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Show ( 1'2 l ( I3 ) " IT is my Opinion that this Kingdom has " no Right to lay a Tax on the C--l--ne-s; at " the fame time I afl'ert the Authority of this " Kingdom over the C--l~-n--s to be Sovereign " and Supreme in every Circumfiance of Go." vernmtnt and Legiflation whatfoever; they " were Subjects of this Kingdom equally in- " C----n; they gave and granted what was " their own. "of Am At prefent, fince the Difcovery a, the C us are become the " Proprietors of the Lands; the Cr-n has di‘.‘ vetted itfelf of its great Eftates; the Church " (God ablefs it) hasbut a Pittance; the Pro- "titled by your Laws to all the natural Rights " of Manhood and the peculiar Privileges of " Engli/lmzen ; equally bound to its Laws, and " petty of the Ld-ds, compared with that of "the C 'ns,'is:as aDr0p of Water to the "Ocean; and this Houfe reprefents thofe "equally participating of 'its Conflitution. "The {1 m are Sons, not Bafiards of " England, but according to the Confiitution "Ch-r18, and thofe Proprietors virtually " reprefent the reft of the Inhabitants: We " of this free Country, Taxation is no Part of " the governing or legiflative Power; Taxes " are the voluntary Grant or~ Gift of the " Commons alone; in Legiflation, the three " Efta'tes of the Realm are all concerned ; but " the Concurrence of the Peers and the Crown " to tax is only neceffary to clothe with the "Form of Law, the Gift and Grant of the " Commons alone. " IN ancient Days the C--n, the Barons "‘and the Clergy, gave, and granted to the " C---n; " therefore, in this Houfe, give and grant, " What is our own; but in an Am-n Tax, " what do we do ? We your M~-_--y's C~+-ns ." of Great Britain, give and grant to your "M y, what ? Our own Property? No; we give and grant to your M . y, the PrOperty of your M-y's Commons in Aim-a, an Abfur; " dity in Terms. This Difiinc‘tion between Le" giflation and Taxation, is elTentially neceflhry "to Liberty ; the C-n and theP-rs, are equal" ly legiflative Powers with the C-ns. IfTaxa~ " tion, then, be a Part of fimple LegiflatiOn, the " C--n and the P-rs have Rights in Taxation, " as well as yourfelves, Rights which they f‘ will claim, which they will exercife, whenB " focver |
