Four Essays Vol 3 Classic Reprint

Author : F. W. Newman
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330948682
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Miscellanies, Vol. 3 written by F. W. Newman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Miscellanies, Vol. 3: Essays, Tracts or Addresses, Political and Social At the close of the last century, when the calamitous breakup of all hopes in the French Republic was fresh, the eye of patriots turned to England as the type of the sole practicable public liberty. Sir James Mackintosh, mortified and heart-sick at France, believed it was reserved for England to teach all nations how to regulate their political institutions. When the star of Napoleon began visibly to set, the English Constitution seemed to beam over Europe as a beneficent sun, promising a millennium of tranquil prosperity. In France was presently substituted, in place of despotism, a temperate Royal Constitution. A still freer schedule was drawn up for Poland by the very hand (it was believed) of the amiable despot Alexander I. Spain and Sicily had each a liberally imagined and legitimately enacted system, solemnly recognised by Great Britain; that of Sicily, indeed, having been both aided and guaranteed by us, enacted by the Estates, and deliberately accepted by the King; - thus founded on unbroken law as ancient as our own Parliament The German princes had promised to their people the full restitution of old rights under new forms, assimilated to those of England, - a promise by which they animated them to the struggle against France. Hungary retained her ancient aristocratic legislature, as well as her county freedom; and the Austrian Court, while invading Venetia and Lombardy under the false pretence of re-occupying its own ancient dominions, professed to respect their nationality, and put forth a formula of their constitutional rights. Thus at the close of 1814 Europe was in expectation of at last tasting freedom and happiness under royalty. At the other side of the Atlantic men were more discerning. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.