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CHAPTER V.. The City.

Civil Government in the United States Considered With Some Reference to Its Origins · John Fiske — chapter 9 of 61 · ~65 words · public domain

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THE CITY.

Section 1. Direct and Indirect Government.

Summary of the foregoing results; township government is direct, county government is indirect

Representative government is necessitated in a county by the extent of territory, and in a city by the multitude of people

Josiah Quincy's account of the Boston town-meeting in 1830

Distinctions between towns and cities in America and in England

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