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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XLVI. A NEW PRINCIPLE OF GOVERNMENT; THE PUBLIC INTEREST; VOTING. THE revolution which we are considering did not merely raise the inferior order to a level with the priestly class; old principles also were set aside, and new rules began to govern society. Old names, indeed, of offices and the ancient formalities survived. There were archons at Athens and consuls at Rome as before; and religious ceremonies were unchanged; but at bottom in this new period, neither belief nor manners, nor law, was the same. The new principle that was substituted for religion as the governing idea of society was public interest. It has been seen that what bound society together in ancient times was the necessity for accomplishing certain rites. From this religious want had been derived for some men the right of commanding, for others the obligation to obey; hence the rules of proceeding in law, in public assemblies, in war. The question had never been put in any city whether certain institutions were expedient; they existed tor religious reasons. Interest and convenience had not contributed to their establishment, nor had the priestly class defended them on those grounds. The holy name of religious tradition sufficed for their maintenance. But in the period upon which we are about to enter, the ruling principle that gives force to every institution, and the only one to dominate individual will, is the interest of the many. That which the Greeks called To Koiv'ov, and the Latins res publica, is what is about to be substituted for the old religion. Henceforth, in the deliberations of Senates and o%public assemblies, whether it be a question of law or of constitution, about a political institution or about property, the prescriptions of religion are no more considered, b...
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