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Description:Excerpt from The American Review, Vol. 6: A Whig Journal Devoted to Politics, Literature, Art and Science; July, 1847 We hope that no intelligent reader will turn away from this suggestion, that an unwritten Constitution Of the United States, in whole or in part, may be made to take the place Of the written instru ment, however incongruous such an idea may appear with all his previous notions on the subject. Let it be remembered what the British Constitution is, and how it has been made and settled. It is wholly unwritten, though many of its principal features are determined by reference to written documents; and it defines the prerogatives Of the sovereign and the authority of parliament, 'and the powers and privileges of the several estates of the kingdom, and the rights of the nation or the people, just in accordance with the leading occurrences and facts in the history of the empire. It is altogether historical. Such prerogatives as the sovereign has been accustomed to as sume and exercise, with the concurrence of the other estates and of the nation, are his constitutional prerogatives. The powers and privileges of the other estates, and the national or popular rights, have been settled in the same way. Some important points in this Constitution, as we all know, have not been adjusted without serious contest and commotion; some, indeed, not without civil war and violent revolution. And we must not forget that if the pretensions and assump tions of prerogative and power put forth and practised by the Stuart kings of England, had prevailed - if they had been acquiesced in and submitted to by the nation - if these kings had not been re sisted, and the race and name finally expelled from the kingdom - the English Constitution would have been quite a dif ferent thing, in its most vital parts, from what it became under the revolution Of 1688, and what it is now. This case Of the English Constitution is referred to as an example to show how easy and natural a thing it is for an unwritten or historical Constitution to grow up in any country and we, in this country, deceive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The American Review, Vol. 6: A Whig Journal Devoted to Politics, Literature, Art and Science; July, 1847 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The American Review, Vol. 6: A Whig Journal Devoted to Politics, Literature, Art and Science; July, 1847 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from The American Review, Vol. 6: A Whig Journal Devoted to Politics, Literature, Art and Science; July, 1847 We hope that no intelligent reader will turn away from this suggestion, that an unwritten Constitution Of the United States, in whole or in part, may be made to take the place Of the written instru ment, however incongruous such an idea may appear with all his previous notions on the subject. Let it be remembered what the British Constitution is, and how it has been made and settled. It is wholly unwritten, though many of its principal features are determined by reference to written documents; and it defines the prerogatives Of the sovereign and the authority of parliament, 'and the powers and privileges of the several estates of the kingdom, and the rights of the nation or the people, just in accordance with the leading occurrences and facts in the history of the empire. It is altogether historical. Such prerogatives as the sovereign has been accustomed to as sume and exercise, with the concurrence of the other estates and of the nation, are his constitutional prerogatives. The powers and privileges of the other estates, and the national or popular rights, have been settled in the same way. Some important points in this Constitution, as we all know, have not been adjusted without serious contest and commotion; some, indeed, not without civil war and violent revolution. And we must not forget that if the pretensions and assump tions of prerogative and power put forth and practised by the Stuart kings of England, had prevailed - if they had been acquiesced in and submitted to by the nation - if these kings had not been re sisted, and the race and name finally expelled from the kingdom - the English Constitution would have been quite a dif ferent thing, in its most vital parts, from what it became under the revolution Of 1688, and what it is now. This case Of the English Constitution is referred to as an example to show how easy and natural a thing it is for an unwritten or historical Constitution to grow up in any country and we, in this country, deceive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The American Review, Vol. 6: A Whig Journal Devoted to Politics, Literature, Art and Science; July, 1847 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The American Review, Vol. 6: A Whig Journal Devoted to Politics, Literature, Art and Science; July, 1847 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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