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By and bye the time arrives for the Legislative branches of the City Government to assemble - one of these, being elected at short periods, under a low franchise, which includes the great body of the independent citizens, may be taken as a fair reflexion of all their great interests, their varied knowledge, passions and prejudices. The other is a body oflife Legislators, selected by my advisers from among their own relatives and friends, with a few others, of a more independent character, to save appearances but in which they always have a majority of faithful and determined partizans. The business commences - uthe great majority of members in the Representative Branch, speaking the matured opinions ofthe people, complain ofthe system, and of the advisers it has placed around me, expressing: the fullest confidence in me, whom they cannot suspect ofwishing to do them harm, but asking my co-operation towards the introduction of changes without which they assure me the city never can prosper. But my advisers, having a few oftheir adherents also in this body, they are instructed to declare any change unnecessary - to throw every obstruction in the way - to bully and defame the more conspi cuous of those who expose the evils of the existing system, and to denounce them all as a dangerous combination, who, with some covert design, are pressing, for (actions objects, a series of frivolous complaints. Oi course, as the minority speak the sentiments which I have imbibed, and put themselves forward as my personal chain pious on all occasions, they rise in my esteem exactly in the same proportion as the other party are depressed. Until they become especial pets; and, from their ranks, as opportunities occur, all vacancies are supplied, either in the list of. Irresponsible advisers who in my name carry on the government, or in the number of life Legislators who lo their bidding in the Upper Branch.
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Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book investigates the inequitable distribution of power within British colonial governments of the 19th century. Prior to revolution in North America, the author explores the tension between local colonial leaders and the British home government. The author argues that the colonial elite, hungry for control over patronage and economic development, sought influence within the existing British political structure. There was no alternative political structure for them to work within. The author proposes a reorganization of the colonial government based on the British system of responsible government, in which the executive council would be chosen from the majority party, instead of being appointed by the governor and largely comprised of members of the elite. This would allow for a more equitable distribution of political power. Ultimately, the author argues that such a restructuring of power would strengthen the relationship between British North America and England by promoting greater political equity within the colony. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Codice articolo 9781528333498_0
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