Calvinism - pagina 7
the origin and safeguard of our constitutional liberties
1
Constitutional Liberties.
895-]
649
Then, after taking an oath, they elect from their own number, by a popular vote, a ma}'or and a council of one hundred members. The choice is made lowing statutes shall be kept.
from the people and the nobility, without preference of either
The one hundred
class.
councillors divide themselves into
two chambers, one of which consists of the mayor and twentyand the other of the remaining seventy-five. No decree of the mayor is valid without the approval of the five councillors
The approval
first.
of the seventy-five
needed
is
every
for
matter of importance, such as the introduction of new laws,
The mayor
raising taxes, military operations, coinage, etc.
abdicates each year, and
is
Like-
not eligible for re-election.
wise the two councils resign from office each year on January one, but first
may be
chamber
in the
vested
is
A
first.
mayors and
elected again.
jury
is
made by the people; of the time, is
right of election of the
the second, and that of the second
added
From
to the tribunal.
councils, a state
first
general are appointed.
power
in
The
These appointments also are to be embarrassments
but, on account of the
Their
rested temporarily with the councils.
it
these
governor and a captain-
by no means unlimited, and, mark you,
at the close
of the war, they lose their rank, and return to private
This
is
exactly what was witnessed in England after
well's death,
deed, there
and
may be
in
America
life.
Crom-
after the late civil war.
In-
noted but one point of difference between
the basal thought of this Reglement and that of the American
Reglement the appointing power is exercised in America even minor elections are decided by the popular vote. It must be Constitution.
for the
In the
people by their appointees;
granted that the CaKinists the government of the king. states this in so
in
France were ready to return to Article IV. of their constitution
many words: "in
waiting
till it
please
God
and to re-establish the ancient libBut so much is certain: the fundamental
to soften the king's heart, erties of
France."
outlines of the liberties realized in
America
b\'
the Puritans
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Bekijk de hele uitgave van dinsdag 1 januari 1895
Abraham Kuyper Collection | 34 Pagina's
Bekijk de hele uitgave van dinsdag 1 januari 1895
Abraham Kuyper Collection | 34 Pagina's