...member. The abolitionists reiterated the famous speech by Edmund Burke in 1774 and quoted from it: Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness...strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the more unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him;...

...role, the modern representative cannot possibly measure up to Edmund Burke's solemn injunction that "it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative,...correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents."9 It matters not, for this purpose, to review whatever else Burke said about representation,...

...trend of opinion? Edmund Burke, in his speech to the electors of Bristol on November 3, 1774, said, "It ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...high respect; their business unremitted attention. . . ." But, Burke went on to say, "Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment;...

...as a representative of the empire's second city, and went out of his way to stress that he thought it 'ought to be the happiness and glory of a Representative,...correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents'.t75 He was a dutiful and industrious constituency MP. None the less he had a clear sense...

...system that makes that possible."— Congressional Record, October 22, 1965, vol. I11, p. 28566. 280 Certainly, Gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness...wishes ought to have great weight with him; their opinions high respect; their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose,...

...rigidly separated categories, Even though Burke's preference was clear, he felt at the same time that "it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...most unreserved communication with his constituents" (as quoted in Eulau et al, l959, 747l, 2, The significance of empirical research of role conceptions...

...Burke spoke to the Bristol electorate as a realist who understood what popular democracy required: "It ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...most unreserved communication with his constituents." But he added: "your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays...

...and politician Edmund Burke, who in an election speech in Bristol in 1774 acknowledges at first that "it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasure, his satisfactions, to theirs— and above all, ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interest...

...and in his acceptance speech he put forth the classic expression of his doctrine of representation: Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness...wishes ought to have great weight with him; their opinions high respect; their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose,...

...conduct of government. In 1774, Edmund Burke made his celebrated declaration to the electors of Bristol: It ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...wishes ought to have great weight with him; their opinions high respect; their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose,...