Conditions of Progress in Democratic Government
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But if the people were not content to turn over to a small number of men chosen within the respective States, the selection of a President, it was absolutely necessary that they should com- bine in groups to express their wishes with respect to candidates and policy. Not only is the spirit of party "inseparable from our nature," but the function of party has been found to be inseparable from our actual system of government. As Presi-i dent Lowell puts it: "The framers of the Consti- tution of t...he United States did not foresee the role that party was to play in popular government, and they made no provision for it in their plan; yet they established a system to which parties were a necessity. ... If the electoral college was not really to select the President, it must become a mere machine for registering the results of a popu- IN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT 63 lar vote throughout the nation, and the candidates for the presidency must be designated beforehand in some way." ^ The fact of main significance, however, is not that we have parties, not that they must be regarded as essential to the working of our government instead of being considered as evils, but that the tendency has been so marked to the establishment and continuance of two great parties which for the most part dominate the field of partisan activ- ity.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But if the people were not content to turn over to a small number of men chosen within the respective States, the selection of a President, it was absolutely necessary that they should com- bine in groups to express their wishes with respect to candidates and policy. Not only is the spirit of party "inseparable from our nature," but the function of party has been found to be inseparable from our actual system of government. As Presi-i dent Lowell puts it: "The framers of the Consti- tution of t...he United States did not foresee the role that party was to play in popular government, and they made no provision for it in their plan; yet they established a system to which parties were a necessity. ... If the electoral college was not really to select the President, it must become a mere machine for registering the results of a popu- IN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT 63 lar vote throughout the nation, and the candidates for the presidency must be designated beforehand in some way." ^ The fact of main significance, however, is not that we have parties, not that they must be regarded as essential to the working of our government instead of being considered as evils, but that the tendency has been so marked to the establishment and continuance of two great parties which for the most part dominate the field of partisan activ- ity.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Charles Evans Hughes to read onlineMoreLess
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