The Speeches of the Hon. Thomas Erskine: (now Lord Erskine), when at the Bar, on Subjects Connected with the Liberty of the Press, and Against Constructive Treasons, Volume 3J. Ridgway, 1810 |
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... called , -ar- rived at Manchester , with all the apparatus of a kind of apostolic mission , addressed to the various assem- blies of seditious persons in that quarter of the king- dom . He harangued them upon such topics as were most ...
... called , -ar- rived at Manchester , with all the apparatus of a kind of apostolic mission , addressed to the various assem- blies of seditious persons in that quarter of the king- dom . He harangued them upon such topics as were most ...
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... which are the subject of this prosecution . They met during a considerable length of time he attended ( and here you will not be called upon to give credit to a loose and casual recollection of a few random OF THOMAS WALKER AND OTHERS . 11.
... which are the subject of this prosecution . They met during a considerable length of time he attended ( and here you will not be called upon to give credit to a loose and casual recollection of a few random OF THOMAS WALKER AND OTHERS . 11.
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... called the glorious decision of the House of Commons in re- jecting the prayer of their dissenting brethren . Gentlemen , it is not for me to say , that it was unjust or impolitic in Parliament to reject the appli- cation ; but surely I ...
... called the glorious decision of the House of Commons in re- jecting the prayer of their dissenting brethren . Gentlemen , it is not for me to say , that it was unjust or impolitic in Parliament to reject the appli- cation ; but surely I ...
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... called , to justice , yet not one magistrate , -no man of property or figure in this town or its neighbourhood , -no person having the King's authority in the county , has appeared to prove one fact or circumstance from whence even the ...
... called , to justice , yet not one magistrate , -no man of property or figure in this town or its neighbourhood , -no person having the King's authority in the county , has appeared to prove one fact or circumstance from whence even the ...
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... called the Re- formation Society , met to exercise this undoubted privilege , and in my mind upon the fittest occasion that ever presented itself ; yet mark the moderation of Mr. Walker , whose violence is arraigned before you . Though ...
... called the Re- formation Society , met to exercise this undoubted privilege , and in my mind upon the fittest occasion that ever presented itself ; yet mark the moderation of Mr. Walker , whose violence is arraigned before you . Though ...
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affiliated arms assembled authority Britain called cause charge ciety compassing the King's consider conspiracy conspire Constitutional Information Constitutional Society Court crime Crown declaration Defendants delegates depose the King duty effect England evidence execution existence express fact France Gentlemen give Hardy high treason honour House of Commons Indictment intention John Freind Judges Jury justice King's death kingdom learned friend Legislature letter levy liberty London Corresponding Society Lord Chief Justice Lord Coke Lord George Gordon Lord Hale Lord the King means meant meeting ment mind monarchy nation nature never Norwich object offence overt act Paine Parlia Parliament persons present principles Prisoner proceedings prove reform representation resolutions Scotland sent Sheffield Society for Constitutional sovereign statute subvert thing Thomas Hardy Thomas Paine tion traitorous purpose trial universal suffrage vention vernment Walker whole witness words
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Página 499 - Freedom, they will turn their faces toward you. The more they multiply, the more friends you will have. The more ardently they love liberty, the more perfect will be their obedience. Slavery they can have anywhere. It is a weed that grows in every soil. They may have it from Spain; they may have it from Prussia; but, until you become lost to all feeling of your true interest and your natural dignity, freedom they can have from none but you.
Página 499 - ... 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.
Página 500 - 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...
Página 499 - My hold of the colonies 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.
Página 141 - 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.
Página 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...
Página 408 - 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.
Página 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...
Página 472 - The barefaced aristocracy of the present administration has made it necessary that we should be prepared to act on the defensive, against any attack they may command their newly armed minions to make upon us. A plan has been hit upon, and, if encouraged sufficiently, will, no doubt, have the effect of furnishing a quantity of pikes to the patriots, great enough to make them formidable.
Página 408 - ... very antagonist into the instrument of power ; which contained in itself a perpetual principle of growth and renovation; and which the distresses and the prosperity of the country equally tended to augment, was an admirable substitute for a prerogative, that, being only the offspring of antiquated prejudices, had moulded in its original stamina irresistible principles of decay and dissolution.