The phrase "good burghers" refers to the respectable and responsible citizens of a town or city who actively contribute to its well-being and community. Full definition
Other than lacking the votes, a key ingredient, it seems the good burghers of Ulster weren't all that keen on their assessor spending half his days — at the least — at the county office building. (hudsonvalleyone.com)
However, I can tell you, the good burghers of Richmond as not that taken by champagne swampy and erstwhile anarchist Zac Goldsmith. (iaindale.blogspot.ru)
Silliest of all is the realisation that Jack has undertaken his journey not to save the good burghers of New York, nor even just to save his own son, but rather simply to prove that he can for once keep an appointment — making the final scenes of this film hilariously anticlimactic, as our hero is left with literally nothing to do except grin. (movie-gazette.com)