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An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs is a book written by the Irish Whig MP and philosopher, Edmund Burke, published on 3 August 1791. Background. Edmund Burke's position in the Whig party during the parliamentary session of 1790–91 was awkward.
- United Kingdom
- 3 August 1791
- English
- Edmund Burke
In political philosophy: Burke. …Revolution in France (1790) and An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs (1791), he discerned in the doctrine of sovereignty of the people, in whose name the revolutionaries were destroying the old order, another and worse form of arbitrary power.
Burke's Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs was published on 3 August 1791. Burke made revisions in the second, third, and fourth impressions, all issued in 1791. The most significant changes involved reversing the order of the last two 'members' of the book ( Todd, p. 173).
In Parliament he served the Whig cause with eloquent writings and speeches against George III’s efforts to establish personal control, and in support of the American colonies, Roman Catholic emancipation, and abolition of the slave trade. Download to read the full chapter text.
- John B. Halsted
- 1969
An appeal from the new to the old Whigs. by. Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797. Publication date. 1962. Topics. Whig Party (Great Britain) -- Early works to 1800. Publisher. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill.
Burke scorned to answer Paine directly, but in 1791 he published a sequel to his Reflections under the title An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs. 2 In it, he quoted several pages from Paine’s book without acknowledging their source, and took them as representative of the views of all the British sympathizers with the French Revolution.
1 de ago. de 2012 · An appeal from the new to the old Whigs: in consequence of some late discussions in Parliament relative to the Reflections on the French revolution. 1984, Printed for J. Dodsley ... Microform in English
