Abstract of the Arguments of the Hon. Rufus Choate and Charles Theo. Russell, Esq: For the Petitioneers, on the Petitions of David Pingree, and Over 3,000 Other Legal Voters, for a Rail-road from Salem to Malden, Before the Committee on Railways and Canals, of the Massachusetts Legislature, Session 1846From the Press of Hewes & Watson, 1846 - Počet stran: 60 |
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Strana 58 - For this is not the liberty which we can hope, that no grievance ever should arise in the Commonwealth, that let no man in this world expect ; but when complaints are freely heard, deeply considered, and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.
Strana 41 - And what would be the fruits of this doctrine of implied contracts on the part of the states, and of property in a line of travel by a corporation, if it should now be sanctioned by this court? To what results would it lead us? If it is to be found in the charter to this bridge, the same process of reasoning must discover it, in the various acts which have been passed, within the last forty years, for turnpike companies. And what is to be the extent of the privileges of exclusion on the different...
Strana 41 - We shall be thrown back to the improvements of the last century, and obliged to stand still, until the claims of the old turnpike corporations shall be satisfied; and they shall consent to permit these states to avail themselves of the lights of modern science, and to partake of the benefit of those improvements which are now adding to the wealth and prosperity, and the convenience and comfort, of every other part of the civilized world.
Strana 41 - Let it once be understood that such charters carry with them these implied contracts, and give this unknown and undefined property in a line of travelling, and you will soon find the old turnpike corporations awakening from their sleep and calling upon this court to put down the improvements which have taken their place.
Strana 1 - Let us clearly understand our position. We have arrived at a new epoch in the history of the world. A new element of civilization has been developed. As was the invention of letters, as was the printing press, as was the steam-engine, so is the railway in the affairs of mankind.
Strana 17 - Parliament with respect to privileges and powers already granted should be kept beyond all just suspicion ; one of the elements of encouragement to future undertakings is just and equitable dealings with those already established ; yet at the same time nothing in the nature of what is termed a vested interest (by which the Committee understand an interest and claim over and above positive enactments for some restraint of general principles in favour of the party) ought to be recognized by Parliament...
Strana 1 - As was the invention of letters, as was the printing-press, so is the railway in the affairs of mankind. It is a revolution among nations. A moral revolution as affecting the diffusion of knowledge, the interchange of social relations, the perpetuation of peace, the extension of commerce ; and a revolution in all the relations of property.
Strana vii - To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled.
Strana 24 - ... surer and safer conveyance to Boston — avoiding a ferry altogether — they come again to apply for their old and favorite line, and they will persist in the movement, which, springing out of the unalterable nature of things, must from very justice be granted at last. They originally urged that the lower route, the then line from the south side of Salem, creeping across a desert, plunging through a marsh, arriving at deep water at East Boston, where the ferry boat was exposed to all the detention...
Strana v - October, 1899, and show cause why the prayer of said petition should not be granted, and why the proceedings directed in said act of Congress should not be taken.