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Show c :8 l (19) " a Rev--tion ~, this G----nt Over them being "dilfolved, a Rev---tion will take Place in " Am---a. " I cannot underfiand the Difference between "internal and external Taxes, they are the " fame in Effect, and differ only in Name. " THAT this Kingdom is the Sovereign, the " fupreme legiflative Power, over Am-w-a, lS " granted, it cannot be denied, and Taxation "is a Part of that fovereign Power; it 15, 1t " has been, exercifed over thofe, who were not " reprefented -, 'tis exercifed over the Ezzfl [nu " din Company Merchants of London, the Pro-d " prietors of the Stocks, and over many great " and Manufacturing Towns -, it was exercifed " "' ." " " over the Palatinate of Durham, and Bifhop- rick of Claryler, before they fent any Reprefentatives to Parliament : I appeal to the Pream- bles of the Afts which gave them Reprefentatives; the one in the Reign of Henry the " Eighth, the other of Charla: the Second." H5 Ha then quoted the Statutes exactly, delired they might be read, which being done, he refum~ ed his Difcourfe. " WHEN I propofed to tax Am a, I alked "the Houfe, whether any Gentleman objected " to the Right? Irepeatedly afked it, and no "Man Would attempt to deny it; Protection " and Obedience are reciprocal; Great-Britain " protects Am---a, Am a is bound to " yield Obedience; if not, tell me, when the " flm m were emancipated? When they " want the Protection of this Kingdom, they. " are ready enough to afk it. That Proteflion " has been always afforded them in the molt full " and ample Manner: The Nation has run " itfelf into an immenfe Debt, to give them " that Protection, and now they are called upon " to contribute a finall Share towards the Pub" lick Expence, an Expence arifing from them« " felves, they renounce your Authority, infult " your Officers, break out, I might almofi' fay, ‘f into Acts of open Rebellion. " THE |
