OR THE REPRESENTATION OF SUCCESSIVE MAJORITIES IN FEDERAL, STATE, MUNICIPAL, CORPORATE AND PRIMARY ELECTIONS. BY CHARLES R. BUCKALEW, LATE U. S. SENATOR FROM PENNSYLVANIA. With an Appendix. EDITED BY JOHN G. FREEZE, COUNSELLOR AT LAW. "In all Free States, the evil to be avoided is tyranny; that is to say, the 'summa imperii,' or unlimited power, solely in the hands of one, the few, or the many."-SWIFT. "Constant experience shows us, that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it. He pushes on till he comes to something that limits him. To prevent the abuse of power, it is necessary that by the very disposition of things, power should be a check to power." -MONTESQUIEU. PHILADELPHIA: JOHN CAMPBELL & SON, LAW BOOKSELLERS, PUBLISHERS AND IMPORTERS, 740 SANSOM STREET. 1872. 14500.2 HARVARD COLLEGE MAY 23 1919 Gift of rare Horace E. Ware Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. WESTCOTT & THOMSON, HENRY B. ASHMEAD, Printer, Phila. |