Betts Roosevelt Letters a Spirited And Illuminating Discussion On a Pure Democr

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Betts Roosevelt Letters a Spirited And Illuminating Discussion On a Pure Democr
Charles Henry Betts
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THOMAS JEFFERSON. Works, Vol. 16, p. 65.
GOVERNMENT BY SHOUTS The manner of their election was as follows: The people being called together, some selected persons, were locked up in a room near the place of election, so contrived that they could neither see or be seen, but could only hear the noise of the assembly without, for they decided this, as most other affairs of moment, by the shouts of the people. This done, the competitors were not brought in and presented altogether but one after ano
...ther by lot, and passed in order through the assembly without speaking a word. Those who were locked up had writing tablets with them in which they recorded and marked each shout by its loudness, without knowing in favor of which candi- date each of them was made, but merely that they came first, second, third, and so forth. He who was found to have the most and loudest acclamations was declared senator duly elected.
PLUTARCH. Lives, p. 92.
BETTS-ROOSEVELT LETTERS— A SPIRITED DISCUSSIOX 39 IT IS THE MODERN METHOD Representation is the modern method by which the will of a great multitude may express itself through an elected body of men for deliberation in law making.


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