници
...injunction, " divide the counties into wards." — To JOSEPH C. CABELL. vi, 544. (M., 1816.) 1858. . These wards, called townships in New England, are...exercise of selfgovernment, and for its preservation. — To SAMUEL KERCHIVAL. vii, 13. FORD EDV x, 41. (M., 1816.) 1859. COUNTIES, The State and.— A county... | |
 | James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1900 - 758 страници
...Jefferson, who eighty years ago desired to see the system transplanted to his own Virginia : "Those wards called townships in New England are the vital...invention ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exorcise of self-government, and for its preservation. . . . As Cuto then concluded every speech with... | |
 | Eltweed Pomeroy - 1900 - 132 страници
...emphasizes the truth' of the remark of Jefferson on the New England towns and their town meetings: They "have proved themselves the wisest invention ever...man for the perfect exercise of self-government." Selfgovernment is true democracy, and is the result of centuries of toil. To safeguard their rights... | |
 | John Fiske - 1900 - 532 страници
...the vital principle of opinion of 1 township their governments, and have proved themselves govemthe wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for...the perfect exercise of self-government, and for its preservation.t ... As Cato, then, concluded every speech with the words Carthago dclenda cst, so do... | |
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