An Exposition of the Circumstances Which Gave Rise to the Election of Sir Francis Burdett, Bart: For the City of Westminster, and of the Principles ... Who Conducted That Election (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

England; Citizens Westminster

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331510511 ISBN 13: 9781331510512

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from An Exposition of the Circumstances Which Gave Rise to the Election of Sir Francis Burdett, Bart: For the City of Westminster, and of the Principles Which Governed the Committee Who Conducted That Election

With these feelings of the people, it was feared that they would look upon the evils that oppress the country as utterly irremediable; that they would consequently be indifferent to the conduct of their rulers; that all hope of salutary reform being given up, the love of their country would be extinguish ed, and in the hour of peril none would be found to defend his native land from foreign or domestic usurpation. It was feared that that independent spirit which Englishmen have so justly boasted that spirit which produced the Revolution of 1688 that spirit which elevated the people of this land above all others, was about to be offered up at the shrine of the com bined and opposing factions.

The consequences to be dreaded from this supineness, both morally and politically, were, that this country, so long famed for its manly virtues and determined spirit, would, from being the freest country on the earth, become, like Spain, enervated, debased, enslaved, and depopulated the advantages of its in sular situation, so favourable to liberty, would be lost, and this once proud and happy people would ultimately become the vassals of some tyrant of the Continent.

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Excerpt from An Exposition of the Circumstances Which Gave Rise to the Election of Sir Francis Burdett, Bart: For the City of Westminster, and of the Principles Which Governed the Committee Who Conducted That Election The true friends of their country have long fell, with great regret, that the system which has grown up, and has been so long carried on, of governing by corruption, is pregnant with the most serious mischiefs to the state. It had, of late years, become of unparalleled enormity; and peculations and abuses, of a magnitude beyond conception, were daily discovered: but it appeared that, however flagrant the crime, such was the power of the system, that no remedy could be applied, nor any redress be obtained. The oppressions too, consequent upon the expense of this system of venality, had become so intolerable, and were so grievously enforced, without the intervention of a jury, by the unconstitutional and inquisitorial power, and arbitrary decisions, of Commissioners appointed by the Crown, that many of the adherents of the system which had been adopted by the Pitt and Melville faction, began themselves to complain, and to cease to wonder at the discontent of the people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1331510511
• ISBN 13: 9781331510512
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 66