They have not made the appointment of the President to depend on any preexisting bodies of men, who might be tampered with beforehand to prostitute their votes; but they have referred it in the first instance to an immediate act of the People of America,... Eloquence of the United States - Page 1051827Full view - About this book
| Europe - 1811 - 584 pages
...tampered with beforehand to prostitute their votes; but they have referred in the first instance to an immediate act of the people of America, to be exerted...temporary and sole purpose of making the appointment- And they have excluded from eligibility to this trust, all those who from situation might be suspected... | |
| Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1817 - 570 pages
...tampered with beforehand to prostitute their votes ; but they have referred it in the first instance to an immediate act of the people of America, to be exerted...temporary and sole purpose of making the appointment. And they have excluded from eligibility to this trust, all those who from situation might be suspected... | |
| James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1818 - 882 pages
...tampered with beforehand to prostitute their votes ; but they have referred it in the first instance to an immediate act of the people of America, to be exerted...temporary and sole purpose of making the appointment. And they have excluded from eligibility to this trust,' all those who from situation might be suspected... | |
| History - 1829 - 524 pages
...the state legislatures ought to retain an agency and control, in the election of that officer. We see that these legislatures can usurp power as well as...voting, that have prevailed in the different states. I „, The first objection, which I shall urge against the general ticket system, is, that it not only... | |
| Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - United States - 1831 - 758 pages
...have referred it in the first instance to an immediate act of the people of America, to be exerted iu the choice of persons for the temporary and sole purpose of making the appointment. And they have excluded from eligibility to this trust, all those who from situation might be suspected... | |
| Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1837 - 516 pages
...tampered with beforehand to prostitute their votes ; but they have referred it in the first instance to an immediate act of the people of America, to be exerted...temporary and sole purpose of making the appointment. And they have excluded from eligibility to this trust, all those who from situation might be suspected... | |
| Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1847 - 558 pages
...with beforehand, to prostitute their -votes, but they have referred it in the first instnnce to an immediate act of the people of America. to be exerted...temporary and sole purpose of making the appointment." Here we have pointed out the great danger of permitting this election to be made by the Legislature.... | |
| United States. Congress - United States - 1856 - 924 pages
...says, the Constitution has •• referred the election of the President, in the first instance, to an immediate act of the people of America, to be exerted...temporary and sole purpose of making the appointment." And it speaks again of the Electors as "a special body of representatives, deputed by the society for... | |
| United States. Congress - United States - 1856 - 930 pages
...It says, the Constitution has "referred the election of the President, in the first instance, to an immediate act of the people of America, to be exerted...temporary and sole purpose of making the appointment." And it speaks again of the Electors is "a special body of representatives, deputed by the society for... | |
| John Church Hamilton - United States - 1864 - 960 pages
...with beforehand to prostitute their votes ; but they have referred it, in the first instance, to an immediate act of the people of America, to be exerted...temporary and sole purpose of making the appointment." Thus, it is seen, that he regarded the choice of electors by a State legislature, a pre-established... | |
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