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Show 176 POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS. " them; and thefe Inf'crué‘tions, when properly " drawn up, are no other than [0 many Trufis " or Powers granted to them from Time to " Time, by the Affembly which elefted them; 177 " of the Briliflz Parliament without the Con- " fent of fucn Commiflioners, are to be at all " regarded by the flmerimn Ele&ors."~--Tliefc " which Alfembly hath therefore a Right to con" tract or enlarge their Commiflion, as they area few of thofe bleffed Conclufions, which the Politicians on the other Side of the Atlantic will certainly draw from the Terms and EXPI‘Qf. {hall find it to be the Interel't of the Province to to do. Confequently, if thefe Commit? fioners fhould at any Time vote contrary to their Infirtiétions, that is to their Coxnmilhon, fions contained in fuch a Form. And what is fiil‘lworfe, both our own hare-brained Repub- licans, and our Mock-Patriots at Home will as " " " " "it follows, that in thefe Refpeéts they have " exceeded the Bounds prefcribed by their " Electors. Therefore, being themfelves pro" hibited from voting, and having no Authority certainly adopt the fame Language, and echo back the fame fpecious, tho' falfe Allegations, from one End of the Kingdom to the other. Indeed many there are, even among ourfelves, who, with the moft honed and upright Intentions, are at a Lois at prefent how to dilintangle themfelves from thele failacious Realbnings. For having unhappily learnt in Newfpaper Dif‘ fertations, and from CoflEe-houie Harangues, " to vote in fuch a Qiel‘tion, every Law wherein " they gave their Suffrage, affecting the Interefts " of the Colonies in general, or any Province in " particular, is, ipfo faa‘i'o, mill and mid. AGAIN,--" The Colony Commifiioners are " to give their (.‘onfem‘ in Be/zalf of the Province " for which they are c/zofm, [afar/z Things as/I'zzi/l the Nation, are the mere flilcmirt of thofe who elected them; ., the Inference is but natural, This is the Foun- that thefe Attornies ought to do 625 they are bid; " dation and Corner-Stone of all the Building: and that, in Cale of Competition, they ought not to prefer their own private Opinions to the Judgment of their Condimentsw-l fay, this. " ée ordained in Par/iameizt. " And therefore, if fuch or fuch Commifiioners " did not give their Con/ant in Behalf of the " Provinces for which they were chofen, [hm " " " 5‘ it follows, of CourTC, that no Law, age-fling the Interef'ts of fuch refpe€tive Provinces, is obligatory, no Tax due or payable, nor any Regulations made by the pretended Authority that the Deputies fent to the great Council of Inference is natural, nay it is :eceifary, jUfi, .and true, were the l'i‘eiiiiles but true from whence it is deduced. WHEREFORB, having often had the Advan- tage of hearing no lefs a Perfon than the late " of M CX: |