Two Centuries of Pennsylvania HistoryJ.B. Lippincott, 1900 - 385 頁 |
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第 49 頁
... elected by small districts , and every law is afterwards to be submitted to a vote of the people , -the referendum as we now call it . The governor can veto within fourteen days . Primogeniture , imprison- ment for debt , except in ...
... elected by small districts , and every law is afterwards to be submitted to a vote of the people , -the referendum as we now call it . The governor can veto within fourteen days . Primogeniture , imprison- ment for debt , except in ...
第 50 頁
... elected annually . To this body all bills origi- nating in the council were to be referred . It will be seen how completely William Penn had been willing to abrogate his own powers in deference to popular ✓ government . His retention ...
... elected annually . To this body all bills origi- nating in the council were to be referred . It will be seen how completely William Penn had been willing to abrogate his own powers in deference to popular ✓ government . His retention ...
第 51 頁
... elect or be elected members of council or assembly . They provided for trial by jury , open courts , moderate fees , and even justice ; that all prisons should be also workhouses for vagrants , and should be free from fees ; that the ...
... elect or be elected members of council or assembly . They provided for trial by jury , open courts , moderate fees , and even justice ; that all prisons should be also workhouses for vagrants , and should be free from fees ; that the ...
第 55 頁
... elected speaker . In a private letter Penn explains that lines were drawn on denominational questions , Quaker and non- Quaker . The great influx of Quakers which immediately followed gave them afterwards an overwhelming preponder- ance ...
... elected speaker . In a private letter Penn explains that lines were drawn on denominational questions , Quaker and non- Quaker . The great influx of Quakers which immediately followed gave them afterwards an overwhelming preponder- ance ...
第 69 頁
... elected by the people , was refused admission to the council by the act of the governor , who adjourned the meeting when- ever he appeared . The same was done in the case of Samuel Richardson , also elected by the people , but who had ...
... elected by the people , was refused admission to the council by the act of the governor , who adjourned the meeting when- ever he appeared . The same was done in the case of Samuel Richardson , also elected by the people , but who had ...
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第 50 頁 - ... to support power in reverence with the people and to secure the people from the abuse of power; that they may be free by their just obedience, and the magistrates honorable for their just administration. For liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.
第 42 頁 - The said land to extend westward five degrees in longitude, to be computed from the said eastern bounds, and the said lands to be bounded on the north by the beginning of the three and fortieth degree of northern latitude, and on the south by a circle drawn at twelve miles...
第 44 頁 - I have, and for my business here, know that after many waitings, watchings, solicitings and disputes in council, this day my country was confirmed to me under the great seal of England, with large powers and privileges, by the name of Pennsylvania, a name the king would give it in honour of my father.
第 50 頁 - Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them ; and, as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men, be good, and the government cannot be bad ; if it be ill, they will cure it. But if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavor to warp and spoil it to their turn.
第 288 頁 - The legislature shall, as soon as conveniently may be, provide, by law, for the establishment of schools throughout the State, in such manner that the poor may be taught gratis.
第 50 頁 - I choose to solve the controversy with this small distinction, and it belongs to all three: any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws, and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, or confusion.
第 48 頁 - I purpose that which is extraordinary, and to leave myself and successors no power of doing mischief, that the will of one man may not hinder the good of a whole country...
第 186 頁 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it ; I have killed many.; I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
第 34 頁 - I told them I knew from whence all wars arose, even from the lust, according to James's doctrine; and that I lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars.
第 120 頁 - Officers, (notwithstanding their Oppressions). At all events, I hope it will ever be the Wisdom of our Assemblies to create no great Offices or Officers, nor indeed any Officer at all, but what is really necessary for the Service of the Country, and...