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...keeping them separate, says: The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judicial, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many,...whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may be justly pronounced the very definition of tyranny. We inquire further, moreover, as to the startling...

...separate, says : The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judicial, in the same bands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may be justly pronounced the very definition of tyranny. We inquire further, moreover, as to the startling...

...questioned. For the accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive and judicial, in the same bands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary,...justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny. (10) JOHN F. BAKER. (6) Southern Law Review for April-May, 1878. (7) Elliott's Debates, vol. 5, p....

...statesmen of that day had a full understanding of these defects. Listen to Madison, in the Federalist: " The accumulation of all powers — Legislative, Executive...justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny." After comparing at length the provisions of these State Constitutions, he says : " They carry strong...