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$ R , THE WITTY SAYINGS , THE SHREWD REMARKS , AND P 0 LITICA 1 OPINIONS OF THE LATE RIGHT HON . EDMUND BURKE :
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POPULAR ADDRESS TO THE KING . SIRE , your throne cannot stand secure upon the principles of unconditional submission or passive obedience , —on powers exercised without the concurrence of the people to be governed—on afts made in defiance of their prejudices and habits—on acquiescence procured by foreign mercenary troopsand secured by standing armies . They
, may possibly be the foundation of other thrones : they must be the subversion of year ' s . It was not to passive principles in our ancestors that we owe the honour of . appearing before a Sovereign , who cannot feel that he is a prince without knowing that we ought to be free . The revolution is a departure from the ancient course of the descent of this
monarchy—the people re-entered into their original rights ; and it was not because a positive law authorized the act , but because the freedom and safety ofthe subject , the origin and causes of all laws , required a proceeding paramount and superior to them . At that ever-memorable and instructive period , the letter of the law was superseded in favour of the substance of liberty . To the free choice , therefore , of the people , without either king or parliament , we owe that happy establishment , of which both king and parliament were regenerated .
INSCRIPTION TO THE MEMORY OF THE MARQ . OF ROCKINGHAM . Charles , Marquis of Rockingham , a statesman , in whom constancy , fidelity , sincerity , arid directness were the sole instruments of his policy . His virtues were his arts . A clear , sound , unadulterated sense , not perplexed with intricate designor disturbed by ungoverried passion , gave
corisistencj-dig-, , nity , and effect to all his measures . In opposition , he respected the principles of Government ; iri Administration , he provided for the liberties ofthe people . He employed his moments of power in realizing every thing which he had proposed in a popular situation . This was the distinguishing mark'Of his conduct . After twenty-four years of service to the public , in a critical and trying timehe left no
, debt of just expectation unsatisfied . B 3 ' his prudence and patience , he brought together a party , which it was the great object of his labours to render perniament , not as an instrument of ambition , but as a living depositary of principle ,
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$ R , THE WITTY SAYINGS , THE SHREWD REMARKS , AND P 0 LITICA 1 OPINIONS OF THE LATE RIGHT HON . EDMUND BURKE :
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POPULAR ADDRESS TO THE KING . SIRE , your throne cannot stand secure upon the principles of unconditional submission or passive obedience , —on powers exercised without the concurrence of the people to be governed—on afts made in defiance of their prejudices and habits—on acquiescence procured by foreign mercenary troopsand secured by standing armies . They
, may possibly be the foundation of other thrones : they must be the subversion of year ' s . It was not to passive principles in our ancestors that we owe the honour of . appearing before a Sovereign , who cannot feel that he is a prince without knowing that we ought to be free . The revolution is a departure from the ancient course of the descent of this
monarchy—the people re-entered into their original rights ; and it was not because a positive law authorized the act , but because the freedom and safety ofthe subject , the origin and causes of all laws , required a proceeding paramount and superior to them . At that ever-memorable and instructive period , the letter of the law was superseded in favour of the substance of liberty . To the free choice , therefore , of the people , without either king or parliament , we owe that happy establishment , of which both king and parliament were regenerated .
INSCRIPTION TO THE MEMORY OF THE MARQ . OF ROCKINGHAM . Charles , Marquis of Rockingham , a statesman , in whom constancy , fidelity , sincerity , arid directness were the sole instruments of his policy . His virtues were his arts . A clear , sound , unadulterated sense , not perplexed with intricate designor disturbed by ungoverried passion , gave
corisistencj-dig-, , nity , and effect to all his measures . In opposition , he respected the principles of Government ; iri Administration , he provided for the liberties ofthe people . He employed his moments of power in realizing every thing which he had proposed in a popular situation . This was the distinguishing mark'Of his conduct . After twenty-four years of service to the public , in a critical and trying timehe left no
, debt of just expectation unsatisfied . B 3 ' his prudence and patience , he brought together a party , which it was the great object of his labours to render perniament , not as an instrument of ambition , but as a living depositary of principle ,