POPULAR MISGOVERNMENT IN THE
UNITED STATES
POPULAR MISGOVERNMENT
IN THE UNITED STATES
BY
ALFRED B. CRUIKSHANK
1920
MOFFAT, YARD & COMPANY
NEW YORK
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COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY
MOFFAT, YARD & COMPANY
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CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| CHAPTER I | |
|---|---|
| PAST FAILURE AND FUTURE DANGERS OF UNLIMITED SUFFRAGE | 1 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| THE OLDEST AND THE BEST AMERICAN TRADITIONS FAVOR A RESTRICTED SUFFRAGE | 28 |
| CHAPTER III | |
| THE SUFFRAGE IS NOT A NATURAL RIGHT BUT A FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT AND MAY THEREFORE PROPERLY BE RESTRICTED TO THOSE COMPETENT TO EXERCISE IT | 40 |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| THE STATE AS THE DEPUTY OF SOCIETY POSSESSES THE JUST POWER OF ORDAINING FRANCHISE QUALIFICATIONS | 50 |
| CHAPTER V | |
| THE CAPACITY TO CREATE AND PRESERVE PRIVATE PROPERTY IS THE PROPER TEST AND PROOF OF QUALIFICATION FOR ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP IN AN ADVANCED DEMOCRACY | 59 |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| ORIGIN AND FIRST APPEARANCE OF MANHOOD SUFFRAGE AS PART OF THE FRENCH TERRORIST MACHINERY | 78 |
| CHAPTER VII | |
| IMPORTANT INFLUENCE OF FRENCH RED RADICALISM IN PROPAGATING THE MANHOOD SUFFRAGE DOCTRINE IN THE UNITED STATES | 83 |
| CHAPTER VIII | |
| THE SAFEGUARD OF A PROPERTY QUALIFICATION FOR VOTERS WAS DISCARDED BY A GENERATION OF AMERICANS WHO DID NOT REALIZE ITS VALUE OR THE DANGERS ATTENDANT UPON UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE | 88... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |