... abbreviatedform of whig, to the opponents of the court.][Footnote 2: Memoirs of the Hamiltons, 367-377. Guthrie, 28 3 -29 9. Rushworth, vii. 127 3, 128 2, 128 6, 129 6,1 325 .][Sidenote a: A.D. 1648. Sept. 26 .] ... that the supremacy of the people should be established against the negative voice of the king and of the lords; that toprevent civil wars, the office of the king and the privileges of the peers ... their confidence in the goodness of their cause; to give to the world asplendid proof of the sovereignty of the people and of the responsibility of kings.[1][a] When the motion wasmade in the...