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But Sir Edward Coke's stern integrity nobly challenges our admiration and more demands our gratitude, when he perilled life and honour by refusing to lay the ermine of justice , at the feet of the monarch, and by persisting in disobedience to the mandate of the sovereign, established the great principle that judges right to be independent of the crown.

So should Mansfield deserve ever to be revered for the bold sentiments with which he uttered, whilst repelling, on the trial of Wilkes outlawry, the idea of extraneous influence arising from threats of popular vengence cannot forbear to quote a few sentences, at length - "-it is sd the people expect the( ), that the temper of the times demands it, that the multitude will have it so; These arguments weigh not a feather with me. If insurrection, and rebellion are to follow our determination, we have not to answer for the consequences, tho'we shd be the innocent cause - we can only say '( ) justitia resat calum'; We shall discharge our duty without expectations of approbation, or the apprehensions of censure; if we are subjected to the latter unjustly, we must submit to it; we cannot prevent it, we will takecare not to deserve it. He must be a weak man indeed, who can be staggered by such a consideration. I do not affect to scorn the opinion of mankind; Iwish earnestly for popularity, I will seek , & will have popularity; but I will tell you how I will obtain it; I will have that popularity which follows, & not that which is run after.