...side," said Mr. Burke to the electors of Bristol, " yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason...inclination ; and what sort of reason is that in which one set of men deliberate and another decide, and where those who form the conclusion are perhaps three...

...innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments ? 40 To deliver an opinion is the right of all men ; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable...

...innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason...three hundred miles distant from those who hear the argument ? . . . Authoritative instructions, mandates issued, which the member is bound blindly and...

...innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments ? . . . Authoritative instructions, mandates issued, which the member is bound blindly and implicitly...

...sacrifices it to your opinion. . . . Government and legislation are matters of reason and judgement and not of inclination ; and what sort of reason is...precedes the discussion ; in which one set of men deliberates, and another decides ; and where those who form the conclusion are perhaps three hundred...

...but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion . . . Government and legislation are matters of reason and...precedes the discussion, — in which one set of men de'iberale, and another decide?. . . Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and...

...judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion . . . Oovernment and legislation are matters of reason and judgment,...of inclination ; and what sort of reason is that in vvhieh the determination precedes the discussion, — in vvhieh one set of men de'ibera!e, and another...

...were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But jgovernment and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, .and not of inclination j and what aort of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion, in which one...

...innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason...form the conclusion are perhaps three hundred miles distance from those who hear the arguments? To deliver an opinion is the right of all men; that of...

...present." (Goodnow-Howe report, pp. 27, 28.) But "what sort of reason is that," asks Edmund Burke, "'in which one set of men deliberate and another decide," and where those who form the conclusions are miles away from those who hear the arguments? We must look at the facts and the historical...