The President And Congress a Hint to the South a Warning to the North
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But the failure of Congress as a deliberative body, and of the representative institutions of the States, is a fact of the highest importance, and it may be questioned whether any ends can be worth such a cost.
" We have been accustomed to believe free government to be of more value than any perfection of administration, and to think it the peculiar glory of Parliament or Congress that every opinion could find an utterance in it, every class could se- cure a representative and a hearing. Americ...a is in danger of losing, if it has not lost, this inheritance. Its Congress is en- grossing power to itself on all sides, and yet it is not Congress that is supreme, but a power behind Congress — secret, irre- sponsible, almost unknown. The decrees of this self-elected Council, matured in private, are launched upon the Legisla- ture, which accepts them without discussion, and the destinies of the nation are committed to the keeping of a few unseen men, who direct the machine of legislation. To what lengths the transformation of the American Government thus begun may be carried we know not ; individual members of Con- gress are powerless to resist it, and the only hope of arresting its progress lies in a recoil of national opinion such as has landed the Republican party in its present triumphant posi- tion.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But the failure of Congress as a deliberative body, and of the representative institutions of the States, is a fact of the highest importance, and it may be questioned whether any ends can be worth such a cost.
" We have been accustomed to believe free government to be of more value than any perfection of administration, and to think it the peculiar glory of Parliament or Congress that every opinion could find an utterance in it, every class could se- cure a representative and a hearing. Americ...a is in danger of losing, if it has not lost, this inheritance. Its Congress is en- grossing power to itself on all sides, and yet it is not Congress that is supreme, but a power behind Congress — secret, irre- sponsible, almost unknown. The decrees of this self-elected Council, matured in private, are launched upon the Legisla- ture, which accepts them without discussion, and the destinies of the nation are committed to the keeping of a few unseen men, who direct the machine of legislation. To what lengths the transformation of the American Government thus begun may be carried we know not ; individual members of Con- gress are powerless to resist it, and the only hope of arresting its progress lies in a recoil of national opinion such as has landed the Republican party in its present triumphant posi- tion.
What to read after The President And Congress a Hint to the South a Warning to the North?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Samuel Bradhurst Schieffelin to read onlineMoreLess
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