The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George Third ... 1
The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George Third ... 1
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137, 188.
a Walpole's Mem. iii. 153, 157, 159.
SALE OF SEATS. 275 admission to the House of Commons. If he accepted a seat from a patron, his independence was compromised ; but if he acquired a seat by purchase, he was free to vote accord- ing to his own opinions and conscience. Thus, we find Sir Samuel Romilly, — the most pure and virtuous of public men, — who had declined one seat from the favor of the Prince of Wales,^ justifying the purchase of another, for the sake of his own independence,... and the public interests.
Writing in September, 1805, he says : " As long as burgage- tenure representatives are only of two descriptions, — they \ who buy their seats, and they who discharge the most sacred of trusts at the pleasure, and almost as the servants of an- other, — surely there can be no doubt in which class a man would choose to enroll himself; and one who should carry his notions of purity so far, that, thinking he possessed the means of rendering service to his country, he would yet rather seclude himself altogether from Parliament, than get into it by such a violation of the theory of the constitution, must be under the dominion of a species of moral supersti- tion which must wholly disqualify him for the discharge of any public duties." ^ The extent to which the sale of seats prevailed, and its influence over the composition of the House of Commons, may also be exemplified from the Diary of Sir Samuel Romilly, in 1807 : " Tiemey, who manages this business for the friends of the late administration, assures me that he can hear of no seats to be disposed of.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
137, 188.
a Walpole's Mem. iii. 153, 157, 159.
SALE OF SEATS. 275 admission to the House of Commons. If he accepted a seat from a patron, his independence was compromised ; but if he acquired a seat by purchase, he was free to vote accord- ing to his own opinions and conscience. Thus, we find Sir Samuel Romilly, — the most pure and virtuous of public men, — who had declined one seat from the favor of the Prince of Wales,^ justifying the purchase of another, for the sake of his own independence,... and the public interests.
Writing in September, 1805, he says : " As long as burgage- tenure representatives are only of two descriptions, — they \ who buy their seats, and they who discharge the most sacred of trusts at the pleasure, and almost as the servants of an- other, — surely there can be no doubt in which class a man would choose to enroll himself; and one who should carry his notions of purity so far, that, thinking he possessed the means of rendering service to his country, he would yet rather seclude himself altogether from Parliament, than get into it by such a violation of the theory of the constitution, must be under the dominion of a species of moral supersti- tion which must wholly disqualify him for the discharge of any public duties." ^ The extent to which the sale of seats prevailed, and its influence over the composition of the House of Commons, may also be exemplified from the Diary of Sir Samuel Romilly, in 1807 : " Tiemey, who manages this business for the friends of the late administration, assures me that he can hear of no seats to be disposed of.
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