by Edmund Burke
CHAP. XIII.
CHAP. XIV. VIRGINIA.
CHAP. XV.
CHAP. XVI.
CHAP. XVII.
CHAP. XVIII. MARYLAND.
CHAP. XIX. CAROLINA.
CHAP. XX.
CHAP. XXI.
CHAP. XXII.
CHAP. XXIII.
CHAP. XXIV.
CHAP. XXV. GEORGIA.
CHAP. XXVI.
CHAP. XXVII. NOVA SCOTIA.
CHAP. XXVIII. Newfoundland, the Bermudas, and the Bahamas.
CHAP. XXIX. HUDSON’s BAY.
CHAP. XXX. The Government of the English Colonies, and the Paper Currency.
AN ESSAY TOWARDS AN ABRIDGEMENT OF THE ENGLISH HISTORY
CONTENTS
BOOK I.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
BOOK II
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
BOOK III.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
A SHORT ACCOUNT OF A LATE SHORT ADMINISTRATION
OBSERVATIONS ON A LATE STATE OF THE NATION
CONTENTS
OBSERVATIONS ON A LATE PUBLICATION, INTITULED “THE PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION.”
APPENDIX.
THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS
THE LETTERS OF VALENS
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
LETTER I. TRIUMPHS.
LETTER II. ADDRESSES.
LETTER III. DIGNITY.
LETTER IV. THE CAMPAIGN.
LETTER V. OBJECT OF THE WAR.
LETTER VI. THE PLOT.
LETTER VII. TENURE OF OFFICE.
LETTER VIII. HOUSE OF COMMONS SHUT.
LETTER IX. AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
LETTER X. IRISH INDEPENDENCE.
LETTER XI. CRIMINAL INTENTIONS.
LETTER XII. THE GAZETTE.
LETTER XIII. SHIFTING OF POSITION.
LETTER XIV. PROSPECT FROM SUCCESS.
REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INDIA
CONTENTS
NINTH REPORT
I. - OBSERVATIONS ON THE STATE OF THE COMPANY’S AFFAIRS IN INDIA.
II. - CONNECTION OF GREAT BRITAIN WITH INDIA.
III. - EFFECT OF THE REVENUE INVESTMENT ON THE COMPANY.
INTERNAL TRADE OF BENGAL.
SILK.
RAW SILK
CLOTHS, OR PIECE-GOODS.
OPIUM.
SALT.
REMARK BY THE BOARD.
SALTPETRE.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN INDIA.
ELEVENTH REPORT
APPENDIX.
A REPRESENTATION TO HIS MAJESTY, MOVED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
MOTION RELATIVE TO THE SPEECH FROM THE THRONE.
ARTICLES OF CHARGE OF HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS, ESQUIRE
CONTENTS
I. - ROHILLA WAR.
II. - SHAH ALLUM.
III. - BENARES.
PART I. RIGHTS AND TITLES OF THE RAJAH OF BENARES.
PART II. DESIGNS OF MR. HASTINGS TO RUIN THE RAJAH OF BENARES.
PART III. EXPULSION OF THE RAJAH OF BENARES.
PART IV. SECOND REVOLUTION IN BENARES.
PART V. THIRD REVOLUTION IN BENARES.
IV. - PRINCESSES OF OUDE.
V. - REVOLUTIONS IN FURRUCKABAD.
VI. - DESTRUCTION OF THE RAJAH OF SAHLONE.
REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE
REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE.
APPEAL FROM THE NEW TO THE OLD WHIGS
CONTENTS
ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION.
AN APPEAL FROM THE NEW TO THE OLD WHIGS.
THOUGHTS ON FRENCH AFFAIRS
THOUGHTS ON THE PROSPECT OF A REGICIDE PEACE
CONTENTS
THE PUBLISHER’S APPEAL TO THE CANDOUR AND JUSTICE OF THE NATION.
LETTER I. ON THE OVERTURES OF PEACE.
LETTER II. ON THE GENIUS AND CHARACTER OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AS IT REGARDS OTHER NATIONS.
