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Show [ I5 1 [ I4 ] And the 'w/yo/c Kz'zzga ancel'rors have always molt zealoufly af- dam, even of Great-Britain itfelf, is only ferted, and tranfmitted to us, as our befi: " prcjfléd. (14.) a part of the Brz'riflv Empire ; and there- fore, by a parity of reafoning, cannot jufl/y or eguitabéi be permitted to make laws for the whole 5 becaufe " where " the fame reaflm is, the fame law (01' " right) mufiprevail:"( 15) for "turpiselt " pars quze non convenit cum fuo 10:0 3" (Plowden, 161.) and " nihil in lege i72- " tolerabilz'us eft, eandem rem diverfi " jure cenferi." 4C0. 83. The free Birz‘brig/Jz‘ and Inheritance; (16) fo that every attempt to fit lbeflzme (finite in any degree, or in any fart of Me empzre, or . to corrupt if by undue influence of places and penfions, or bribes with public money, is {27174372 agaz'ryi t/Je Conflz'z‘m‘z'ou; the highef'r of Treafon : (17) and therefore (16) " Major hazreditas venit unicuique noltrum a ' 1 " jure et legibus quam a parentibus.' 2 hit. 56. Reprefentation of the pgople 2'72 the legz'f- (17) " Thejirfl and big/21]} Viva/in is that which 15 lature is, therefore, to be el‘reemed, of " committed again]? [/13 Con/litany». Lord‘ Sorpmers s lEl autem Judgement of whale Kingdoms, p;,8. -. 2, c. 1. Fleta, . fit) jam non quod " z‘xg‘urz‘a omne all our Rights, the mofl e mz‘z'al, (as Lord Sommcrs has declared,) to maintain that excellent Equilibrium of power, or mixt government, limited by law, which our anceftors (14) " NEO\UE Rex ibidem, per fe, aut miniltros " tuos, tallagia, lubfidia, aut qumv is onera alia, im~ " ponit legiis fizis, aut lcgm ear/(I71 mural, em! "arr/m mm " dit, fine amafione vel {fin/1} tori/u reguiflaz' in par/it:- " memo/ha exprgfl," E55. Chancell. Fortefcue de Laudibus Legum Anglir, c. 36, p. 84. b. (15) " Ubi eadem ratio, ibi idem lcx," or " jus." Principia Leg. er ZEquit. p. 116. And, on the other hand, " they neither are, nor can " be Traitors, who endeavour to prelerve and main‘ min the Conflitution; but they are the Traitors, ‘ who delign and purl‘uc the lubverfion of 11:1; they ‘ ‘ are the Rebels, that go about to overthrow the Govcrnmcnt or their Country; whereas fuch as feek " to {upport and defend it are the find} lay-1118000111} ns‘o " and do aft conformable to the tics and obligatio u realty," Lord Sommers, p. 9. -- Agrceable to tax: 0 doctrine was the anfwcr of Dr. Sharp, archbilhop ::_ ;-?0i3:: mm, to put York, when the queiiion was " (on, who had {worn Allegiance to 1 g" could: |