The Letters of JuliusW. Sams, 1821 - 188 páginas |
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Página vii
... Constitution , was the climacteric of our limited form of Monarchical Govern-- ment . Then its highest degree of per- fection exposed it to utmost peril . Till the attainment of that state , the moral energies which by nature have ...
... Constitution , was the climacteric of our limited form of Monarchical Govern-- ment . Then its highest degree of per- fection exposed it to utmost peril . Till the attainment of that state , the moral energies which by nature have ...
Página viii
... Constitution is a mighty engine of conflicting powers ; and it is indispensable to the well working of the whole , that these powers should only be so opposed as to perform the harmonious K offices of antagonist muscles . An im- paired ...
... Constitution is a mighty engine of conflicting powers ; and it is indispensable to the well working of the whole , that these powers should only be so opposed as to perform the harmonious K offices of antagonist muscles . An im- paired ...
Página ix
... Constitution , in a very imperfect observance , will task all the resources of public resolution and accumulated experience . To assist in the attainment and sta- blishing of this momentous object , it is necessary to ascertain with ...
... Constitution , in a very imperfect observance , will task all the resources of public resolution and accumulated experience . To assist in the attainment and sta- blishing of this momentous object , it is necessary to ascertain with ...
Página x
... constitutional concession , that expulsion from the House of Commons cannot of itself disqualify for being re - elected to a seat in Parliament , ( as otherwise the power which can alone belong to the whole Legislature would , in every ...
... constitutional concession , that expulsion from the House of Commons cannot of itself disqualify for being re - elected to a seat in Parliament , ( as otherwise the power which can alone belong to the whole Legislature would , in every ...
Página xi
... measured by hireling suffrage , or ques- tions of national importance to be de- cided by the yells of designing men , or the vociferations of deluded ones ? The grand prompter of popular inroads upon the Constitution is DEDICATION . xi.
... measured by hireling suffrage , or ques- tions of national importance to be de- cided by the yells of designing men , or the vociferations of deluded ones ? The grand prompter of popular inroads upon the Constitution is DEDICATION . xi.
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Página 118 - Separating the duty of a patriot from that of an advocate, he must go on, reckless of consequences, though it should be his unhappy fate to involve his country in confusion.
Página 130 - On the tenth day of April, the duke of Devonshire represented, in the house of lords, that triennial elections served to keep up party divisions; .to raise and foment feuds in private families ; to produce ruinous expenses, and give occasion to the cabals and intrigues of foreign princes ; that it became the wisdom of such an august assembly, to apply proper remedies to an evil that might be attended with the most dangerous consequences, especially in the present temper of the nation, as the spirit...
Página 86 - Justice would be to calumniate that sacred name ; and for me to suppress an expression of my opinion on the subject, would be tacitly to lend myself to my own destruction, as well as to an imposition upon the nation and the world. In the House of Commons I can discover no better grounds of security.
Página 180 - Middlesex, baronet, being a seditious, malicious, and ill-disposed person, and unlawfully and maliciously devising and intending to raise and excite discontent, disaffection, and sedition among the liege subjects of our lord the present king, and amongst the soldiers of our said lord the king, and to move and excite the liege subjects of our said lord the king...
Página 85 - ... revilers, and traitors had not abounded. Your Court became much less a scene of polished manners and refined intercourse than of low intrigue and scurrility.
Página 16 - Commons had pronounced the measure " disappointing to the hopes of parliament, derogatory to the dignity of the crown, and injurious to the best interests of the empire...
Página 120 - My lords, I call upon you to pause. You stand on the brink of a precipice. You may go on in your precipitate career — you may pronounce against your Queen, but it will be the last judgment you ever will pronounce.
Página 8 - The sending down of the green bag is equivalent to the finding of a true bill by a grand jury. The...
Página 121 - Queen, but it will he the last judgment you will ever pronounce. Her persecutors will fail in their object, and the ruin with which they seek to cover the Queen, will return to overwhelm themselves. Save the country, my Lords, from the horrors that await it— save yourselves from impending...