THREE MEMORIALS ON FRENCH AFFAIRS
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
HINTS FOR A MEMORIAL TO BE DELIVERED TO MONSIEUR DE M. M. WRITTEN IN THE EARLY PART OF 1791.
THOUGHTS ON FRENCH AFFAIRS, &c. &c. WRITTEN IN DECEMBER, 1791.
HEADS FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS. WRITTEN IN NOVEMBER, 1792.
REMARKS ON THE POLICY OF THE ALLIES WITH RESPECT TO FRANCE. BEGUN IN OCTOBER, 1793.
APPENDIX. EXTRACTS FROM VATTEL’S LAW OF NATIONS.
THOUGHTS AND DETAILS ON SCARCITY
THE CATHOLIC CLAIMS
CONTENTS
LETTER.
SECOND LETTER TO SIR HERCULES LANGRISHE ON THE CATHOLIC QUESTION. MAY 26, 1795.
MISCELLANEOUS WORKS
CONTENTS
THE REFORMER
CONTENTS
THE REFORMER No. 1
THE REFORMER No. 2
THE REFORMER No. 3
THE REFORMER No. 4
THE REFORMER No. 5
THE REFORMER No. 6
THE REFORMER No. 7
THE REFORMER No. 8
THE REFORMER No. 10
THE REFORMER No. 11
THE REFORMER No. 12
THE REFORMER No. 13
OBSERVATIONS ON THE CONDUCT OF THE MINORITY PARTICULARLY IN THE LAST SESSION OF PARLIAMENT. ADDRESSED TO THE DUKE OF PORTLAND AND LORD FITZWILLIAM. 1793.
PREFACE TO THE ADDRESS OF M. BRISSOT TO HIS CONSTITUENTS. TRANSLATED BY THE LATE WILLIAM BURKE, ESQ. 1794.
ADDRESS TO THE KING.
ADDRESS TO THE BRITISH COLONISTS IN NORTH AMERICA.
SOME THOUGHTS ON THE APPROACHING EXECUTIONS, HUMBLY OFFERED TO CONSIDERATION.
SOME ADDITIONAL REFLECTIONS ON THE EXECUTIONS.
FRAGMENTS OF A TRACT RELATIVE TO THE LAWS AGAINST POPERY IN IRELAND.
LIBEL BILL.
HINTS FOR AN ESSAY ON THE DRAMA.
ARTICLES OF CHARGE OF HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS, ESQUIRE, LATE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF BENGAL: PRESENTED TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN APRIL AND MAY, 1786. ARTICLES VII.-XXII.
REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, APPOINTED TO INSPECT THE LORDS’ JOURNALS IN RELATION TO THEIR PROCEEDINGS ON THE TRIAL OF WARREN HASTINGS, ESQUIRE. WITH AN APPENDIX. ALSO, REMARKS IN VINDICATION OF THE SAME FROM THE ANIMADVERSIONS OF LORD THURLOW. 1794.
REMARKS IN VINDICATION OF THE PRECEDING REPORT.
The Speeches
LIST OF SPEECHES
CONTENTS
SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION. APRIL 19, 1774.
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
SPEECH.
SPEECHES AT HIS ARRIVAL AT BRISTOL, AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE POLL. 1774
SPEECH
SPEECH ON MOVING HIS RESOLUTIONS FOR CONCILIATION WITH THE COLONIES. MARCH 22, 1775.
SPEECH ON PRESENTING TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS (ON THE 11TH FEBRUARY, 1780)
SPEECH AT THE GUILDHALL IN BRISTOL, PREVIOUS TO THE LATE ELECTION IN THAT CITY, UPON CERTAIN POINTS RELATIVE TO HIS PARLIAMENTARY CONDUCT. 1780.
SPEECH AT BRISTOL, ON DECLINING THE POLL. 1780.
