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Show 6'4. ' ACTS RELATING Part I. sea. III. TO THE COLONIES. 65 placed around Mr. Locke's natural right pounds a year: furely he is rz'clz enough ofnot parting with our own property, but to have a will of his own. He ought therefore to have a vote. The holders of flock are furely rich enough to have a will of their own. Their With our own cwflnt. ‘ This is a quefiion of facts: let us then appeal to facts. If there be any truth in this afrertion, given to every man who is to contribute to attachment to the confiitution cannot reafonably be fuppofed to be lefs firong, lefs enlightened, lefs active than that ofland- a tax, the right of voting for his repre- holders. Their all depends upon the pre- fentative. fervation of the conl'titution. it mufi follow, that the confiitution has No man‘who has eyes to fee, and who chufes to make ufe of them, can ferioufly believe this to be the cafe in England. ‘ Many, who are not poor enough to be ranked, among. the non-willing, (fuppofing with our commentator that want of tweak/1 implies want of will) are yet bur- Yet thefe men have no votes. How many hundreds of our fellow ci- tizens have large capitals engaged in manufaétures: furely they are rich enough to have a will. men any votes. Yet neither have thefe Sum up the number of citizens under geflfles of no borough, have no freehold, thefe feveral defcriptions; add the other have none but copyhold lands; thefe men numerous clalles of citizens, who, though haveno votes. Many a man hires a piece of ground for. a long term; he gives perhaps ten rich enough, as the phrafe is, to have a will, have yet by the conf'titution m2 rig/rt pounds a year; he builds on it; the rent thofe Who have that right, firike the bal~ lance, and it will be found that the non- of the houfe he builds is fixty or eighty to vote. Then {urn up the number of F pounds voters |