The Origin, Tendencies and Principles of Government:

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Author

Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927

Title

The Origin, Tendencies and Principles of Government A review of the rise and fall of nations from early historic time to the present; with special considerations regarding the future of the United States as the representative government of the world and the form of administration which will secure this consummation. Also, papers on human equality, as represented by labor and its representative, money; and the meaning and significance of life from a scientific standpoint, with its prophecies for the great future.

Original Publication

United States: Woodhull, Claflin & Co.,1871.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

JF: Political science: Political institutions and public administration

Subject

Social sciences

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 67127

Release Date

January 8, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE ORIGIN, TENDENCIES AND PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT: OR, A REVIEW OF THE RISE AND FALL OF NATIONS FROM EARLY HISTORIC TIME TO THE PRESENT; WITH SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES AS THE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT OF THE WORLD AND THE FORM OF ADMINISTRATION WHICH WILL SECURE THIS CONSUMMATION. ALSO, PAPERS ON HUMAN EQUALITY, AS REPRESENTED BY LABOR AND ITS REPRESENTATIVE, MONEY; AND THE MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE OF LIFE FROM A SCIENTIFIC STANDPOINT, WITH ITS PROPHECIES FOR THE GREAT FUTURE.
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.INTRODUCTORY.
4. 4.GOD IN CREATION, IN HISTORY AND IN GOVERNMENT.
5. 5.CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. — ARTICLE I. — ARTICLE II. — ARTICLE III. — ARTICLE IV. — ARTICLE V. — ARTICLE VI. — ARTICLE VII. — AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. — ARTICLE I. — ARTICLE II. — ARTICLE III. — ARTICLE IV. — ARTICLE V. — ARTICLE VI. — ARTICLE VII. — ARTICLE VIII. — ARTICLE IX. — ARTICLE X. — ARTICLE XI. — ARTICLE XII. — ARTICLE XIII. — ARTICLE XIV. — ARTICLE XV.
6. 6.FIRST PRONUNCIAMENTO.
7. 7.A VIEW OF THE GENERAL SITUATION.
8. 8.SECOND PRONUNCIAMENTO. — CONSTITUTIONAL EQUALITY THE LOGICAL RESULT OF THE XIV. AND XV. AMENDMENTS, WHICH NOT ONLY DECLARE WHO ARE CITIZENS, BUT ALSO DEFINE THEIR RIGHTS, ONE OF WHICH IS THE RIGHT TO VOTE, WITHOUT REGARD TO SEX, BOTH SEXES BEING INCLUDED IN THE MORE COMPREHENSIVE PROHIBITORY TERMS OF RACE AND COLOR. THE STATE LAWS WHICH PROSCRIBED WOMEN AS VOTERS WERE REPEALED BY THE STATES WHEN THEY RATIFIED SAID AMENDMENTS—THERE ARE NO EXISTING OPERATIVE LAWS WHICH PROSCRIBE THE RIGHT OF ANY CITIZEN TO VOTE—THE PERFECTED FRUITS OF THE LATE WAR—THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS BOUND TO PROTECT ITS CITIZENS, MALE AND FEMALE, IN THE EXERCISE OF THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE—THE DUTY OF CONGRESS IN THE PREMISES. — ARTICLE XV. — ARTICLE XIV. — THE MEMORIAL OF VICTORIA C. WOODHULL, — CONSTITUTIONAL EQUALITY.
9. 9.TENDENCIES OF GOVERNMENT. — GOD IN CREATION, IN HISTORY, AND IN GOVERNMENT—A PHILOSOPHICAL PREFACE TO A PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOURSE. — SECOND PART OF MRS. VICTORIA C. WOODHULL’S PHILIPPIC—LAWS, PEOPLES AND COMMUNITIES FROM A FEMALE POINT OF VIEW—LESSONS IN HISTORY, POLITICS AND WAR. — MRS. WOODHULL’S THIRD LETTER. — VICTORIA C. WOODHULL’S FOURTH PAPER—A RETROSPECT OF ANCIENT GRECIAN AND ROMAN HISTORY. — ROME. — MODERN EUROPE. — VICTORIA C. WOODHULL’S LAST LESSON IN POLITICAL HISTORY.
10. 10.WOMAN’S IDEA OF GOVERNMENT.
11. 11.LIMITS AND SPHERE OF GOVERNMENT. — MRS. WOODHULL’S LATEST EPISTLE TO THE AMERICANS—“THE LIMITS AND SPHERE OF GOVERNMENT” CONSIDERED FROM A FEMALE POINT OF VIEW. — GRAVELY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS CONNECTED WITH GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION AND ITS ADMINISTRATIVE DEVELOPMENT, AS VIEWED AND REVIEWED BY ONE OF THE FIRM OF FEMALE BROKERS OF WALL STREET. — ANOTHER LETTER FROM VICTORIA C. WOODHULL ON POLITICAL HISTORY. — THE FIFTH PART OF MRS. WOODHULL’S DISQUISITION ON GOVERNMENT—INDIVIDUAL ENTERPRISE AND ITS DEVELOPMENT AS AFFECTED BY GOVERNMENT. — MRS. VICTORIA C. WOODHULL’S CONCLUDING CHAPTER ON THE SCIENCE OF GOVERNMENT
12. 12.THE PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT. — NO. I. — NO. II. — NO. III — NO. IV.
13. 13.PAPERS ON LABOR AND CAPITAL — NO. I. — NO. II. — NO. III. — NO. IV. — NO. V. — NO. VI. — NO. VII. PRIORITY OF RIGHT—THEIR POSITION IN THE PROCESSES OF SOCIETY—THE EARTH BELONGS TO MAN AT LARGE—INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS, PURE ASSUMPTION—PRINCIPLES, PRACTICE, REMEDIES AND CURE. — NO. VIII. THE CINCINNATI CONVENTION—NEW PARTIES AND NEW ISSUES—PEOPLE’S EYES OPEN—DETERMINATION TO TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS—WILL THEY MAKE JUDICIOUS MOVEMENTS?—THE RIGHTS OF LABOR—SHALL THEY BE IGNORED?—OUR POSITION REGARDING THE LABOR MOVEMENT. — NO. IX. — NO. X. — NO. XI. — NO. XII. — NO. XIII. — NO. XIV — NO. XV. — NO. XVI. — NO. XVII.
14. 14.PAPERS ON FINANCE AND COMMERCE. — NO. I. — NO. II. — NO. III. — NO. IV. — NO. V. — NO. VI. — NO. VII. — NO. VIII. — NO. IX. — NO. X. — NO. XI. — NO. XII. — NO. XIII.
15. 15.BASIS OF PHYSICAL LIFE. — THE UNITY OF LIFE, POWER AND MOTION.
16. 16.TENDENCIES AND PROPHECIES OF THE PRESENT AGE. — NO. I. — NO. II. — NO. III. — NO. IV.

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