Substance Of The Speech Of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke, In The Debate On The Army Estimates, In Thr [sic] House Of Commons On Tuesday, The 9th Day Of February, 1790..
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EDMUND BURKE'S SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN WHICH HE CONDEMNS THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, 1790
Publisher
London: Printed for J.Debrett, opposite Burlington House, Piccadilly.,
Date
1790
Synopsis
Comprehending a discussion of the present situation of affairs in france.
Item Description
First edition. 8vo. [ii] + 36 pp. + [2] pp. advertisements.
Notes
Edmund Burke (1729-1797) uses the occasion of a routine debate on the army estimates to express his concern that the continuing French Revolution poses a serious threat to the security of Europe. He attacks the radical nature of the Revolution: 'They first destroyed all the balances and counterpoises which serve to fix the state; and to give it a steady direction: and which furnish correctives to any violent spirit which may prevail in any of the orders...They made and recorded a sort of institute of digest of anarchy, called the rights of man..By this mad declaration they subverted the state...'
Mr Fox, Mr Sheridan and Mr Pitt, also make contributions to the debate.
In November of the same year, Burke published his famous work, Reflections on the Revolution in France. In it he develops some of the themes raised in Army Estimate debates, with a critique of the French Revolution, contrasted with the virtue of the British constitution.
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Subjects
18th Century • British • History • History/Theology • Politics