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Excerpt from History of the United States, Vol. 2: From the Discovery of the American Continent
The expedient Of a council of peers, convened at York, could not satisfy a people that venerated repre sentative government as the most valuable bequest Of its ancestors; and a few weeks made it evident that concession was necessary. The councils of Charles were divided by hesitancy, rivalries, and the want of plan; while the popular leaders were full of energy and union, and were animated by what seemed a dis tinct purpose, the desire of limiting the royal authority. The summons of a new parliament was now on the part of the monarch a surrender at discretion. But by the English constitution, the royal prerogative was in some cases the bulwark of popular liberty; the sub version of the royal authority made a way for the despotism of parliament.
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