The dismissed magistrates are to take their share of martyrdom with the ecclesiastics, or to receive their own property from such a fund and in such a manner as all those who have been seasoned with the ancient principles of jurisprudence, and had been the sworn guardians of property, must look upon with horror.
Criticizing the French Revolution, Burke describes the dire choices faced by dismissed magistrates, highlighting the revolutionary regime's disregard for established principles of property and jurisprudence.
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