Statistical View of the Executive and Legislative Department of the Government of Massachusetts1847 |
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66 John Abington Adams Amherst Andover April Barnstable Bedford Belchertown Benjamin Beverly Boot Boston Boylston Bradford Braintree Bridgewater Brimfield Brookfield Brookline Builder Cambridge Capt Charles Charlestown Chelsea Clergyman Clerk Cohasset COUNTY Daniel Danvers Date of Birth David Dealer Dedham Dist District Dorchester Duxbury Edgartown Editor Edward Essex Fall River Farmer Fitchburg Framingham Franklin Freetown George Gloucester Greenfield Groton Hadley Haverhill Henry Hingham Hopkinton Housewright Hubbardston Ipswich James Jonathan Joseph July July 11 June June 24 Lawyer Legis Legislative Departments Leominster Lowell Lumber Lynn Machinist Maker Malden Manufacturer Marblehead Mariner Marshfield Mason Mendon Merchant Middleboro Middleborough Names Nantucket Nathaniel Native Place Newbury Newburyport Northampton Occupation Otis Pembroke Phillipston Physician Pittsfield Plymouth Printer Residence Roxbury Royalston Salem Samuel Sandisfield Scituate Sept Shoe Manuf Springfield Stockbridge Taunton Thomas Ward Warren Webster Westfield Weymouth William Worcester Wrentham Yarmouth
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Página 14 - Promote then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Página 13 - The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.
Página 13 - Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely out of sight) the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of Party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise People to discourage and restrain it.
Página 16 - There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.
Página 15 - Harmony, and a liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest. But even our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand ; neither seeking nor granting exclusive favors or preferences ; consulting the natural course of things ; diffusing and diversifying, by gentle means, the streams of commerce, but forcing nothing...
Página 12 - Let me now take a more comprehensive view and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind.
Página 13 - From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.
Página 13 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Página 12 - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force, to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation the will of a party (often a small but artful and...
Página 15 - Real patriots who may resist the intrigues of the favorite are liable to become suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender their interests.