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...t, having a small area of jurisdiction, where the voice of the majority of qualified vot- ers is conclusive, the fitness of the person who is to exerc... ...lly elected, and the citizens were not all of them electors. The electoral franchise was everywhere placed within certain limits, and made dependent o... ...l charter of the college, and transferring all the rights, privileges, and franchises from the old charter trustees to new trustees appointed under th... ...s of performing them. Although, in democratic States, all the citizens are qualified to occupy stations in the Gov- ernment, all are not tempted to tr... ...their choice is that they are to select citizens possess- ing the elective franchise and enjoying a fair reputation.* In France the lives and libertie... ...evering, and more accurate than that of a multitude, and it is much better qualified judiciously to discriminate the characters of the men it employs.... ... things which diminished its apparent force: these causes did not long es- cape my researches. The short space of threescore years can never content t... ...ich the latter vends at a very low rate. Thus the Indian has no sooner es- caped those evils to which barbarous nations are exposed, 382 Democracy in... ... of Independence. However strong a government may be, it cannot easily es- cape from the consequences of a principle which it has once admitted as the...

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... was his mani- fest duty to encounter it. And how there was clearly no es- cape,—no escape compatible with that clean-handed truth from which it was n... ...th their sweetest smiles. Mr Boffin put down his treatise on the nature of Franchises, which he was studying in order that he might lead an opposition... ... like,—Everett Wharton was quite confident that he was at any rate as well qualified to shine among them as Ferdinand Lopez. He was of too good a natu... ...or can do his duty except by voting for the can didate whom he thinks best qualified to serve the country. In regard to the gentlemen who are now befo... ... Mr Warburton and others, worked out the proposed scheme of the new county franchise, with the new divisions and the new constituencies. But it could ... ...y afterwards, or had then foreseen that the adop- tion of a nearly similar franchise for the counties and bor- oughs must inevitably lead to the Ameri... ...eful not to surrender herself to some empty fool;—had thought herself well qualified to pick her own steps. And this had come of it! They told her tha...

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... as if they understood her, to give her shelter, with vows that if she es- caped she would never cut them down nor burn them. But Theseus calling upon... ...he supreme authority of the com- monwealth, and with power over the lives, franchises, and highest interests of all his countrymen? The manner of thei... ...em with all the kind offices of a friend, and admitted them at once to the franchise, allotting to every one two acres of land by the river Anio, but ... ...nd enclose all the straits and passages, that none of the Greeks might es- cape, and that they should afterwards follow with the rest of their fleet a... ...om the prom- 210 V olume One ontory of Alcimus, when you have doubled the cape and passed inward where the sea is always calm, there is a large piece... ...obtaining him the kingdom. But with ambi- tious natures, otherwise not ill qualified for command, the feeling of jealousy of those near them in reputa... ... government, imposed on her the most cruel and lawless tyrants. We are now qualified to con- sider, whether we should go far from the truth or no, in ... ...uthority without him, but deferred his own ad- vance until his brother was qualified to bear a share with him, and so won upon the people, as when abs...

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...nce had made it evident that the days of small private schools kept by un- qualified persons were numbered. Thereupon my father had roused himself and... ...fied persons were numbered. Thereupon my father had roused himself and had qualified as a science teacher under the Science and Art Department, which ... ...tain kindly complacency of attitude towards the palpably lower classes was qualified for ever 4 4 4 4 4 But the other experience was still more cardin... ... was working up there, or rather trying to work in spite of the outrageous capering of some very primitive ele- ments in my brain, when she came up to... ...nd afield to Calcutta or Rangoon or the West Indies or Sierra Leone or the Cape… . I was not infrequently that pensive member. I used to go to the Clu... ... forthcoming marked far deeper and wider things than an idle fancy for the franchise. The existing laws and conven- tions of relationship between Man ... ...est to suggest that honest old Quackett, who had just left England for the Cape, was the real scandal- monger. That struck me as mean, even for Bailey...

