expressive body. Its function was to tell the executive⁠—the king⁠—what the nation wished he should do; to some extent, to guide him by new wisdom, and, to a very great extent, to guide him by new facts. These facts were their own feelings, which were the feelings of the people, because they were part and parcel of the people. From thence the king learned, or had the means to learn, what the nation would endure, and what it would not endure;⁠—what he might do, and what he might not do. If he much mistook this, there was a rebellion.