This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ...are introduced, and yet more ages before they are sanctioned by public reverence. The youthful vigor of our constitutions of government, and the strong encouragements, held out to free discussion, to new inquiries and experiments, expose us to the opposite inconvenience of too little regard for what is established, and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ...are introduced, and yet more ages before they are sanctioned by public reverence. The youthful vigor of our constitutions of government, and the strong encouragements, held out to free discussion, to new inquiries and experiments, expose us to the opposite inconvenience of too little regard for what is established, and too warm a zeal for untried theories. This is our weak point of defence; and it will always be assailed by those who pant for public favor, and hope for advancement in political struggles." Under the pressure of temporary evils, or the misguided impulses of party, or plausible alarm for public liberty, it is not difficult to persuade ourselves, that what is established is wrong; that what bounds the popular wishes is oppressive; and that what is untried, will give permanent relief and safety. Frame constitutions of government with what wisdom and foresight we may, they must be imperfect, and leave something to discretion, and much to public virtue. It is in vain that we insert bills of rights in our constitutions, as checks upon legislative power, unless there be firmness in courts, in the hour of trial, to resist the fashionable opinions of the day. The judiciary in itself, has little power, except that of protection for others. It operates mainly by an appeal to the understandings of the wise and the good; and its chief support, is the integrity and independence of an enlightened bar. While our judges remain fearless and firm in the discharge of their functions, corrupt and popular leaders at the bar cannot possess a wide range of oppression, but must stand rebuked in their career for power. But it requires no uncommon spirit of prophecy to foresee, that whenever the liberties of this country are to be destroyed, it will be when public...
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