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<p>In England, men beh<add>e</add><del>o</del>ld two Houses.<lb/> In England, the form of Government, taken together,<lb/> is good: therefore, so is that part of it: such was<lb/> the logic. </p> | |||
<p>But, if that part, why not the remaining<lb/> part— the Kingly authority? In sad experience, <lb/> this is that by which we have been so much<lb/> annoyed. It is to the King we owed allegiance: it is<lb/> against the King we are rebels: it is to please the<lb/> King that we are to have our bowels torn out,<lb/> and burnt before our face. As to the Lords, they<lb/> seem to be a set of quiet harmless creature:<lb/> never do they threaten us: they do but follow the<lb/> current. and join in what the King bids them<lb/> join in.</p> | |||
<p>But, on this head, what says<lb/> truth? It has been already seen, Ch. <hi rend="underline">Sovereignty <lb/> in whom.</hi> Of this third part of the Sovereignty, the<lb/> interest and nature, it there be a difference, is still<lb/> more steadily and irreconcileably opposite to the<lb/> interest of the people, than is that of the first.</p> | |||
<p>Moreover, wisdom is an endowment<lb/> requisite in every Government: the people, and<lb/> consequently the agents chosen by them, are but too apt<lb/> to be deficient in it. But the Second House— there <lb/>it is composed all of Lords: and all Lords, as such,<lb/> are wise, as they are not only bred, but born politicians.<lb/>Ask Blackstone else: it is in consideration<lb/> of their innate wisdom that they what they are.</p> | |||
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In England, men beheold two Houses.
In England, the form of Government, taken together,
is good: therefore, so is that part of it: such was
the logic.
But, if that part, why not the remaining
part— the Kingly authority? In sad experience,
this is that by which we have been so much
annoyed. It is to the King we owed allegiance: it is
against the King we are rebels: it is to please the
King that we are to have our bowels torn out,
and burnt before our face. As to the Lords, they
seem to be a set of quiet harmless creature:
never do they threaten us: they do but follow the
current. and join in what the King bids them
join in.
But, on this head, what says
truth? It has been already seen, Ch. Sovereignty
in whom. Of this third part of the Sovereignty, the
interest and nature, it there be a difference, is still
more steadily and irreconcileably opposite to the
interest of the people, than is that of the first.
Moreover, wisdom is an endowment
requisite in every Government: the people, and
consequently the agents chosen by them, are but too apt
to be deficient in it. But the Second House— there
it is composed all of Lords: and all Lords, as such,
are wise, as they are not only bred, but born politicians.
Ask Blackstone else: it is in consideration
of their innate wisdom that they what they are.
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constitutional code |
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c3 f35 / c4 f36 |
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john flowerdew colls |
b&m 1829 |
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arthur moore; richard doane |
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1829 |
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