...understand. Mindless representation is the worst possible democratic circumstance. "Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...satisfactions, to theirs; and above all, ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interest to his own. But his unbiased opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened...

...(1729-97) who articulated this view most eloquently in 1774 his Letter to the Electors of Bristol: it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and most unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him....

...that the part of it referring thereto may usefully be here quoted in full: " Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative,...his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasures, his LEGISLATIVE PRINCIPLES satisfactions, to theirs; and, above all, ever, and in all cases, to prefer...

...speech he put forth the classic expression of his doctrine of representation: Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the Happiness and glory of a representative...unreserved communication with his constituents. Their unshes ought to have great weight with him; their opinions high respect; their business unremitted...

...Parliament. "This does not mean that the representative does not care for his constituency. The fact is that it "ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the clearest correspondence and the most unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought...

...persuasion on substantive matters'.40 Again, it was Edmund Burke who said it best. 'Certainly,' he said, '...it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...wishes ought to have great weight with him; their opinions high respect; their business unremitted attention. . . . But his unbiased opinion, his mature...

...understand him rightly) in favor of tiie coercive authority of sueh inetractions. Certainly, Gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...wishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinions high respect ; their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose,...

...speech to the electors of Bristol, in which the English statesman said that a representative should have "the strictest union, the closest correspondence,...most unreserved communication with his constituents," adding "Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead...