True Republicanism

Excerpt from True Republicanism: Or the Real and Ideal in Politics There is a common misconception that re publicanism and democracy are convertible terms. The difference can best be explained, perhaps, by examples. A late writer on poli tics spoke of Venice and Rome as democracies; but Venice was never a democracy, at least within historical times; and Rome only became a democracy during the ten years while Caesar was in Gaul. Likewise, Holland was a repub lic in the time of Cromwell, but it did not be come a democracy until it was revolutionized by Pichegru. Great Britain is now more dem ocratic in some respects than the United States of America; that is, public opinion acts upon the government there more quickly and f orci bly than it does here. Republicanism is a form, and democracy would seem to be more like a political condition. All that one can say of a government is that it is more or less democratic. Even in Germany there is universal sufi' rage, and the people control the financial budget. Republicanism means that the chief magistrate of a nation is an elective and not a hereditary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.

Excerpt from True Republicanism: Or the Real and Ideal in Politics There is a common misconception that republicanism and democracy are convertible terms. The difference can best be explained, perhaps, by examples. A late writer on politics spoke of Venice and Rome as democracies; but Venice was never a democracy, at least within historical times; and Rome only became a democracy during the ten years while Cæsar was in Gaul. Likewise, Holland was a republic in the time of Cromwell, but it did not become a democracy until it was revolutionized by Pichegru. Great Britain is now more democratic in some respects than the United States of America; that is, public opinion acts upon the government there more quickly and forcibly than it does here. Republicanism is a form, and democracy would seem to be more like a political condition. All that one can say of a government is that it is more or less democratic. Even in Germany there is universal suffrage, and the people control the financial budget. Republicanism means that the chief magistrate of a nation is an elective and not a hereditary ruler. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.

'Secret Enemies of True Republicanism' is a treatise written by Andrew B. Smolnikar, who used to serve as a priest for eighteen years. Smolnikar believes that his book will reveal the secret enemies of true Republicanism, and that when the truth is finally revealed, that is when Christ's peaceable Reign on Earth would commence.

Triber's insightful reading of both primary and secondary sources - including government documents, Masonic records, and Revere's personal and business papers - illuminates the social, cultural, and economic factors that shaped Revere's Revolutionary activities as well as his ardent interpretation of republicanism.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... RATIONAL REPUBLICANISM In the preamble to the Constitution of the United States it says: "We, The People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." This is the grandest sentence ever yet inscribed in America, and perhaps the grandest of the past hundred years. It was the first full and explicit statement of the true object of government by the freely chosen delegates of a whole people; and it is as much in advance of the English "Magna Charta" as the nineteenth century is in advance of the thirteenth. Who was the author of it remains in doubt, but it is likely that a number of great minds were concerned in its composition. It was a general consensus of the best political opinion of the time, and marks an epoch in history like Abelard's teaching of reason and Luther's translation of the Bible. What might have been added to it, but which would not have been suited to the occasion, was, that without governmental oversight progress in civilization would not be possible. So much having been conceded, I think it will be admitted that the true course by which to attain this end, --that is, the best possible government, --should not be an a priori, dogmatic, or empirical method, but by inductive reasoning and the practical adaptation of means to ends. This is the strong point made by Macaulay in his controversy with John Stuart Mill, who has the credit of introducing the inductive principle in logic, but who did not make use of it sufficiently in practice. Macaulay says: "How, ...