He then established the privileges and immunities granted to the Tunkawns,--that is, to the nobility and gentry of the country,--and afterwards published most severe ordinances against governors who failed in doing their duty, but principally against those who commanded in far distant provinces.
Burke highlights the establishment of privileges for the nobility and the enforcement of duties by governors.
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Let us imitate their caution, if we wish to deserve their fortune or to retain their bequests.
But when the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service.
If any of them should happen to propose a scheme of liberty soberly limited, and defined with proper qualifications, he will be immediately outbid by his competitors, who will produce something more splendidly popular.
The improvements of the National Assembly are superficial, their errors fundamental.
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