The Democratic and Parliamentary Usurpation (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Democratic and Parliamentary UsurpationNow it must be conceded that the chief purpose of the Articles of Union was to form a general government under one crown and to preserve the autonomy of each of the three states in this union in their original contractual condi tion. That is, Parliament has no authority under its fran chise to change the su¿'rage, land-tenure, and representa tion in any of the three kingdoms from what they were at the time of the framing of the compact. The principle is the same in the Articles of the Constitution of the United States, only in America ideas on this subject are not so foggy as to permit Congress to interfere and alter the suf frage and representation in the federated States. Con gress could not abolish the Senate or determine for any State how its Senators were to be chosen. Nor could in Germany the Reichstag abolish the kingdoms and nobilities of any of the componant states of the German Empire. In like manner, Parliament cannot abolish the House of Lords, change the suffrage in Ireland and Scotland, or alter the representation of their nobilities or their powers in'the states.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.