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Lechmere, the manager, who
spoke next after him. The following are extracts, given, not in the
exact order in which they stand in the printed trial, but in that which
is thought most fit to bring the ideas of the Whig Commons distinctly
under our view.
* * * * *
_Mr. Lechmere_[14]
"It becomes an _indispensable_ duty upon us, who appear in the name and
on the behalf of all the commons of Great Britain, not only to demand
your Lordships' justice on such a criminal, [Dr. Sacheverell,] _but
clearly and openly to assert our foundations_."
[Sidenote: That the terms of our Constitution imply and express an
original contract.]
[Sidenote: That the contract is mutual consent, and binding at all times
upon the parties.]
[Sidenote: The mixed Constitution uniformly preserved for many ages, and
is a proof of the contract.]
"The nature of our Constitution is that of a _limited monarchy_, wherein
the supreme power is communicated and divided between Queen, Lords, and
Commons, though the executive power and administration be wholly in the
crown.


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