...present system, and of which Thomas Jefferson once said: "These wards called townships in Xew England, have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self government and for its preservation." While the township plan met with great favor in the Xew...

...Thomas Jefferson remarked that " those wards called townships in New Knglund are the vital principles of their governments, and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised by the mind of man for the perfect exercise of self-government and for its preservation." It is at once seen...

...county and poor rates, and administer all the matters of common interest to the whole country. These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital...exercise of self-government, and for its preservation. We should thus marshal our government into, 1, the general federal republic, for all concerns foreign...

...it the subject of frequent eulogy. "These wards, called townships in New England," he said, in 1816, "are the vital principle -of their governments, and...exercise of self-government and for its preservation." Again, in 1810 he speaks of " the large lubberly division into counties," of the Middle, Southern,...

...government, Thomas Jefferson : "Those wards, called townships in New England, arc the vital principles of their governments, and have proved themselves the...exercise of self-government and for its preservation ... As Cato concluded every speech with the words, '0'arthago delenda eat,' so do I every opinion with...

...Jefferson declared, "These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of government, and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever...exercise of self-government and for its preservation." The French De Tocqueville found that "the public spirit of the local communities is less awakened and...

...present system, and of which Thomas Jefferson once said : ''These wards called townships in New England, have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised...exercise of self-government and for its preservation."' While the township plan met with great favor in the New England colonies, it did not seem to be so...

...present system, and of which Thomas Jefferson once said : "These wards called townships in New England, have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised...exercise of self-government and for its preservation." While the township plan met with great favor in the New England colonies, it did not seem to be so...

...England town meetings, which are Teutonic mark-moots transplanted to America, Jefferson said, "They have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised...exercise of self-government and for its preservation." Thirdly, another duty of the mark- moot was to choose competent men to attend the hundred -moot. This...

...County and poor rates, and administer all the matters of common interest to the whole country. These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital...exercise of self-government and for its preservation. We should thus marshal our government into, i, the general Federal republic, for all concerns foreign...