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The Experiment, with its foundations laid on universal Suffrage and an unfettered and licentious Press is of too violent a nature for our excitable People.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “The Experiment, with its foundations laid on universal Suffrage and an unfettered and licentious Press is of too violent…”
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Beveridge critiques the foundations of democracy, warning about the potential dangers of universal suffrage and a free press.
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