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Show 268 Examz'rmz'z'wz ofDr. Franklin éifore My were not reprefcntcd. But the payment of duties laid by act of parliament as regulations of com- merce, was never (lilputed. Q) But can you name any act of atlembly, or iL‘A: D.T.] Hazgfl 0fC0/r-zmmzr 232 1766. 269 .623 Don't you know there was a time in A7073 Tor/6 , when it was under coniideration to make an application to parliament to lay taxes on that colony, upon a deficiency arifingiiom the affirm - public aft of any of your govcrzm‘ients, that made fuch diflinftion ? 11. I do not know that there war any; I think there was never an occation to make any fuch act, bly s refilling or neglecting to raifc the nece flary fupplies for the fupport of the civil gove rnment? 1"]. Inever heard ofit. till now that you have attempted to tax us; [bar fideration in New York ;--and do vou appr ehend they could fuppoie the right of parliament to lay has occafioncd refolutions of aiicmbly, declaring the diltinc‘tion ; in which I think every allcmbly on the continent, and every member in every alfembly, have been unanimous. Q; There was fuch an applicatio n under con- a tax in America was only local, and confined to the cafe of a deficiency in a particular colonv by a refufal of its alieinbly to raife the necefiarv lim- 32; What then could occaiion converfations on that fubjeét before that time ? plies P A. There was in 1754 a propofition made (I think it came from hence) that in cafe of a war, that the aliembly would not wife the neccl lbry which was then apprehended, the governors of fembly that would refule it mull: want c fenfe; which cannot be {appoiedm-l thig‘l'« the colonies {hould meet, and order the levying of troops, building of forts, and taking every other neceflary meafure for the general defence; and {hould draw on the trtafury here for the turns expended; which were afterwards to be raili'din the colonies by a general tax, to be laid on them. by at? foar/illb'a'ni. This occalioncd a good deal, of convex-laden on the lii‘tjec‘l; and the general opinion was, that t. e parliament neither would nor could lay any tax on us, till we were duly i‘epi‘elEIited in parliament; becaufe it was not ju‘il, nor agreeable to the nature of an Englj/b confli- tution 1. I [568 p~ 9+, and p. 120 et feq. t fupplies to fupport its own government. Q. Data't An all was never any fuch cafe at New York, and 1a.}: it mutt be a milreprelcntation, or the net mul‘c be iliil‘underl'cood. I know there have been tome attempts, by minii‘terial inl'trnc‘iions from hence to oblige the atlcmblies to Little permanent ; ela: rics on governors, which thev wilblv refuted to do; but I believe no allémbly of New Your, my any other colo'iy, ever refuted duly to iltnocr ‘r goteinmcnt by proper allowances, trom tune to tlll'C, to public ol‘hccrs. , vj- ,. x - ~ ; . v Q, But in cafe a governor, aft: tron, lhould call on an alieoilgriy 15.] l A. They could not fuppofe {rich a cafe as 0 J ‘ ~ I j - |