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Show ‘ '1 . 3am 2}»5‘: a ,1" 1‘ ‘3‘ jib-31"":‘ii :75}! vvrvwmm lmlflllfllllfl/i' ~ "IIH‘IIIIIII‘ In PLEAS AND ARGUMENTS. PLEAS AND ARGUMENTS; thefe Colonies, taking into their molt ferious Conlideration the belt Means of attaining the Ends aforefliid, do in the Brit Place, as Engliflzmen their Aneefltors, in like Cafes, have ufually . " Refolved, 4. That the Foundation of Eng- 34 35 Ziflz Liberty, and of all free Government, i; a Right in the. People to participate in their Legi/ld tine Council: 11nd as the Englifh Colon/ft: are not clone, for :2ITe1‘ti11g and Vindicating their Rights reprefented, and from, tlzeir local and otlzer Circum- and Liberties, DECLARE, flances cannot properly be reprefented in the Britilh Parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclafltie " THAT the Inhabitants of the Engli 1 C0103 nies in North-.4meriea, by the immutable Laws of Nature, the Principles of the Engli 1 Conflitu- ti on, and the leveral Charters or Compaél's, have the following RIGHTS " Refolt'ed, nern. con. 1. That they are entitled to Life, Liberty, and Property: And they have never ceded to any fovereign Power what'- ever, a Right to difpoie of either without their Confent. " Refllved, nem. con. 2. That our Anceflors, Power of Legiflation in their feveral provincial Legiflatures, where their Rirrht of Reprefentation can alone be preleived, in all CalIes of Tax ation and internal lolity, lubjeflt only to the Negative of their Sovereign,1n fuch Mannex as has been heretofore ufed and aceullomet: BUI FROM THE NECESSITY OF THE CASE, AND A RE-- QARD To THE MUTUAL INTERESTS or BOTH COUNTRIES, we chearfully CONSENT to the Optu ration of fuch Aéts of the Britiflz Parliament, as are bona fide reflrained t0 the Regulation of who fall fettled thefe Colonies, were at the Time of their Emigration from the Mother Country, entitled to all the Rights, Liberties, and Imnunities of free and natural born Subjeéls within the Realm of England. by inch EmiI " Refolved, nem. con. 3. hat gration they by no Means forfeited, lurrendered, or loll any of thofe Rights, but that they wcrfi, and their Defcendents now are, entitled to the our external Commerce, for the Purpofe of fecuring the commercial Advantages of the whole Empire to the Mother Country, and the com- mercial Benefits of its refpeétive Members, exclnding every Idea of Taxation internal or external, for raiflng a Revenue on tile Saojetts in America WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT. " Refolved, new. con. 5. That the refpeétive Exe1cile and Enjoyment of all inch of them as Colonies are entitled to the common Law of their local, and other Circumfiances enable them England, and more efpecially to the great and ineftimable Privilege of their being tried by the to exercife and enjoy. 5‘ Rafa/veal, Peers of the Vicinage, ac001d1ncr to the Courfc of that Law. E 2 F‘ Relolved, |