John Rae Quotes
When men unite in large societies, they cannot each take an active part in what concerns the common good. They are obliged to delegate their individual powers and rights to act, in things relating to it, to several, or to one.
John Rae, 1796-1872, Canadian Economist & Educator, Statement of Some New Principles on the Subject of Political Economy, Exposing the Fallacies of the System of Free Trade, And of some other Doctrines maintained in the "Wealth of Nations", 1834
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This was in effect a “Real Estate Promotional Document. Democracy, self government, and the right to set their own taxes were major selling points. See {611572} and {611571} for other “features.”
Many of the fundamental principles of government that were in the United States Constitution, were already in the Constitutions of different states. Vermont had a substantial number of them. When we speak of the Constitution as a “revolutionary document” it was to the rest of the world but not to many Americans who had these concepts in their state constitutions and had been living with them for some time.
Hooker had been a citizen of the Massachusetts Bay Colony when a disagreement broke out that would have profound implications for America. Governor Winthrop wanted to limit the right of voting to members in good standing of the Puritan Church. Hooker, although a Puritan minister himself, dissented and insisted that suffrage be for all regardless of religious affiliation. In June of 1636, Hooker and his entire congregation, driving their cattle and carting their belongings, left Massachusetts and set out for the Connecticut Valley, founding Hartford and a new colony.
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