 | Elisha Reynolds Potter - 1842 - 76 pages
...constitution of the State has not admitted to the right of suffrage ? " Federalist, No. 10, p. 50 : — " By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether...and actuated by some common impulse of passion or interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the... | |
 | William Giles Goddard - 1843 - 88 pages
...its side." — Vide Mr. Madison's Speech in the Virginia Convention, 1829-30. Debates, pp. 537-38. 30 and actuated by some common impulse of passion or...other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interest of the whole?"* We have reason, my fellow-citizens, to be grateful that our Senate is just... | |
 | 1845 - 564 pages
...the Federalist, written by Mr. Madison, we find the following apt and judicious observations : — " By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether...permanent and aggregate interests of the community. The inference to which we are brought is, that the causes of faction cannot be removed ; and that relief... | |
 | Sherman B. Canfield - 1850 - 212 pages
...by monarchists and bigots, to those who least deserve the name, " By a faction," says Mr. Madison, " I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of th" — *•-'- — ' — J— * — * --• — — J *— : •-- of passi intere.tts liberties of... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1854 - 786 pages
...of the Federalist, written by Mr. Madison, we find the following apt and judicious observations: " By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether...whole, who are united and actuated by some common H. OP R. The Loan Bill. FERRUARY, 1814. impulse of passion or of interest, adverse to the rights of... | |
 | Joseph Gales - 1854 - 780 pages
...united and actuated by some common 1573 HISTORY OF CONGRESS. H. OP R. The Loan Bill. FEBRUARY, 1814. impulse of passion or of interest, adverse to the...permanent and aggregate interests of the community." " The inference to which we are brought, is, that the causes of faction cannot be removed, and that... | |
 | George Robertson - 1855 - 422 pages
...unsteadiness and injustice with which a factious spirit has tainted our public administration- — Again: "By a faction, I understand a number of citizens,...and actuated by some common impulse of passion or interest adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent or aggregate interests of the... | |
 | George Robertson - 1855 - 422 pages
...its acts prove, when compared with the following approved definition of faction: "By a faction I mean a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority...common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to tho rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community." PUBLICS.... | |
 | George Robertson - 1855 - 422 pages
...majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion or interest adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent or aggregate interests of the community." Page 52: "When a majority is included m a. faction, the form... | |
 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - 1858 - 792 pages
...to the Federalist, and ask the gentleman if he comes within Mr. Madison's definition of faction. " By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether...the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent interest of the community." The gentleman from New York cannot submit to an election by this House,... | |
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By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and... 
