 | 1834 - 454 pages
...Whig party. The throne was declared vacant by the following vote: — " That King James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of...the original contract between king and people ; and having, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, violated the fundamental laws, and withdrawn... | |
 | 1831 - 500 pages
...whig and tory, the memorable vote was passed in these words : " That king James II. having endeavored to subvert the constitution of the kingdom by breaking...the original contract between king and people ; and having by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persrns violated the fundamental laws, and withdrawn... | |
 | 1833 - 1094 pages
...made of the resolution of the legislature, in 1688, that King James II. had, by acts subversive of the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people, virtually renounced the authority which he claimed by that very constitution, and that, therefore,... | |
 | 1833 - 540 pages
...made of the resolution of the legislature, in 1688, that King James II. had, by acts subversive of the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people, virtually renounced the authority which ho claimed by that very constitution, and that, therefore,... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1834 - 426 pages
...premises to which your Lordships have agreed ; for your Lordships have agreed that King James II. hath endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom,...the original contract between king and people, and hath violated the fundamental laws, and withdrawn himself out of the kingdom. Now the word ' deserted'... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1834 - 422 pages
...premises to which your Lordships have agreed ; for your Lordships have agreed that King James II. hath endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom,...the original contract between king and people, and hath violated the fundamental laws, and withdrawn himself out of the kingdom. Now the word ' deserted'... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 648 pages
...magnates of the * " That King James the Second, having endeavoured to subrert the constitution of tbe to fortify the fallible and feeble contrivances of our reason, we have de ihe advice of jefluiu. and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, and having withdrawn... | |
 | Richard Ashcraft - 1986 - 644 pages
...Convention represented a compromise, reflecting both positions: King James the Second, having endeavored to subvert the Constitution of the kingdom by breaking...the original contract between king and people; and . . . having violated the fundamental laws, and withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, hath abdicated... | |
 | J. R. Broome - 1988 - 62 pages
...came to its great vote, "That King James II, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of this kingdom, by breaking the original contract between...fundamental laws, and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the Government, and that the throne is thereby vacant". They also resolved... | |
 | Jonathan Irvine Israel - 2003 - 524 pages
...ed. Worden, introduction. 69 Trevelyan, The English Revolution, p. 146: 'That King James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of...Kingdom, by breaking the original contract between the King and people [a Whig remark], and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons having violated... | |
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It was moved that King James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom by breaking the original contract between King and people, and, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws,... 
