The speeches of the hon. Thomas Erskine ... when at the Bar, on subjects connected with the liberty of the press, and against constructive treasons collected by J. Ridgway, Volume 3 |
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... equal sincerity , prefer the worship of God with other ceremonies , or with- out any ceremonies ; -that though some may think it unsafe to touch the constitution at this particular moment , and some , that at no time it is safe to touch ...
... equal sincerity , prefer the worship of God with other ceremonies , or with- out any ceremonies ; -that though some may think it unsafe to touch the constitution at this particular moment , and some , that at no time it is safe to touch ...
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... equal right to entertain other opinions . On all public measures the decision undoubtedly is with Government ; but the people at the same time have a right to think upon them , and to express what they think ; surely war , of all other ...
... equal right to entertain other opinions . On all public measures the decision undoubtedly is with Government ; but the people at the same time have a right to think upon them , and to express what they think ; surely war , of all other ...
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... equal injustice , and we have seen those proceedings , I am afraid by those who are at the bottom of this Indictment , put forward for your imitation . I saw to my astonish- ment , at Preston , where , as a traveller , I called for a ...
... equal injustice , and we have seen those proceedings , I am afraid by those who are at the bottom of this Indictment , put forward for your imitation . I saw to my astonish- ment , at Preston , where , as a traveller , I called for a ...
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... equal right with others , in concerns where their interests are equal . Gentlemen , this very county furnishes a familiar instance ; there are , I believe , at least thirty thousand freeholders in Lancashire , each of whom has a vote ...
... equal right with others , in concerns where their interests are equal . Gentlemen , this very county furnishes a familiar instance ; there are , I believe , at least thirty thousand freeholders in Lancashire , each of whom has a vote ...
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... equal truth , between despoiling a king of his kingly government and the graves of kings the distance is very small . Imprisonment is the same as deposition , and he who compasses the deposition of the King , according to all THE TRIAL ...
... equal truth , between despoiling a king of his kingly government and the graves of kings the distance is very small . Imprisonment is the same as deposition , and he who compasses the deposition of the King , according to all THE TRIAL ...
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Page 497 - ... is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government; — they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance.
Page 139 - A constitution is not a thing in name only, but in fact. It has not an ideal, but a real existence ; and wherever it cannot be produced in a visible form, there is none.
Page 498 - Do you imagine then that it is the Land Tax Act which raises your revenue, that it is the annual vote in the committee of supply which gives you your army? or that it is the Mutiny Bill which inspires it with bravery and discipline? No! surely no! It is the love of the people, it is their attachment to their government, from the sense of the deep stake they have in such a glorious institution...
Page 418 - ... restored the old and true one, and to have rectified the disorders which succession of time had insensibly as well as inevitably introduced; for it being the interest as well as intention of the people to have a fair and equal representative, whoever brings it nearest to that is an undoubted friend to, and establisher of the Government, and cannot miss the consent and approbation of the community...
Page 417 - To what gross absurdities the following of custom when reason has left it may lead, we may be satisfied when we see the bare name of a town, of which there remains not so much as the ruins, where scarce so much housing as a...
Page 58 - King, not having the fear of God in their hearts, nor weighing the duty of their allegiance, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil, as false traitors against our said! Lord the King...
Page 406 - The power of the crown, almost dead and rotten as Prerogative, has grown up anew, with much more strength, and far less odium, under the name of Influence.
Page 497 - As long as you have the wisdom to keep the sovereign authority of this country as the sanctuary of liberty, the sacred temple consecrated to our common faith, wherever the chosen race and sons of England worship freedom they will turn their faces towards you.
Page 82 - ... when a man doth compass or imagine the death of our lord the king, or of our lady the queen, or of their eldest son and heir...
Page 151 - Hereditary succession is a burlesque upon monarchy. It puts it in the most ridiculous light, by presenting it as an office, which any child or idiot may fill. It requires some talents to be a common mechanic; but to be a king, requires only the animal figure of a man — a sort of breathing automaton.