An Address Delivered in the Old South Meeting-House in Boston, November 27, 1895
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Excerpt from An Address Delivered in the Old South Meeting-House in Boston, November 27, 1895: Before the Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; In Commemoration of the Six Hundredth Anniversary of the First Summoning of Citizens and Burgesses to the Parliament of England; Wherein the History of the House of Commons Is Sketc Mr. Governor and Members of the Society, Ladies and Gentlemen: I have not felt at liberty, even under the stress of exacting and unremitting public duties, to decline the honor of your invitation to discourse, on this occasion and within these hallowed walls, upon the great theme which you have proposed. I am the less reluctant to gratify you because the subject - never to my knowledge heretofore publicly discussed in New England - is one upon which my special studies for many years, if they do not qualify me to speak with authority, justify me in holding opinions which, though in some respects they may differ from the general sentiment, may, I trust, enable you to correct some erroneous views, assist in your efforts to penetrate obscurities which shroud the history of Saxo-Norman legislation, and present in a new light data serviceable for accurately comparing the excellencies and defects of the English and American legislative systems. The lineal relation borne by our Anglo-American legislatures to the English Parliament, or, as it now exists, the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, renders the study of its organization and development not only deeply interesting to us Americans, but profitable in proportion to the degree of thoroughness with which the study is pursued. The field, however, is so vast, and the details so intricate, that in order to restrict a discussion of any special topic embraced in it to the limits prescribed by a regard for your patience, it will be necessary to omit so much that is instructive or entertaining that the attempt to draw the line of exclusion is embarrassing. For this reason, also, I must forbear to cite authorities in support of views expressed upon disputable points, and of conclusions deduced in comparing with corresponding features in our 3 own legislative system such salient and important particulars from the English prototype as I shall select for that purpose. 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.
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