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Burke on French justice and royal authority in Revolution era
The piece argues that the French king is not the fountain of justice and that the judicial and executive powers lie apart from the throne. Burke depicts the king as a mere instrument of despotism, condemns royal prerogatives, and surveys the chaotic state of France including army discipline, taxation, and the rising power of the National Assembly. It notes Réveillon printing expenses, tax unrest, and political writings by the Duke of Orléans, with further references to arrests and trials in Paris.
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Pres
France
National Assembly
M.eans
Burke
Reveillon
Esau
M. le Courtensux
Perosne
Levafleur
M. de Calonne
Versailles
Metz
Meff
Boucher d’Argis
de Flandre de Brunville
Chatelet
la Serre
Duval
Nampty
Philip V
Lewis XIV
Duke of
Chartres
Friends of the Constitution
M. de la Clois
Paris
Louvre
Madame la Motte
Thie Reveillon
Didot
Gateau
Royal Printing House
East
West-Indies
Fitzherbert
Spain
Madrid
Florida Blanca
London
Secretary’ of State
Lord Effingham
Jamaica
Leeward Islands
Falmouth
Portsmouth
Germany
Rufia
St. James’s
Kingdom of Great-Britain
Privy Council
W. Fawkener
Buaexrriars Beipoe
Court of King’s Bench
Westminster
Trelause
College of William and Mary
New England
Trutt
Lord Burlington
Anderson
Gipps
America
Pitt
Boswell
Clewer
Berks
Montagu Graver
Boveney
Hendon
Peter Waldo
Harrow
Knaresborough
Henry Browicker Wilson
Magnificent
John Savage Wogdn