The History Of Democracy Considered As A Party Name And As A Political Organization PDF Download

Excerpt from The History of Democracy: Considered as a Party Name and as a Political Organization Now that sectional and partisan strifes for sectional and partisan purposes are greatly abated, and those who read can give more attention to the principles and influences which lie at the foundation of, and the vices which endanger, free institutions, it is proposed to give in these chapters a historical sketch of the word Democracy as a party name and organization, together with such reflections and inferences as the narration may suggest. The word Democracy has a variety of meanings. It means, according to popular usage, a government by the people; the same, or nearly the same, as the word Republicanism. In its last analysis, it means no government at all; or it means a despotism the most cruel, galling, and destructive ever known to mankind; or it means a political party and organization which, when in possession of supreme power, knows no rule, precedent, or law for its guidance, except its own will, or the will of its chiefs. 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.