Excerpt from Speech of Mr. Segar, of Elizabeth City and Warwick: On the Election of State Officers, Delivered in the House of Deligates Have you ever soberly weighed its effect upon the public interests in the constant change of public functionaries which is to follow its adop tion? One spring, the Democrats are successful at. The polls, and the following winter out go the Whig holders of office: the next election day, by one of those strange revolutions in politics which are every day occur ring, the Whigs are victorious, and at the ensuing session of the Legisla ture, they in their turn, as matter of sheer justice, displace the demo cratic incumbents. The consequence is, that just as the public officer is becoming familiar with the duties of his post, he is turned out, and the interests of the people fall into inexperienced and incompetent hands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.