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District Affairs (Classic Reprint)
EN NWISBN: 9781332083152 bzw. 1332083153, in Englisch, Forgotten Books, neu.
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Excerpt from District Affairs But in an evil hour a large number of the people of the District took it into their heads to petition Congress for a new form of government, conferring upon the people, in a still larger measure, the right of local self-government. I say in an evil hour, not because the system under which Ave were then living was by any means perfect; not because a better system could not have been devised, but because the result demonstrates that it is sometimes better "to bear the evils that we have than fly to others that we know not of." You all recollect the great popular movement in favor of a territorial government, in the winter and spring of 1870. At an immense mass meeting held in Lincoln Hall, in February of that year, it was resolved to apply to Congress for a new form of Government, and a committee of one hundred and fifty citizens was appointed to urge the matter before Congress. That committee appointed a sub-committee of twenty-one, (of which I had the honor to be a member,) to prepare a bill to be submitted to Congress. We did prepare a bill, which was afterwards submitted to the committee of one hundred and fifty, and, after mature consideration and discussion, it was amended in some of its details and adopted. It was then presented to Congress, as embodying the system of government which the people desired. It provided for abolishing the then existing municipal corporations, and putting the whole District under one homogeneous local government. It provided for a Governor and Secretary of the District, both to be elected by the people. It provided for a Legislative Assembly consisting of two houses, all the members of which were to be elected by the people. It also provided for a Delegate in Congress, to be elected by the people. It left it to the representatives of the people in the Legislative Assembly to prescribe by law what subordinate District officers we should have, and how they should be chosen, as well as to defi.
Excerpt from District Affairs But in an evil hour a large number of the people of the District took it into their heads to petition Congress for a new form of government, conferring upon the people, in a still larger measure, the right of local self-government. I say in an evil hour, not because the system under which Ave were then living was by any means perfect; not because a better system could not have been devised, but because the result demonstrates that it is sometimes better "to bear the evils that we have than fly to others that we know not of." You all recollect the great popular movement in favor of a territorial government, in the winter and spring of 1870. At an immense mass meeting held in Lincoln Hall, in February of that year, it was resolved to apply to Congress for a new form of Government, and a committee of one hundred and fifty citizens was appointed to urge the matter before Congress. That committee appointed a sub-committee of twenty-one, (of which I had the honor to be a member,) to prepare a bill to be submitted to Congress. We did prepare a bill, which was afterwards submitted to the committee of one hundred and fifty, and, after mature consideration and discussion, it was amended in some of its details and adopted. It was then presented to Congress, as embodying the system of government which the people desired. It provided for abolishing the then existing municipal corporations, and putting the whole District under one homogeneous local government. It provided for a Governor and Secretary of the District, both to be elected by the people. It provided for a Legislative Assembly consisting of two houses, all the members of which were to be elected by the people. It also provided for a Delegate in Congress, to be elected by the people. It left it to the representatives of the people in the Legislative Assembly to prescribe by law what subordinate District officers we should have, and how they should be chosen, as well as to defi.
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District Affairs (Classic Reprint) als Taschenbuch von J. J. Coombs
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