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A Review Of The Life And Writings Of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke.
A REVIEW OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE .
SUPPLEMENT TO THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE
AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY
FOR THE YEAR 1797 .
[[ CONCLUDED FROM P . 364 . 3
THE talents of Burke had hitherto been exerted on the side of Liberty . During the American war , he had supported those who revolted against the alledged authority ofthe legislature , of whichhe himself was a member . ' His productions not only cherished the spirit of Freedom in America , but contributed to its dissemination through countries to which it had been much more a stranger . Maintaining
the absurdity and injustice of despotism in general , he never let slip an opportunity of expressing his abhorrence ofthe old government of France in particular . If he had not planted the Tree of Liberty in America , he had amply watered it ; and had been actually instrumental to its growth . From that tree a scyon had been planted in Francein a soil prepared bthe hilosophic-gardeners for ics
recep-, y p tion . It mig ht have been expe & ed that Burke would eagerly wish to see it flourish there , as he had delig hted to see its increase in America . To the surprise of the world , the champion of the rig hts of man in America was the assailant of the rig hts of man in France ; and the most forcible impuo-ner of the French despotism was now its most powerful
defender . It has been asserted by the Editors of Burke ' s Posthumous Works , that his opinions on the French Revolution are perfectly CONSISTENT with his former princip les and conduct . In proof of this assertion they quote his Vindication of Natural Right , certain passages of * Thoughts on the present Discontents , ' and a Speech spoken in parliament soon after he had conversed with the deistical philosophers
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Review Of The Life And Writings Of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke.
A REVIEW OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE .
SUPPLEMENT TO THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE
AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY
FOR THE YEAR 1797 .
[[ CONCLUDED FROM P . 364 . 3
THE talents of Burke had hitherto been exerted on the side of Liberty . During the American war , he had supported those who revolted against the alledged authority ofthe legislature , of whichhe himself was a member . ' His productions not only cherished the spirit of Freedom in America , but contributed to its dissemination through countries to which it had been much more a stranger . Maintaining
the absurdity and injustice of despotism in general , he never let slip an opportunity of expressing his abhorrence ofthe old government of France in particular . If he had not planted the Tree of Liberty in America , he had amply watered it ; and had been actually instrumental to its growth . From that tree a scyon had been planted in Francein a soil prepared bthe hilosophic-gardeners for ics
recep-, y p tion . It mig ht have been expe & ed that Burke would eagerly wish to see it flourish there , as he had delig hted to see its increase in America . To the surprise of the world , the champion of the rig hts of man in America was the assailant of the rig hts of man in France ; and the most forcible impuo-ner of the French despotism was now its most powerful
defender . It has been asserted by the Editors of Burke ' s Posthumous Works , that his opinions on the French Revolution are perfectly CONSISTENT with his former princip les and conduct . In proof of this assertion they quote his Vindication of Natural Right , certain passages of * Thoughts on the present Discontents , ' and a Speech spoken in parliament soon after he had conversed with the deistical philosophers