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" States" being taken up : Mr. SHERMAN opposed the election by the people, insisting that it ought to be by the State Legislatures. The people, he said, immediately, should have as little to do as may be about the government. They want information, and... "
Bulletin - Page 28
by United States. Office of Education - 1948 - 23 pages
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Debates in the Congress of the Confederation, from February 19, 1787 to ...

James Madison, Henry Dilworth Gilpin - 1840 - 708 pages
...people, insisting that it ought to be by the State Legislatures. The people, he said, immediately, should have as little to do as may be about the government. They want information, and are constantly liable to be misled. Mr. GERRY. The evils we experience flow...
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The North American Review, Volume 53

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1841 - 578 pages
...Legislature, insisting that it ought to be by the State Legislatures. The people, he said, immediately should have as little to do as may be about the government. They want information, and are constantly liable to be misled." — p. 753. But, lest these persons...
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The North American Review, Volume 53

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1841 - 600 pages
...Legislature, insisting that it ought to be by the State Legislatures. The people, he said, immediately should have as little to do as may be about the government. They want information, and are constantly liable to be misled." — p. 753. But, lest these persons...
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The American Whig Review, Volume 2

1845 - 732 pages
...Carolina,) advocated an election by the State Legislatures. Mr. Sherman thought " the people immediately should have as little to do, as may be, about the Government. They want information, and are constantly liable to be misled." Gerry said, " the evils we experience,...
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America and the American People

Friedrich von Raumer - 1846 - 522 pages
...continually nearer to the English. Mr. Sherman, in the debate on the new constitution, declared that the people should have as little to do as may be about the government. They want information, and are constantly liable to be misled.f Washington said to Jefferson : " I...
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Republican landmarks: the views and opinons of American statesmen on foreign ...

John Philip Sanderson - 1856 - 404 pages
...people, insisting that it ought to be by the State I/egislatures. The people, he said, immediately, should have as -little to do as may be about the government. They want information, and are constantly liable to be misled. Mr. Gerry. The evils we experience flow...
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The Rambler, a Catholic journal of home and foreign literature [&c.]. Vol.5 ...

1861 - 458 pages
...election by the people, " insisting that it ought to be by the State legislatures. The people immediately should have as little to do as may be about the government." Mr. Gerry said : " The evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy. The people do not want...
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The North-western Monthly: A Magazine Devoted to University ..., Volume 8

1897 - 678 pages
...the people, insisting that it ought to be by the State Legislatures. The people, he said, immediately should have as little to do as may be about the government. They want information, and are constantly liable to be misled. MR. GKRRT. The evils we experience flow...
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The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of ..., Volume 5

Jonathan Elliot - 1863 - 680 pages
...states," being taken up, — it ought to be by the state legislatures. The people, he said, immediately, should have as little to do as may be about the government. They want information, and are constantly liable to be misled. Mr. GERRY. The evils we experience flow...
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History of the Life and Times of James Madison, Volume 2

William Cabell Rives - 1866 - 716 pages
...ought to be made by the State legislatures. Mr. Sherman, of Connecticut, said, " The people immediately should have as little to do as may be about . '. the government. They want information, and are constantly liable to be misled." Mr. Gerry, of Massachusetts, declared,...
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