Unlimited Power Of Majority, And Its Consequences Part II Tyranny Of The Majority How the principle of the sovereignty of the people is to be understood -Impossibility of conceiving a mixed government – The sovereign power must centre somewhere – Precautions to be taken to control its action – These precautions have not been taken…
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Democracy in America I: Chapter II, part I
Origin Of The Anglo-Americans Part I Chapter Summary Utility of knowing the origin of nations in order to understand their social condition and their laws – America the only country in which the starting-point of a great people has been clearly observable – In what respects all who emigrated to British America were similar –…
Francis Marion, Chapter IV, Campaign of 1782
The military history of this year, is not remarkable for any great events; but the most material of these happened in the brigade of Marion. As they are not altogether of a pleasant nature, it appears to have been the wish of many to bury them in oblivion, and therefore some of them have been…
Francis Marion, Chapter III, Campaign of 1781, part 2
Col. Watson was considered by the British one of their best partisans; yet we have seen how he was foiled. Had his regiment attempted, as was no doubt intended, to ford the river at the lower bridge, they would have found the passage narrow, and the river at that time deep; or had he undertaken…
Francis Marion, Chapter III, Campaign of 1781, part 1
The year 1781 commenced under auspices more propitious than those of the last year. The British had exercised so much oppression and rapacity over all those who would not join them, and so much insolence over those who did, and were in the least suspected, that the people of South Carolina found there was no…