The Essentials of Self-Government (England Wales)

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Excerpt from The Essentials of Self-Government (England Wales): A Comprehensive Survey, Designed as a Critical Introduction to the Detailed Study of the Electoral Mechanism as the Foundation of Political Power, and a Potent Instrument of Intellectual and Social Evolution, With Practical Suggestions for the Increase OfThe political thought of the present generation is still profoundly in¿uenced by the great name of John Stuart Mill. There is the less likelihood of any immediate change in this attitude of respect, because we have in political activity among us, and may hope to have for years to come, some at least of those who drew their earliest civic breath. In an intellectual atmosphere which Mill him self had diffused. But Mill disliked many of the political ex pedients which the present generation has come to contemplate with comparative equanimity. He criticised the ballot and dis trusted equal suffrage. He greatly feared the tyranny of majorities, and doubted if reason and sound argument could always be relied Upon to secure ultimate predominance in the political arena. So far, however, as the great philosopher carried his speculations they still remain the foundation of many of the soundest conception-s in political science, however variable may be the nature of the superstructure which different minds may erect upon their firm support. In other directions, where Mill seems to have had a mistaken, or at least an imperfect, Opinion of the real tendency of the political phenomena which he saw around him, we, who have had the opportunity of studying them on a larger scale, may, perhaps, venture to add an appendix to his conclusions, and even to offer the suggestion that the Representative Government which he described, dissected, and criticised, did but exhibit a stage in human progress destined in time to give place to a more advanced development, in the shape of self government. We are con cerned here, then, to consider what tiself wgovernment as distin guished from representative government, is, and what are the con ditions of its attainment and maintenance in efficiency - that is to say, what are the Essentials of Self - Government.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.