...Burkes Speech to the Electors of Bristol (1774). In defence of the second he was especially vehement. 'Authoritative instructions, mandates issued, which...though contrary to the clearest conviction of his judgement and conscience, these are things utterly unknown to the laws of the land, and which arise...

...colonial potentate. 110. Burke himself acknowledged that "to deliver an opinion is the right of all men; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable...which he ought always most seriously to consider" ("Speech at Mr. Burke's Arrival in Bristol," 156). 111. Pitkin, The Concept of Representation, 107-11....

...many of which had greatly decayed in wealth and influence; and an inferior class whose nobility was opinion, which a representative ought always to rejoice to hear, and which he ought most seriously to consider; but authoritative instruction, mandates issued which the member is bound...

...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments? To deliver an opinion is the right of all men; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable opinion, which a representative . . . ought always most seriously to consider. But authoritative instructions, mandates issued, which the member is bound...

...invoked, in his speech to the electors of Bristol in 1774 ( Works vol III (new edn 1826), pp 19-20): But authoritative instructions; mandates issued, which...contrary to the clearest conviction of his judgment and conscience, - these are things utterly unknown to the laws of this land, and which arise from a fundamental...

...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments? To deliver an opinion is the right of all men ; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable...contrary to the clearest conviction of his judgment and conscience, — these are things utterly unknown to the laws of this land, and which arise from a fundamental...