Of the king's influence on parliament, he says:

"It is arbitrary and notoriously under the
influence of the crown."--Let. 44.

"I beg you will convey to your gracious master my
humble congratulations upon the glorious success
of _peerages and pensions_, so lavishly
distributed as the rewards of Irish virtue."--Let.
66.

"That the sovereign of this country is not
amenable to any form of trial known to the laws,
is unquestionable; but exemption from punishment
is a singular privilege annexed to the royal
character, and no way excludes the possibility of
deserving it. How long and to what extent a king
of England may be protected by the forms, when he
violates the spirit of the constitution, deserves
to be considered. A mistake in this matter proved
fatal to Charles and his son."--Preface to Junius.

"Wherefore, laying aside all national pride and
prejudice in favor of modes and forms, the plain
truth is that _it is wholly owing to the
constitution of the people, and not the
constitution of the government_, that the crown is
not as oppressive in England as in Turkey."

"The consequences of this attack upon the
constitution are too plain and palpable not to
alarm the dullest apprehension. I trust you will
find that the people of England are neither
deficient in spirit or understanding, though you
have treated them as if they had neither sense to
feel, nor spirit to resent. We have reason to
thank God and our ancestors that there never yet
was a minister in this country who could stand the
issue of such a conflict, and, with every
prejudice in favor of your intentions, I see no
such abilities in your grace as should enable you
to succeed in an enterprise in which the ablest
and basest of your predecessors have found their
destruction.... Never hope that the freeholders
will make a tame surrender of their rights, or
that an English army will join with you in
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