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Show [ 42 J the l‘dIembers of the lower Houfes of Afl‘etnbly as l 43 l treely chofen alfo by the People; and, in Fact as independent as the Members of the Houfdof Grant of Parliament, 2'. 6. without their Content Commons? the who are to pay it, is illegal, which Declaration (JDbieghon would not be, [loot the Colonic: are too arprumvit upon [/93 Crown, or that their Claim of isixemptio-n from all Taxes, not impoltd by their ef'tablilhes the very Principle contended for by the Colonies. If the Truth were corifefied, own Content, z'Jfozxz-m'm' upon a Principle [radian lo Mir-Uri} At one Time, the Norz‘Zv A'Iizcrz‘rmzréarc ing of Money, by Pro/once of Prerogative, without was molt lbitable to the Occafion, and eiiectually ilio zQ/Z‘rtors of The \Vord Parlimizont, having been made ufe of, the Letter of the Declaration is adhered to, lag/MM" W hat a firange Animal muii a .Nort/J .fzr/zerzrmzfiappear to be from thcie Repreientations to the henerahty of Ergliflo Readers, who have and the Confequence drawn, that no Britzfo Sub~ jee‘t can be legally taxed, but by the Authority of the Briti/la Parliament, againf't the Spirit and Prin- called {cipuofiromg at another, never had. an Opportunity to admire, that He nay be neither black, nor tawny, may lpeak the {cog/yo Language, and, in other Relpects leem tor all the World, like one of Them l , . Ciple of the Declaration, which was aimed only to check and ref‘train the Prorogalit'e, and to eitablifh the Neceffity of obtaining t/yo Coir/ml of thole on whom Taxes were to be levied. Is not this a new Kind of Logic, to infer from Declarations " The cor , i t 1"? "F Swat Charter, the " Bill of R-finmfl '5115, are 10 far from " declaring, and Claims, founded upon the neceflhry and efi'ential Principle of a free Government, that the Peo- (C With one Voice, that the Inhabitan ts of the Co- 1‘ " lonies {hall be taxed by no other Aut hority than that of the Briié/b Porlz'mzmzt," that The prove the contrary ; for the Principle of the cor X 11,101] Law 13, 1/14; 22o Port of thei r Pro perly flan]! or nratwi from Britiih Suojc't‘fr, wit hout their Coir/or! grew i5} t/Joy? wacm 77er rigour-o to ripro/L' It 77737; , and this Principle is enforced by the Declaratiod of the GREAT CHARTER, and 2126 Bill of Light; neither the one nor the other introducinrr any [I to Privilege. In Greot~Britoi fl,, the Confenbt 0f the People is given by the Hou ie of Commons and, as Money had been levied p]: thE Crown, a} Protmco of Prethere for the Ufe' rogative, 2212112012! ")1an oizferzt, it was properly declared at the Reanzition, in Support of the Con fiitution, and in matron of the Pe0ple's Rights ; that the levying ple ought not to be taxed without their Content, that therefore the Colonies ought to be taxed by an Authority, in which their Confent is not, nor can be concerned; or, in other Words, to draw an Inference from a Declaration or Claim of Pri- Vilege, fubverfive of the very Principle upon Which the Privilege is founded P How aultward~ ly are the Principles of the Revolution applied by fome Men! What Attonifhment would the Promoters of that glorious Meafure, thofe Patrons and Friends of Liberty, did They now tread the Stage of this \Vorld, exprefs, that _a Word, by which They meant to aflErt the Prwrleges or the Subject, and reflrain defpotic Power, fliould be relied upon to demolilh the very Prmcrple by wnieh Themfelves were animated, and after all their Pains and Hazards to eftabliih the generous Sen« timents of Liberty. that thoie W110 flCI and alloy . ' .‘ l ~ (I 2 {AKL |