...upon to go further, and expressly declare the members of the Legislature, bound by the instruction of their constituents. This is a most dangerous principle,...Government, and rendering Congress a mere passive machine. . Mr. SHERMAN. — It appears to me, that the words are calculated (o mislead the people, by conveying...

...called upon to go further, and expressly declare the members of the Legislature bound by the instruction of their constituents. This is a most dangerous principle,...Legislatures of free Governments; they prevent men of abili• ties and experience from rendering those services to the community that are in their power,...

...called upon to go further, and expressly declare the members of the Legislature bound by the instruction of their constituents. This is a most dangerous principle,...Government, and rendering Congress a mere passive machine. Mr. SHERMAN. — It appears to me, that the words are calculated to mislead the people, by conveying...

...called upon to go further, and expressly declare the members of the Legislature bound by the instruction of their constituents. This is a most dangerous principle, utterly destructive of all idcns of an independent and deliberative body, which are essential requisites in the Legislatures of...

...added that logically the idea including the binding of representatives by these instructions, which was "a most dangerous principle, utterly destructive of all ideas of an independent and deliberate body, which are essential requisites in the Legislatures of free Governments; . . ." 84...

...have a constitutional right to instruct us, it infers that we are bound by those instructions. . . .This is a most dangerous principle, utterly destructive...all ideas of an independent and deliberative body. Two hundred years later, this question continues to be debated. The use of telecommunications, either...

...called upon to go further, and expressly declare the members of the Legislature bound by the instruction of their constituents. This is a most dangerous principle,...all ideas of an independent and deliberative body. Gerry supported Tucker's proposaL Instructions need not be binding, he argued, but whether they were...

...constitutional right to instruct us, it infers we are bound by those instructions," which he labeled a "most dangerous principle, utterly destructive of all ideas of an independent and deliberative body."37 Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts denied that the language would bind the members of Congress....

...they have a constitutional right to instruct us, it infers that we are bound by those instructions. This is a most dangerous principle, utterly destructive...all ideas of an independent and deliberative body." Gerry thought nevertheless that a Representative would still be at liberty to act as he pleased. He...