Travels Into Poland, Russia, Sweden And Denmark ...
Travels Into Poland, Russia, Sweden And Denmark ...
Coxe, William, 1747-1828
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The caufes \yhich induced the Poles to acquiefce in eilablifliing the Liberum Veto^ thus cafually introduced, were probably the following. ♦ Lcng. Jus Pub, V. 11. p* 215. I. It C. 5* L I B B R M VETO. • 99 I • It was ' the intereft of the great officers of ftatc, particularly the great general, the great treafurer, and great marfhal, in whoie hands were vcfted the adminiftration of the army, the finances, and the police, to abridge the fitting of the diet, Thefe great officers of flate, being o...nce nominated by the king, enjoyed their appointments for life^^ totally independent of his authority, and liable to no controul during the intervals of the diets, tD which alone they were refponfible. This powerfiil body accordingly ftrongly efpoufed the Liberum Veto \ confcious that they could eafily, and at all times, fecure a nuntio to pioteft; and by that means elude all en- quiry into their adminiftration. 2. By a fimdamental law of the republic, nobles accufed of certain capital crimes could only be brought to trial before the diet; and as, at the period juft mentioned, many perfons ftood under that defcription, all thefe and their adherents naturally favoured an expe- dient tending to diflblve the only tribunal, by which they could be convidled and puniftied.
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