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Show it, and in tbe Exerei/e of tln's Rigbt are not eomi'rain~ ed to ic'lyine in tloe Style of lntmble Peti tioners. THEY are expo/ed to no Danger in exp laining tbeir Reafons~-----THE1R Situation does not beeomefo delieate as to make it prudent, to wea ken, by not urging zlrenz, witb tbeir fall Force, and to tlveir ntmofl Ex- tent. lonies? Bat wbo are tbe Reprefentatives of tbe CoTo wbom/laall THEY fend tbeir In/Z 'rat‘tions, ‘zoben deb/ens to obtain tlye Repeal of a Law flrilving at tbe Root and Foundation of every Civil Rig/of, floonldfneb an one take Plaee ? In/trufiions to all tbe Alfifibdfif wbo eompofe tbe Houfe of Commons would not be proper. To tbem tbe Application mix/t be by Petition, in wbielo an nnrefe rved Style would, probaby, 2e deemed Eideeeney, and ftr ong Exprefion; jnfolenee, in toleielo a Claim of Rigbts may not, pera Imps, be explained, or even inflnaa ted, if to impugn or <glanee at tbeir zintbority wbo/e Relief is fitpplieated. Tofliften and depreeate mnfl be tbe Hope and Endeavour, tbongb a gniltl e/s Freeman would, probaby, be aide-ward in ringin g all tlJe Cbanges off'arce, Precor. Under tbeJre Cirennzfl'anees J 9 tbe Libert'j o tbe Pre 5 is of tl.‘ mo/t momenton s Colneonenee, for if ow n] i; not (ll/Otfi‘c‘d to fjwal' tbenee in its genuine Langnage of ' Plainnefs and Simplicity, nor Freedom to vindie ate its Privileges will) daent l'irnnitfl', we fltall lra‘ve too nnteb Reafon to ael‘no wlqge bis Fortyig'bt wl oo predifled, tbat " tbe Con/litzt 'tionof tbe BritifllGoz'e s‘ rn/nent was too excellent to be permanent." 727:: o wn for, 7 f 13:! PREP/ZOE. tbe fleeompliflnnent of tloat Propbefir barb not yet eatebed in America, nor, I trig/t, bee n laid. Tbat tbere baz‘e been Laws extremely nnja and 01% prefive , tbe Dee/arations of fab /Ganent Parliaments, fixing Ibis Stigma npon tir e/n, e‘z'inee; bat wbil/i tbe Power wb ieb introdnted tbem frevai led, it 7101!] not prudent to give tbem tbeir de/Erved Cbaratters. Tb: Parliament of Henry I]l, or tbat of Henry VI, need not be cited ; tbere are ma ny otber In antes, tbongb not branded wit/.1 Epitbe ts fo remarkably oppro- ' brions. In tbe Opinion of a great La wyer, an AC? of Parliament may be (void, and of a great Divine; " all " Aden baz'e natural, an d l'reemen legal Rig‘bts; " u'bieb tbéf)' may jfl 'ufllrub ma-, intavl in b/ are' ll "0 co ""‘l/l[u zt‘ime ‘ ‘ Antbority can deprr'e tbem of," Cafes may be imagined in unfit/J tbe Trot/.72 of tlve/Z' Po/itions migbt, in ‘f'beery, be admitted ; bat in Prafiiee, Itnltfr tlere/benl d be wry peenliar Circumjtanees, file/J as eannot be fl/ppo/ea' to exi/t a'ariig' [be Prevalence of tbe Powe r tbat introdneed it, would rel rev/fro y npon tlre A'ntberiy of Cyiniens, er tbe Principles of tbem, for bis Proteetio n eggs/‘75,? tl‘e Penalties of anypyitlzf e Law .9 Il'Yeen [be 7ndg'es zeere a/Ad ly Henry I'll], lt'Y‘e- Uner a Min migbt be .17ti'aim‘etl of 17 13b Yreafin bv Parliament, Ibo/{Sly not ealled to anficer, tbey de clared tbat it was a datgn‘rons fizz/Q‘fi' on, and ga ve tlw eta- jive |