SPEECH UPON THE QUESTION FOR THE SPEAKER’S LEAVING THE CHAIR IN ORDER FOR THE HOUSE TO RESOLVE ITSELF INTO A COMMITTEE ON MR. FOX’S EAST INDIA BILL. (DECEMBER 1, 1783)
SPEECH ON THE MOTION MADE FOR PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE DIRECTIONS FOR CHARGING THE NABOB OF ARCOT’S PRIVATE DEBTS TO EUROPEANS ON THE REVENUES OF THE CARNATIC, FEBRUARY 28, 1785. WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING SEVERAL DOCUMENTS.
SUB
STANCE OF THE SPEECH IN THE DEBATE ON THE ARMY ESTIMATES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1790 COMPREHENDING A DISCUSSION OF THE PRESENT SITUATION OF AFFAIRS IN FRANCE.
SPEECH ON THE ACTS OF UNIFORMITY FEBRUARY 6, 1772.
SPEECH ON A BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF PROTESTANT DISSENTERS. MARCH 17, 1773.
SPEECH ON A MOTION MADE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS BY THE RIGHT HON. C.J. FOX, MAY 11, 1793, FOR LEAVE TO BRING IN A BILL TO REPEAL AND ALTER CERTAIN ACTS RESPECTING RELIGIOUS OPINIONS, UPON THE OCCASION OF A PETITION OF THE UNITARIAN SOCIETY
SPEECH ON THE MOTION MADE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEBRUARY 7, 1771, RELATIVE TO THE MIDDLESEX ELECTION.
SPEECH ON A BILL FOR SHORTENING THE DURATION OF PARLIAMENTS. MAY 8, 1780.
SPEECH ON A MOTION MADE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAY 7, 1782, FOR A COMMITTEE TO INQUIRE INTO THE STATE OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT.
SPEECH ON A MOTION, MADE BY THE RIGHT HON. WILLIAM DOWDESWELL, MARCH 7, 1771, FOR LEAVE TO BRING IN A BILL FOR EXPLAINING THE POWERS OF JURIES IN PROSECUTIONS FOR LIBELS. TOGETHER WITH A LETTER IN VINDICATION OF THAT MEASURE, AND A COPY OF THE PROPOSED BILL.
SPEECH ON A BILL FOR THE REPEAL OF THE MARRIAGE ACT. JUNE 15, 1781.
SPEECH ON A MOTION MADE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEBRUARY 17, 1772, FOR LEAVE TO BRING IN A BILL TO QUIET THE POSSESSIONS OF THE SUBJECT AGAINST DORMANT CLAIMS OF THE CHURCH.
SPEECHES IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS, ESQUIRE, LATE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF BENGAL. SPEECH IN OPENING. FEBRUARY, 1788.
SPEECHES IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS, ESQUIRE LATE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF BENGAL. SPEECH IN OPENING. (CONTINUED.) FEBRUARY, 1788.
SPEECH IN OPENING THE IMPEACHMENT. FOURTH DAY: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1788.
SPEECHES IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS, ESQUIRE, LATE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF BENGAL.
SPEECH ON THE SIXTH ARTICLE OF CHARGE. SECOND DAY: SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1789.
SPEECH ON THE SIXTH ARTICLE OF CHARGE. THIRD DAY: TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1789.
SPEECH ON THE SIXTH ARTICLE OF CHARGE. FOURTH DAY: THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1789.
SPEECHES IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS, ESQUIRE, LATE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF BENGAL. SPEECH IN GENERAL REPLY. MAY AND JUNE, 1794.
SPEECH IN GENERAL REPLY. SECOND DAY: FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1794.
SPEECH IN GENERAL REPLY. THIRD DAY: TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1794.
SPEECH IN GENERAL REPLY. FOURTH DAY: THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1794.
SPEECH IN GENERAL REPLY. FIFTH DAY: SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1794.
SPEECH IN GENERAL REPLY. SIXTH DAY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1794.
SPEECH IN GENERAL REPLY. SEVENTH DAY. THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1794.
SPEECH IN GENERAL REPLY. EIGHTH DAY: SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1794.
SPEECH IN GENERAL REPLY. NINTH DAY: MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1794.
The Letters
LIST OF LETTERS
CONTENTS
A LETTER TO JOHN FARR AND JOHN HARRIS, ESQRS., SHERIFFS OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL, ON THE AFFAIRS OF AMERICA. 1777.
