He stands condemned by himself, and by all his associates old and new, as a destroyer, in the first trust of finance, of the revenues,--and in the first rank of honor, as a betrayer of the dignity of his country.
Burke criticizes a minister for failing in both financial responsibility and national honor.
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They look upon the legal hereditary succession of their crown as among their rights, not as among their wrongs,--as a benefit, not as a grievance,--as a security for their liberty, not as a badge of servitude.
By adhering in this manner and on those principles to our forefathers, we are guided, not by the superstition of antiquarians, but by the spirit of philosophic analogy.
Though a king may abdicate for his own person, he cannot abdicate for the monarchy.
We procure reverence to our civil institutions on the principle upon which Nature teaches us to revere individual men: on account of their age, and on account of those from whom they are descended.
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