The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803, Vol. 9: From Which Last-Mentioned Epoch It Is Continued Downwards in the Work Entitled, "the Parliamentary Debates"; A. D. 1733-1737 (Classic Reprint)
The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803, Vol. 9: From Which Last-Mentioned Epoch It Is Continued Downwards in the Work Entitled, "the Parliamentary Debates"; A. D. 1733-1737 (Classic Reprint)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1817 Excerpt: ... members of it would have nothing to do but to go to their constituents, and desire to be directed by them in the votes they are to give on every important subject. Public opinion, then, ought to have a certain weight in the conduct of that House; but public opinion ought never to have so great a weight, as to prevent ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1817 Excerpt: ... members of it would have nothing to do but to go to their constituents, and desire to be directed by them in the votes they are to give on every important subject. Public opinion, then, ought to have a certain weight in the conduct of that House; but public opinion ought never to have so great a weight, as to prevent their exercising their deliberative functions. The petition on the table, and the hon. gentleman who had made the motion have asserted, that the national debt which this country labours under, has originated from the corruption of that House. A more extraordinary assertion never has been made. The national debt has arisen from the wars in which this country has been involved. Did gentlemen mean to assert, that those wars were not agreeable to the public opinion? Consider the history of the wars since the house of Hanover has been on the throne. The Spanish war; was that unpopular? It was entered upon on the express requisition of the people, and contrary to the known opinion of the government. The war of 1756; was that unpopular? Never was any country engaged in a more popular war. The American war; was that unpopular? He had heard it asserted by an hon. gentleman opposite to him, that that was the war of the people. Until within a year and a half of its conclusion, nothing could be more marked than the approbation which the public gave of that measure. It grew unpopular towards the end, as under similar circumstances every war will grow unpopular, because it was unsuccessful; and what was the consequence of this war becoming unpopular? That the minister, who had the complete confidence of a parliament chosen in the year 1780, was forced by that parliament to quit his situation in less than eighteen months afterwards, in consequence of the ill...
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