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Experience, the only save and unerring guide, is altogether in favor of elections at large rather than by Districts.
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Daggett advocates for statewide elections over district elections based on historical evidence of their effectiveness.
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Be not deceived my fellow citizens--no nation hath yet made such an experiment without feeling its bitter and dreadful effects.
Another item in the expense of accomplishing these projects, is a corruption of morals.
Yes, men who urged the people of Connecticut almost to rebellion on this account, stept into the places and, without a blush, took more from the people than their predecessors.
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