 | James Madison, Henry Dilworth Gilpin - Constitutional history - 1840 - 708 pages
...evidently unjust. The second is inexpedient. The use of the Senate is to consist in its proceeding with more coolness, with more system, and with more wisdom,...to them the vices which they are meant to correct. He differed from Mr. Dickinson, who thought that the additional number would give additional weight... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot, United States. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional history - 1845 - 672 pages
...well as a numerous body of representatives, were liable to err, also, from fickleness and passion. A necessary fence against this danger would be, to...enlightened citizens, whose limited number, and firmness, might seasonably interpose against impetuous counsels. It ought, finally, to occur to a people deliberating... | |
 | George Robertson - Kentucky - 1855 - 422 pages
...themselves, as well as a numerous body of representatives, were liable to err from fickleness and passion. A necessary fence against this danger would be to...enlightened citizens, whose limited number and firmness might seasonably interpose against impetuous counsels. It ought, finally, to occur toapeople deliberating... | |
 | John Philip Sanderson - Naturalization - 1856 - 380 pages
...evidently unjust. The second is inexpedient. The use of the Senate is to consist in its proceeding with more coolness, with more system, and with more wisdom,...to them the vices which they are meant to correct. He differed from Mr. Dickinson, who thought that the additional number would give additional weight... | |
 | John Philip Sanderson - Naturalization - 1856 - 404 pages
...evidently unjust. The second is inexpedient. The use of the Senate is to consist in its proceeding with more coolness, with more system, and with more wisdom,...to them the vices which they are meant to correct. He differed from Mr. Dickinson, who thought that the additional number would give additional weight... | |
 | John Philip Sanderson - Naturalization - 1856 - 380 pages
...well as a numerous body of representatives, were liable to err, also, from fickleness and passion. A necessary fence against this danger would be, to...enlightened citizens, whose limited number and firmness, might seasonably interpose against impetuous counsels. It ought, finally, to occur to a people deliberating... | |
 | Presbyterian church in the U.S.A. - 1863 - 712 pages
...well as a numerous body of representatives, were liable to err, also, from fickleness and passion. A necessary fence against this danger would be, to...enlightened citizens, whose limited number, and firmness, might seasonably interpose against impetuous counsels. It ought, finally, to occur to such a people,... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional history - 1863 - 680 pages
...evidently unjust. The second is inexpedient. The use of the Senate is to consist in its proceeding with more coolness, with more system, and with more wisdom,...to them the vices which they are meant to correct. He differed from Mr. Dickinson, who thought that the additional number would give additional weight... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional history - 1863 - 676 pages
...evidently unjust. The second is inexpedient. (The use of the Senate is to consist in its proceeding with more coolness, with more system, and with more wisdom,...communicate to them the vices which they are meant tocorrectX He differed from Mr. Dickinson, who thought that the additional number would give additional... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional law - 1876 - 678 pages
...evidently unjust. The second is inexpedient. The use of the Senate is to consist in its proceeding with more coolness, with more system, and with more wisdom,...Enlarge their number, and you communicate to them llie vices which they are meant to correct. He differed from Mr. Dickinson, who thought that the additional... | |
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The use of the Senate is to consist in its proceeding with more coolness, with more system, and with more wisdom, than the popular branch. 
