BURKES SPEECH ON CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA1897 |
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Page xviii
... proposed the repeal of the Stamp Act on the ground of policy . During the hot debates over this motion and over all subsequent proceedings in regard to America , the " king's friends " were firm against the colonies , because de- feat ...
... proposed the repeal of the Stamp Act on the ground of policy . During the hot debates over this motion and over all subsequent proceedings in regard to America , the " king's friends " were firm against the colonies , because de- feat ...
Page xix
... proposed to use for the salaries of royal governors , justices appointed at the king's pleasure , and civil officers re- sponsible only to the crown , 3 - a blow at the principle of self- government , as regards both taxation and the ...
... proposed to use for the salaries of royal governors , justices appointed at the king's pleasure , and civil officers re- sponsible only to the crown , 3 - a blow at the principle of self- government , as regards both taxation and the ...
Page xxi
... proposed further restraints upon the New England commerce and fisheries , 11 America hastened her preparations for war . 5 IV EDMUND BURKE In this long struggle between the king and his subjects , Burke , though by temperament a ...
... proposed further restraints upon the New England commerce and fisheries , 11 America hastened her preparations for war . 5 IV EDMUND BURKE In this long struggle between the king and his subjects , Burke , though by temperament a ...
Page xxviii
... proposed reforms , -universal suffrage , the disfranchisement of " rotten boroughs , " representation for the new trading towns , triennial Parliaments , and the exclusion from the House of men holding offices under the crown . These ...
... proposed reforms , -universal suffrage , the disfranchisement of " rotten boroughs , " representation for the new trading towns , triennial Parliaments , and the exclusion from the House of men holding offices under the crown . These ...
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... proposed for relaxing some of the restrictions upon Irish commerce . At once the English merchants , those of Bristol among the rest , with short - sighted jealousy raised a cry of protest . But Burke was unmoved . He boldly spoke and ...
... proposed for relaxing some of the restrictions upon Irish commerce . At once the English merchants , those of Bristol among the rest , with short - sighted jealousy raised a cry of protest . But Burke was unmoved . He boldly spoke and ...
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Page 37 - The question with me is, not whether you have a right to render your people miserable, but whether it is not your interest to make them happy. It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do, but what humanity, reason and justice tell me I ought to do.
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