...esteem, the danger would be infinitely increased. He was afraid that the converse of that sentiment, " that the people had nothing to do with the laws, but to obey them," would be adopted, and that the people would be led to think that they had every thing to do with the...

...so indiscreet, and so ignorant of the principles of our constitution, as to say, "that the mass of the people had nothing to do with the laws but to obey them." The prelate here alluded to was the late learned and venerable Bishop Horsley, upon whom much obloquy...

...dislike to Bishop Horsley. That learned prelate, in the course of a speech in the House of Lords, said that " the people had nothing to do with the laws but to obey them." This sentiment, which at the time was much commented upon in the newspapers, excited Parr's indignation...

...duty is to obey the laws; and it is not many years ago, that HORSLEY, Bishop of Rochester, told us, that the people had nothing to do with the laws but to obey them. The truth is, however, that the citizen's first duty is to maintain his rights, as it is the purchaser's...

...have suffered his thoughts to be so much engrossed in politics, as they suppose must have heen tho case. The truth, however, is, that few men gave themselves...Justiciary declared, that " no man had a right to speak of the Constitution unless he possessed landed property ; " and another affirmed, that " since...

...the case. The truth, however, is, that few men gave themselves less to political matters than he did. At the deeply interesting period in which he wrote...Justiciary declared that "no " man had a right to speak of the Constitution unless he "possessed landed property;" and another affirmed that " since...

...few men gave themselves less to political matters than he did. At the deeply interesting period hi which he wrote his political tracts, the whole world...Justiciary declared that " no " man had a right to speak of the Constitution unless he " possessed landed property;" and another affirmed that " since...

...of political principles. Among the disputants of the two great parties into which this country wa» divided, clergymen and other ministers took a most...of justiciary declared that " no man had a right to speak of the constitution unless he possessed landed property ;" and another affirmed, that " since...

...of the subjects of the State as to their duty to the State. He knew that Mr. Arruther was of opinion that the people had nothing to do with the laws but to obey them ; but people could not well obey the laws without knowing what they were: so that Mr. Arruther, who...

...Bishop Horsley. This learned prelate having sa'id, in the course of a speech in the House of Lords, " the people had nothing to do with the laws but to obey them ;" the sentiment, which at the time was commented upon in the newspapers, excited Parr's indignation...