TWO LETTERS TO GENTLEMEN IN THE CITY OF BRISTOL. ON THE BILLS DEPENDING IN PARLIAMENT RELATIVE TO THE TRADE OF IRELAND. 1778.
A LETTER TO A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, IN ANSWER TO SOME OBJECTIONS TO HIS BOOK ON FRENCH AFFAIRS. 1791.
A LETTER TO A PEER OF IRELAND ON THE PENAL LAWS AGAINST IRISH CATHOLICS, PREVIOUS TO THE LATE REPEAL OF A PART THEREOF IN THE SESSION OF THE IRISH PARLIAMENT, HELD A.D. 1782.
A LETTER TO SIR HERCULES LANGRISHE, BART., M.P., ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLICS OF IRELAND, THE PROPRIETY OF ADMITTING THEM TO THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE, CONSISTENTLY WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CONSTITUTION, AS ESTABLISHED AT THE REVOLUTION. 1792.
A LETTER TO WILLIAM ELLIOT, ESQ., OCCASIONED BY THE ACCOUNT GIVEN IN A NEWSPAPER OF THE SPEECH MADE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS BY THE * * * * OF * * * * * * * IN THE DEBATE CONCERNING LORD FITZWILLIAM. 1795.
A LETTER TO A NOBLE LORD ON THE ATTACKS MADE UPON MR. BURKE AND HIS PENSION, IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, BY THE DUKE OF BEDFORD AND THE EARL OF LAUDERDALE, EARLY IN THE PRESENT SESSION OF PARLIAMENT. 1796.
THREE LETTERS ADDRESSED TO A MEMBER OF THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT, ON THE PROPOSALS FOR PEACE WITH THE REGICIDE DIRECTORY OF FRANCE. 1796-7.
A LETTER TO THE MARQUIS OF ROCKINGHAM, WITH ADDRESSES TO THE KING, AND THE BRITISH COLONISTS IN NORTH AMERICA, IN RELATION TO THE MEASURES OF GOVERNMENT IN THE AMERICAN CONTEST, AND A PROPOSED SECESSION OF THE OPPOSITION FROM PARLIAMENT. JANUARY, 1777.
A LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON. EDMUND S. PERY SPEAKER OF THE IRISH HOUSE OF COMMONS, IN RELATION TO A BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF THE ROMAN CATHOLICS OF IRELAND. JULY 18, 1778.
TWO LETTERS TO THOMAS BURGH, ESQ., AND JOHN MERLOTT, ESQ., IN VINDICATION OF HIS PARLIAMENTARY CONDUCT RELATIVE TO THE AFFAIRS OF IRELAND. 1780.
LETTERS AND REFLECTIONS ON THE EXECUTIONS OF THE RIOTERS IN 1780.
A LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON. HENRY DUNDAS, ONE OF HIS MAJESTY’S PRINCIPAL SECRETARIES OF STATE. WITH THE SKETCH OF A NEGRO CODE. 1792.
A LETTER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MEETING, HELD AT AYLESBURY, APRIL 13, 1780, ON THE SUBJECT OF PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.
A LETTER TO RICHARD BURKE, ESQ., ON PROTESTANT ASCENDENCY IN IRELAND. 1793.
A LETTER ON THE AFFAIRS OF IRELAND. 1797.
LETTER ON MR. DOWDESWELL’S BILL FOR EXPLAINING THE POWERS OF JURIES IN PROSECUTIONS FOR LIBELS.
The Biographies
INTRODUCTION TO EDMUND BURKE by Sidney Carleton Newsom
CONTENTS
EDMUND BURKE
BURKE AS A STATESMAN
A GROUP OF WRITERS COMING IMMEDIATELY BEFORE BURKE
A GROUP OF WRITERS CONTEMPORARY WITH BURKE
BURKE IN LITERATURE
A GROUP OF WRITERS COMING IMMEDIATELY AFTER BURKE
TOPICS FOR SPECIAL REPORTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
EDMUND BURKE by John Morley
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