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... London, Paris, Berlin, New Y ork, San Francisco, Japan, China, Melbourne, Cape T own, Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, and that the entire globe with a sing... ...e dirtiest and raggedest and cheerfulest little slum girls in Austria were capering about in the spacious vacancy. It was a day of contrasts. T wice t... ...rave. Equestrian, one who asks questions. Eucharist, one who plays euchre. Franchise, anything belonging to the French. Idolater, a very idle person. ... ...Philadelphia. The Rocky Mountains are on the western side of Philadelphia. Cape Hateras is a vast body of water surrounded by land and flowing into th... ...e. It is surmised that he trav eled in Italy and Germany and around, and qualified him self to put their scenic and social aspects upon paper; that... ... is not bright. The Baconians claim that the Stratford Shakespeare was not qualified to write the Works, and that Francis Bacon was. They claim that B... ...um mit, the Lord Chancellorship, leaving behind him no fel low craftsman qualified to challenge his divine right to that majestic place. When we rea...

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... obliged or required by military authorities to take an oath of general or qualified allegiance to this govern- ment. It is the duty of all aliens res... ... States by members cho- sen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified vot- ers of such State shall have participated shall, in the abse... ... the purpose of returning fugitives from service or labor who may have es- caped from any person, to whom such service or labor is claimed to be due, ... ... States by members cho- sen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified vot- ers of such States shall have participated shall, in the abs... ...have exercised at any time the right of suffrage, or any other politi- cal franchise, within the United States, under the laws thereof, or under the l... ...t, and the like, because it teaches those who incline to desert and to es- cape the draft to believe it is your purpose to protect them, and to hope t...

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...Freedom Russworm (a graduate of Bowdoin college, and afterward Governor of Cape Palmas) published the Freedom’s Journal, in New Y ork City; probably n... ... persevering among the colored editorial fraternity. 15 Frederick Douglas franchise resolutions by the Assembly of New York. And the secret of his po... ...acco and rage had worn his teeth short, and nearly every sentence that es- caped their compressed grating, was commenced or con- cluded with some outb... ...ONS FOR REGRETTING THE CHANGE—A PLAN OF ES- 114 My Bondage and My Freedom CAPE ENTERTAINED. I MUST NOW ASK the reader to go with me a little back in ... ... I say, he may do this, but this is not the chief business for which he is qualified. The great work to which he is called is not that of judgment. Li...

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...ke a part of its society. It is not every Representative that is, perhaps, qualified to do so. But secession had taken away from Washington those who ... ...inct, that it would be so. First of all there reached us, by telegram from Cape Race, rumors of what the press in England was saying; rumors of a meet... ...ought and sold, except his wife, his little ones, and himself. But the en- franchised negro has always thrown away his hoe, has eaten any man’s hog bu... ... States, if asked, would probably say that it included that description of franchise which I have called universal suf- frage. Such, however, was not ... ...mmunity as forcibly as any change in the Constitution or alteration in the franchise. Moreover, I consider myself as qualified to write a chap- ter on... ...onstitution or alteration in the franchise. Moreover, I consider myself as qualified to write a chap- ter on hotels—not only on the hotels of America,... ...and then the choice proclaimed with clear articulation: “Boiled mutton and caper sauce, roast duck, hashed veni- son, mashed potatoes, poached eggs an...

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...vately con- tracted; however, the secret was not so closely kept as to es- cape the multitude, but it was discernible enough from the favor shown him ... ...ht lines from each end, thus giving it something of the form of a cloak or cape. While he was pleasing himself with his de- sign, on a sudden an infin... ...ur years before. had set out for the war. The younger of Pompey’s sons es- caped; but Didius, some days after the fight, brought the head of the elder... ...d up to him; that they should retain their ancient form of government, the franchise being determined by a property qualification; that they should re... ...ould behave itself inoffensively. But those who were now excluded from the franchise by poverty, amounted to more than twelve thousand; so that both t... ...im the freedom of the city, which he refused, saying he could not accept a franchise which he had been sent, as an ambassador, to deprecate. Menyllus ... ... Thyrsus, a man of understanding, 641 Plutarch’s Lives and not at all ill-qualified for conveying the messages of a youthful general to a woman so pr... ...s and tables, to be coined into money, and also what servants he had fitly qualified to wait upon a prince. In all other points, too, he was faithful ...

