The American Caucus System

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Excerpt from The American Caucus System: Its Origin, Purpose and UtilityThis was written in 1778. No further informa tion as to the origin of the word seems to be at tainable. The diary of Mr. John Adams above quoted from is the oldest writing in which it is found. But Mr. Adams does not use it as a new or strange word but as one with which he was fa miliar. Possibly it was devised by some one of the Adams family, a people fruitful in ways and means to attain their ends. Gordon's statement, it may be observed, agrees very nearly with the ex pression of Senator Barbour, of Virginia, made during the famous caucus debate in the Senate of the United States, to which fuller reference will be made, who said It [caucus] was first suggested by the venerable Samuel Adams, or his father, and had its origin in the spirit that gave birth to this nadon.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.