Self`-gov"ern*ment (?), n.
1. The act of governing one's self, or the state
of being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command.
2. Hence, government of a community, state, or
nation by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a
civil body; also, the state of being so governed; democratic
government; democracy.
It is to self-government, the great principle of
popular representation and administration, -- the system that lets in
all to participate in the councels that are to assign the good or evil
to all, -- that we may owe what we are and what we hope to
be.
D. Webster.
Self`-gov"ern*ment (?), n.
1. The act of governing one's self, or the state
of being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command.
2. Hence, government of a community, state, or
nation by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a
civil body; also, the state of being so governed; democratic
government; democracy.
It is to self-government, the great principle of
popular representation and administration, -- the system that lets in
all to participate in the councels that are to assign the good or evil
to all, -- that we may owe what we are and what we hope to
be.
D. Webster.
