I should be pleased to see the question fairly committed, were it for no other reason but to hear the sleek, smooth contractors from the other House come to this bar and declare, that they, and they only, could frame a money bill, and they, and they only, could dispose of the property of the peers of Great Britain.
Burke expresses his desire to challenge the claims of contractors regarding their exclusive rights to financial legislation.
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Our people will find employment enough for a truly patriotic, free, and independent spirit, in guarding what they possess from violation.
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