The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke: On Conciliation with America; Security of the Independence of Parliament; on Mr. Fox's East IndiaCosimo, Inc., 01.01.2008 - 600 Seiten This 12-volume set contains the complete life works of EDMUND BURKE (1729-1797), Irish political writer and statesman. Educated at a Quaker boarding school and at Trinity College in Dublin, Burke's eloquence gained him a high position in Britain's Whig party, and he was active in public life. He supported limitations on the power of the monarch and believed that the British people should have a greater say in their government. In general, Burke spoke out against the persecutions perpetuated by the British Empire on its colonies, including America, Ireland, and India. Burke's speeches and writings influenced the great thinkers of his day, including America's Founding Fathers. In Volume II, readers will find: . "Speech on American Taxation" . "Speeches on the Arrival at Bristol and at the Conclusion of the Poll" . "Speech on Moving Resolutions for Conciliation with America" . "Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol, On the Affairs of America" . "Two Letters to Gentlemen of Bristol, On the Bills Depending in Parliament Relative to the Trade of Ireland" . "Speech on Presenting to the House of Commons a Plan for the Better Security of the Independence of Parliament, and the Economical Reformation of the Civil and Other Establishments" . "Speech at Bristol Previous to the Election, September 6, 1780" . "Speech at Bristol on Declining the Poll, September 9, 1780" . "Speech of Mr. Fox's East India Bill" . "A Representation to His Majesty, Moved in the House of Commons" |
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On Conciliation with America; Security of the Independence of Parliament; on Mr. Fox's East India Edmund Burke. every ... Americans would not take post on this concession , in order to make a new attack on the next body of taxes ; and ...
On Conciliation with America; Security of the Independence of Parliament; on Mr. Fox's East India Edmund Burke. every ... Americans would not take post on this concession , in order to make a new attack on the next body of taxes ; and ...
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On Conciliation with America; Security of the Independence of Parliament; on Mr. Fox's East India Edmund Burke. When Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in the year 1766 , I affirm , first , that the Americans did not in consequence of ...
On Conciliation with America; Security of the Independence of Parliament; on Mr. Fox's East India Edmund Burke. When Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in the year 1766 , I affirm , first , that the Americans did not in consequence of ...
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On Conciliation with America; Security of the Independence of Parliament; on Mr. Fox's East India Edmund Burke ... Americans , and that the giving up these taxes will necessitate the giving up of all the rest ? " This objection was as ...
On Conciliation with America; Security of the Independence of Parliament; on Mr. Fox's East India Edmund Burke ... Americans , and that the giving up these taxes will necessitate the giving up of all the rest ? " This objection was as ...
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... America is destroyed by the repeal of taxes , it is of no consequence upon what ideas the repeal is grounded . Repeal this tax , too , upon commercial principles , if you please . These principles will serve as well now as they did ...
... America is destroyed by the repeal of taxes , it is of no consequence upon what ideas the repeal is grounded . Repeal this tax , too , upon commercial principles , if you please . These principles will serve as well now as they did ...
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... America is taken off , the place of collection is only shifted ; instead of the retention of a shilling from the drawback here , it is three - pence custom paid in America . " All this , Sir , is very true . But this is the very folly ...
... America is taken off , the place of collection is only shifted ; instead of the retention of a shilling from the drawback here , it is three - pence custom paid in America . " All this , Sir , is very true . But this is the very folly ...
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LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL ON THE AFFAIRS | 187 |
Two LETTERS TO GENTLEMEN OF BRISTOL ON THE BILLS | 247 |
SPEECH ON PRESENTING TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS | 265 |
SPEECH AT BRISTOL PREVIOUS TO THE ELECTION Septem | 313 |
SPEECH AT BRISTOL ON DECLINING THE POLL Septem | 425 |
SPEECH ON MR Foxs EAST INDIA BILL December 1 1783 | 434 |
A REPRESENTATION TO HIS MAJESTY MOVED IN | 539 |
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abuse Act of Navigation act of Parliament affairs America authority Benares bill British cause charter civil civil list colonies commerce Company's conduct consider Constitution corrupt court crown declared duty East India Company effect empire England eral establishment executive government faith favor gentlemen give grant hands honorable gentleman hope House of Commons House of Lords Hyder Ali interest Ireland justice king king's kingdom late lative liberty Lord North Mahratta Majesty Majesty's means measure member of Parliament ment ministers mode Nabob nation nature never noble lord object obliged opinion oppression Parlia Parliamentary peace pensions persons political polygars present prince principles privileges proceeding proper propose provinces purpose reason reform regulation repeal resolution revenue sort spirit Stamp Act sure taxes temper things thought tion trade treaty trust vote whilst whole wholly wish
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Seite 124 - The fact is so : and these people of the southern colonies are much more strongly, and with a higher and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty, than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothic ancestors ; such in our days were the Poles ; and such will be all masters of slaves, who are not slaves themselves. In such a people, the haughtiness of domination combines with the spirit of freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible.
Seite 180 - ... the great contexture of this mysterious whole. These things do not make your government. Dead instruments, passive tools as they are, it is the spirit of the English communion that gives all their life and efficacy to them. It is the spirit of the English Constitution, which, infused through the mighty mass, pervades, feeds, unites, invigorates, vivifies every part of the empire, even down to the minutest member.
Seite 114 - We stand where we have an immense view of what is, and what is past. Clouds, indeed, and darkness rest upon the future. Let us, however, before we descend from this noble eminence, reflect that this growth of our national prosperity has happened within the short period of the life of man. It has happened within sixtyeight years. There are those alive whose memory might touch the two extremities. For instance, my Lord Bathurst might remember all the stages of the progress. He was in 1704 of an age...
Seite 139 - If you mean to satisfy them at all, you must satisfy them with regard to this complaint. If you mean to please any people, you must give them the boon which they ask ; not what you may think better for them, but of a kind totally different.
Seite 38 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Seite 140 - The question with me is, not whether you have a right to render your people miserable ; but whether it is / not your interest to make them happy. It is not, what a lawyer tells me I may do ; but what humanity, reason, and justice, tell me I ought to do.
Seite 106 - It is simple peace; sought in its natural course, and in its ordinary haunts. — It is peace sought in the spirit of peace ; and laid in principles purely pacific. I propose, by removing the ground of the difference, and by restoring the former unsuspecting confidence of the colonies in the mother country, to give permanent satisfaction to your people...
Seite 180 - Deny them this participation of freedom, and you break that sole bond, which originally made, and must still preserve, the unity of the empire.
Seite 123 - The Church of England, too, was formed from her cradle under the nursing care of regular government. But the dissenting interests have sprung up in direct opposition to all the ordinary powers of the world, and could justify that opposition only on a strong claim to natural liberty.
Seite 95 - Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him; their opinion, high respect; their business, unremitted attention.