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Show 168 Aers RELATING Part 11. Sci‘t. VII. TO THE COLONIES. 169 exemptions not fpeciiied. hut neceflhry to the enjoyment of {rich as are fpeci‘iicd. \Ve have examined no let‘s than 71/726 uniformly izz'lawrd on the other, can be {everal charters, and in erg/It of them it Should it there appear, that from the appears, that an exemption from the power of parliament, r from parliaincn ary taxation is neither among the exemptions, or powers {pecifically granted, or neeefiary to the enjoyment, or exercife offueh as arc to granted. But we went farther: we fuppofed a cafe, in which the Americans might have a right to {till other powers and exemptionss-W'e ventured to {uppofe they had a confiitutional right to any other powers ellahlithment of the color ies. to the rife of and exemptions, which they had L‘G‘Ii/Iit'ihilzy and Iraq/Lfbrnfiy cxereifed and enjoyed, pro~ vided the legiflatnre of England had as conflantly, and uniformly, acquicfced in that cxcrcife, and enjoyment. formly enjoyed, on the one hand, and as proved only by the records of parliament. the prefent troubles, parhat:.ent did no aft to aii‘ert their right ot‘controle or taxation over the Grantees "3 ; or ha 'ing attempted any, it did at any time afterwards renounce the "I rignt; then indeed the powers and exemptions, now contended for, do fall within the deferipti n we have given, and do, ac- cording to our principles, belong of conflitutional right to the colonies. '3‘ i ufe the term Crawler; here, and not that of Squ‘lwr, or (leidr, becaufe the original charters made, as we have already intimated, little or no proviiion for the liberties of any pertons who could properly come under the denomination of Sell/arr, or Colonills. Under there charters the ohjefls of favour were not the Aneefiors of the pretbnt Ame- Whether the exclufive power of internal legifiation,and afull exemption from internal taxation, by the Englifh parliament, fident in England, or merely theproprictor, and his beamong the powers, and exemptions, uni- If, formly rieans, but either the members of a company re- heirs. |