This dangerous innovation we, his faithful Commons, think it our duty to mark; and as these admonitions from the throne, by their frequent repetition, seem intended to lead gradually to the establishment of an usage, we hold ourselves bound thus solemnly to protest against them.
Burke asserts the duty of the Commons to protest against what they see as dangerous innovations from the throne.
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Their trust for the future preservation of the Constitution was not in future revolutions.
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