The Idea of Liberty in Canada during the Age of Atlantic Revolutions, 1776-1838 by Michel Ducharme

The Idea of Liberty in Canada during the Age of Atlantic Revolutions, 1776-1838 by Michel Ducharme

Author:Michel Ducharme
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MQUP
Published: 2014-04-07T04:00:00+00:00


There only remains, may it please your most gracious Majesty, the principle of election to rest upon, as being capable in practice of presenting an analogy with the second branch of the legislature of the United Kingdom. We entertain no doubt of the result of the adoption of this principle, if the election depended upon a numerous body of electors composed of the best ingredients and the best interests of the colony; and if the choice were confined to persons possessed of a certain easy degree of fortune, without, however, raising that qualification so high that such choice could only be made, in any case, but out of a small number of elegible [sic] persons.119



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