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...t in con- demnation of the wretch: for he who can attest a villany is best qualified to punish it. Gangs from the metropolis found him too determined ... ...y to talk to them! Denounce them trai- tors! Up whip, and set the ruffians capering! Hit them facers! Our men are always for the too-clever trick. The... ...the shopkeepers and their wives in the city. Give us an army!—none of your caperers. Here are lots of circusy he- roes coming home to rest after their... ...off to a fetid foreign city notorious for mud and mosquitoes, and commence capering and grimacing, pouring forth a jugful of ready-made extravagances,... ... see the passions worked,’ Mr. Austin said, deploring the extension of the franchise. He asked whether Beauchamp spoke well. Cecilia left it to her fa... ...l?’ Mr. Austin could not tell. No one could tell the effect of an extended franchise. The untried venture of it depressed him. ‘Men have come suddenly...

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...ction of their officers, and periods of service, being different. Even the franchise is different in different States. Universal suffrage is not 50 N... ...if entirely devoted to that purpose, give a moderate income to a gentleman qualified to conduct a newspaper. But the 62 North America V ol. 1 paper a... ...xactly the same with the colonies of Australia, with New Zealand, with the Cape of Good Hope, and with Jamaica. While England enjoys the prestige of h... ...ce of this continent. He’s the man, and he’s about the only man.” I am not qualified to write the life of General Fremont, and can at present only mak... ...the Northern party obtained a considerable advantage by taking the fort at Cape Hatteras, in North Carolina, situated on one of those long banks which... ...g so much of him; and no English- man, whatever may be his ideas as to the franchise in his own country, will conceive that I have said aught to the d... ...once in two years, the election recurs of course at the same interval. The franchise in all the States is nearly universal, but in no State is it perf... ...ise the constitution and amend the same?’ shall be decided by the electors qualified to vote for members of the legislature?” So that the New Yorkers,...

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...er hand, attach penalties to marriage, depriving women of property, of the franchise, of the free use of their limbs, of that ancient symbol of immort... ...s to Algiers and to Biskra, at sixty miles an hour. Come right down to the Cape if you like. That will be a Declaration of Independence with a vengean... ...STATUE. In short, my daughter, if you go to Heaven without being naturally qualified for it, you will not enjoy yourself there. ANA. And who dares say... ...l not enjoy yourself there. ANA. And who dares say that I am not naturally qualified for it? The most distinguished princes of the Church have never q...

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...tminster, an office on which he entered with characteristic vigour. He was qualified for it not merely by a solid knowledge of the law, and by great n... ...he Land of Matters Unforgot, the fashion whereof passeth not away, and the franchise whereof, once 20 Joseph Andrews acquired, assures immortality. N... ...truc- tion in Latin he would himself undertake; by which means he might be qualified for a higher station than that of a foot- man; and added, she kne... ...and then I should be very willing to be his clerk; for which you know I am qualified, being able to read and to set a psalm. “I fancy I shall be disch... ...e years in this dangerous situation, during which she had es- 91 Fielding caped pretty well. An ensign of foot was the first person who made an impre... ...arried his com- placence far enough, was no sooner on his legs than he es- caped out of the reach of the animals, and cried out, “Nihil habeo cum porc... ... in his pocket, which he would lend them with all his heart.” Adams gave a caper, and cry’d out, “It would do; for that he had sixpence him- self.” An...

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...s; this he, as hand-and-glove with an En- glish Prince of Wales, is surely qualified to do. Carriages and saddles; top-boots and redingotes, as we cal... ...tance pure and simple’ to those Constitution- Articles of ours; the ‘mixed qualified Acceptance,’ with its 164 The French Revolution peradventures, i... ...d: an Atreus’ Palace; for that Louvre window is still nigh, out of which a Capet, whipt of the Furies, fired his signal of the Saint Bartholomew! Dark... ...has he now got promoted, from Brienne School, five years ago; ‘being found qualified in mathematics by La Place.’ He is lying at Auxonne, in the West,... ...y night covers up this ignominious Day of Poniards; and the Chevaliers es- cape, though maltreated, with torn coat-skirts and heavy hearts, to their r... ...with them? In such extraordinary manner does dead Catholicism somerset and caper, skilfully galvanised. For, does the reader inquire into the subject-... ..., kick against the pricks! Is it not manifest infraction of one’s Elective Franchise, Rights of Man, and Sovereignty of the People, this appendix of r...