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Show ( 25 l C24) " man who calumniates it, might himfelf have " profited, he ought to haVe profited, and to " have defifled from his Projects. The Gentle" man tells us Am a is obl‘tinate, Am a " is almoll in open Rebellion. I rejoiCe that " Am a has refifted. Three Millions of Peo" ple, (0 dead to all Feelings of Liberty as vo" luntarily to firbmit to be Slaves, would have " been fit Infiruments to makes Slaves of all the a refl. I come not here armed at all Points " with Law Cafes and Acts of Parliament, with "the Statute-Book doubled down into Dog's " Ears, to defend the Caufe‘of Liberty: IfI " had, I {hould myl'elf have cited the two Cafes " of Durham and Cbcfler; I would have cited "them to have lhewn that even in arbitrary " Reigns, Parliaments were alhamed to tax the "People without their Confent, and allowed " them Reprefentatives. Why did the Gentle- " man confine himfelt to Durbam and Cbryier .? he " might have taken a higher Example in Wales: " Wales, which never was taxed by P " man. I know his Abilities, I have been ob- "liged to his diligent Refearches, but for the " Defence of Liberty upon a general Principle, a " aconftitutional Principle, it is :1 Ground on " which I {land firm, on which I dare meetany " Man. The Gentleman tells of many who are "taxed and are not reprefented The India " Company, Merchants, Stockholders, Mann" faflurers ; Surely many ofthefe are reprefent" ed in other Capacities as Owners of Lands, -" or as Freemen of Boroughs. It a‘Misfortune " that Men are not afltially reprefented ; but " they are all Inhabitants, and as fuch are vir- " tually reprefented. Many have it in their "Option to be actually reprefented. They "have Conneélions with thofe who eleé‘t, and "they have an Influence over them. -----The " Gentleman mentioned the Stockholders, I hope " he does not reckon the Debts of the Nation, " as Part of the National Ellate. Since the Ac- ' " cefIion of King l'f/i'llzizm, many Minillers, Fome " of grate, others of moderate Abilities, have ta- nt 9‘ until it was incorporated. I would not de" bare a particular Point of Law with the Gentle- ," man. " ken the Lead in Government."------[H€ then Went through the Lift of them, bringing it down to |
