Propositions For Amending The Constitution Of The United States

Author : James Hillhouse
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265108055
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Propositions for Amending the Constitution of the United States, Providing for the Election of President and Vice-President, and Guarding Against the Undue Exercise of Executive Influence, Patronage, and Power (Classic Reprint) written by James Hillhouse and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-05 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Propositions for Amending the Constitution of the United States, Providing for the Election of President and Vice-President, and Guarding Against the Undue Exercise of Executive Influence, Patronage, and Power Every friend of the United States, wishing their prosperity, permanent union, and the quiet enjoyment of the blessings of liberty, both individual and national, must, when he reviews the history of Presidential elections, feel an anxious solicitude for the future. The electioneering party strife which has been introduced into our Legislative halls, and into the Executive departments of our Government, must be alarming to every considerate man, and must excite melancholy forebodings as to the final result. This party strife is not confined to the General Government, it extends to the Legislatures of every State, and descends even to town and city corporations. These considerations have induced the revisal of a pamphlet, containing certain proposed amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and the sundry explanatory remarks, which exhibit their importance, and the then existing and growing necessity of their adoption. The contents of that pamphlet were, in 1808, presented to the Senate of the United States, by a Senator of Connecticut, and printed. The evils of party strife, growing out of Presidential elections, and the exercise of Executive influence, patronage, and power, have, in practice, far exceeded what was then predicted; and, as the United States increase in opulence and strength, these evils may be expected to increase to the endangering the public welfare. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.