OR THE REPRESENTATION OF SUCCESSIVE MAJORITIES IN FEDERAL, STATE, MUNICIPAL, CORPORATE AND PRIMARY ELECTIONS. BY CHARLES R. BUCKALEW, LATE U. S. SENATOR FROM PENNSYLVANIA. uith an Appendir. EDITED BY JOHN G. FREEZE, COUNSELLOR AT LAW. “In all Free States, the evil to be avoided is tyranny; that is to say, the summa im perii,' or unlimited power, solely in the hands of one, the few, or the many."-SWIFT. “Constant experience shows us, that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it. He pushes on till he comes to something that limits him. To prevent the abuse of power, it is necessary that by the very disposition of things, power should be a check to power." -MONTESQUIEU. PHILADELPHIA: 740 SANSOM STREET, 1872. In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. WESTCOTT & Thomsoy, HIENRY B. ASHMEAD, Printer, Phila. Lue alt 31 SENATE SPEECH, JULY 11, 1837........... PHILADELPHIA SPEECH, NOVEMBER 19, 1867......... SENATE REPORT, MARCH 2, 1869......... |