Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates Volume 18
Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates Volume 18
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Author: Great Britain Parliament
Number of Pages: 500 pages
Published Date: 01 Oct 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781231507025
Download Link: Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates Volume 18
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1811 edition. Excerpt: ...that the ministers, who are the servants of he infirm King, will have a reversionary interest in such grants on' the recovery of the King. If these ministers should not be the ministers of the Regent, this reversionary interest will be a means of strengthening them against his govermentand of weakening the powers of the executive at a time when all its vigour and energy are indispensibly necessary. You will give to them, therefore, in prospect, what you take immediately from the Regent, and by stripping the person at the head of the government of the power of rewarding public services, throw into, the hands of those ministers additional means of traversing the measures of his administration. Suppose, for instance, a person disappointed in his expectation or' such a grant from the Regent, will he not naturally look toi those, who may soon have that power, which the Regent is not to possess, and join them in an opposition to embarrass his government? The case is not unlikely to happen, and will you then by adopting these Restrictions establish a weak government and a strong opposition? Will you paralize ihe vigour of the executive by legislative provisions, and create a powerful opposition by act of parliament? It is not enough to say, that the Restriction on this prerogative is necessary to facilitate the resumption of his power by the King on his recovery, or that it is not in contemplation to do any injury to the monarchy or to the constitution. If you confer only a part, and withhold the remainder of the prerogatives of the crown from the Regent, you will alter the whole face and complexion of the sovereign au, thority. The monarchical power will be! no longer in the hands of the Regent, what the constitution directs it should be in the...
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Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates Volume 18. Great Britain Parliament
Author: Great Britain Parliament
Number of Pages: 500 pages
Published Date: 01 Oct 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781231507025
Download Link: Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates Volume 18
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1811 edition. Excerpt: ...that the ministers, who are the servants of he infirm King, will have a reversionary interest in such grants on' the recovery of the King. If these ministers should not be the ministers of the Regent, this reversionary interest will be a means of strengthening them against his govermentand of weakening the powers of the executive at a time when all its vigour and energy are indispensibly necessary. You will give to them, therefore, in prospect, what you take immediately from the Regent, and by stripping the person at the head of the government of the power of rewarding public services, throw into, the hands of those ministers additional means of traversing the measures of his administration. Suppose, for instance, a person disappointed in his expectation or' such a grant from the Regent, will he not naturally look toi those, who may soon have that power, which the Regent is not to possess, and join them in an opposition to embarrass his government? The case is not unlikely to happen, and will you then by adopting these Restrictions establish a weak government and a strong opposition? Will you paralize ihe vigour of the executive by legislative provisions, and create a powerful opposition by act of parliament? It is not enough to say, that the Restriction on this prerogative is necessary to facilitate the resumption of his power by the King on his recovery, or that it is not in contemplation to do any injury to the monarchy or to the constitution. If you confer only a part, and withhold the remainder of the prerogatives of the crown from the Regent, you will alter the whole face and complexion of the sovereign au, thority. The monarchical power will be! no longer in the hands of the Regent, what the constitution directs it should be in the...
Read online Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates Volume 18 Buy Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates Volume 18 Download and read Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates Volume 18 for pc, mac, kindle, readers Download to iPad/iPhone/iOS, B&N nook Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates Volume 18 ebook, pdf, djvu, epub, mobi, fb2, zip, rar, torrent