 To be fearful of investing Congress, constituted as that body is, with ample authorities for national purposes, appears to me the very climax of popular absurdity and madness. Could Congress exert them for the detriment of the people, without injuring...  Aubert Dubayet: Or, The Two Sister Republics - Page 74by Charles Gayarré - 1882 - 479 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States. Department of State. Bureau of Rolls and Library - Archives - 1905 - 854 pages
...very climax of popular absurdity & madness. Could Congress exert them for the detriment of the public, without injuring themselves in an equal or greater...with those of their constituents? By the rotation of appointment must they not mingle frequently with the mass of Citizens? Is it not rather to be apprehended,... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1905 - 594 pages
...purposes, appears to me the very climax of popular abaurdity and madness. Could Congress exert them foi the detriment of the people, without injuring themselves...? Is it not rather to be apprehended, if they were not possessed of the powers before described, that the individual members would be induced to use them,... | |
 | United States. Department of State. Bureau of Rolls and Library - Constitutional history - 1905 - 846 pages
...very climax of popular absurdity & madness. Could Congress exert them for the detriment of the public, without injuring themselves in an equal or greater...with those of their constituents? By the rotation of appointment must they not mingle frequently with the mass of Citizens? Is it not rather to be apprehended,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1905 - 628 pages
...fearful of investing Congress, constituted as that body is, with ample authorities for national purposes, appears to me the very climax of popular absurdity and madness. Could Congress exert them foi the detriment of the people, without injuring themselves in an equal or greater proportion? Are... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1907 - 620 pages
...climax of popular abCORRESPONDENCE WITH JOHN JAY. 553 surdity and madness. Could Congress exert them foi the detriment of the people, without injuring themselves...? Is it not rather to be apprehended, if they were not possessed of the powers before described, that the individual members would be induced to use them,... | |
 | George Washington - Presidents - 1908 - 500 pages
...fearful of investing Congress, constituted as that body is, with ample authorities for national purposes, appears to me the very climax of popular absurdity...Could Congress exert them for the detriment of the public, without injuring themselves in an equal or gceater proportion? Are not their interests inseparably... | |
 | Edwin Wiley - United States - 1915 - 800 pages
...fearful of investing Congress, constituted as that body is,*with ample authorities for national purposes, appears to me the very climax of popular absurdity...greater proportion? Are not their interests inseparably connected1 with those of their constituents? By the rotation of appointment, must they not mingle frequently... | |
 | Edwin Wiley, Irving Everett Rines, Albert Bushnell Hart - United States - 1916 - 576 pages
...fearful of investing Congress, constituted as that body is, with ample authorities for national purposes, appears to me the very climax of popular absurdity...with those of their constituents? By the rotation of appointment, must they not mingle frequently with the mass of citizens? Is it not rather to be apprehended,... | |
 | John Marshall - Presidents - 1926 - 552 pages
...body CHAP. IV 1783 to 1787 CHAP. IV 1783 to 1787 is, with ample authorities for national purposes, appears to me the very climax of popular absurdity...with those of their constituents? By the rotation of appointment, must they not mingle frequently with the mass of citizens? Is it not rather to be apprehended,... | |
 | James Francis Lawson - Constitutional history - 1926 - 408 pages
...fearful of investing Congress constituted as that body is, with ample authorities for national purposes appears to me the very climax of popular absurdity...Could Congress exert them for the detriment of the public without injuring themselves in an equal or greater proportion? Are not their interests inseparably... | |
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