Excerpt from State of Alterations: Which May Be Proposed in the Laws for Regulating the Election of Members of Parliament for Shires in Scotland B The 2 l The enormous expence attending fuch liti gations, precludes all hopes that the matter will ever be judicially fettled; and nothing but the power of Parliament can furnifh any well-founded profpect of redrefs. But though all agree that fome new re gulations, or at leafl fome explanation of the old law, have become abfolutely necef fary; yet. When the fpecific propofition to be brought forward becomes at any time the fubjee't of difcufiion, a very f'triking differ ence of opinion arifes. One man contends for great and bold - another for gentle and moderate innovations one is urgent for a limited - another for a numerous body of electors; fome are for rooting out every remnant of the feudal fyfiem, and extir pating all votes on fuperiorities at once; whillt others afi'ert, that the law cannot now be materially altered, and that fuch votes ought {till to be retained under cer tain refiriclions. 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.