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Show 192 Aers RELATING PanII. See}. IX. TO THE COLONIFS. 20') Nor let it be forgot that thefe were the opinions of men who fiand high in the eflimation of the world; men Whofe names are delivered down to us with the endearing epithets of Champions of liberty, and defenders of the rights of mankind. " In " all the annals of recorded time (fays an forbids all the inhabitants of New I-Iamp- " hiflorian, whom Feedom has marked as tation of an internal right of the colo- " her own *) never had fortune reared {o " tall a monument of human Virtue, as "were the atchievements of this Alliem" bly."-" They had recalled the wildom " and glory of ancient times."~-" Eng- lies. " land bade fair to outdo, in the con- " flitution of her government, every cir" cumfianee of glory, to? Jam, andfilicity, " related of ancient and modern empire." --" Englifhmen were on the point of en" joying a fuller meal‘ure of happinefs, " than had ever been the portion of hu- " man fociety." The opinion of men * M‘Cauley's l'iifiory of anland, vol. v, p. 9:. iihc.‘ (hire, h/lailaehnfet's Bay, Rhode Ifland, See. to cut down any pitch, pine, or tar treet, not aé‘mally incitiietl, and under a certain diameter § This {irrely is not a bare regulation of trade : it is, if any thing can be, a limi- In the fame reign an aft was paired for afeertaining the rates of foreign coins quit/113': the plantations in America ". This too is the limitation ofan internal right. The aél: l for the eflablifhment of a geierai pofiz-oflice, is clearly an aét impoiing duties for the purpole of railing a revenne. The fuhjeé‘ts in America, are by this aft, put under the fame rel'traints as the fubjeé'ts of England : they muft fend their letters by the mefl‘engers employed by are common poQ-mafier: innit pay the (5 See 3 8; 4Anne, c. 10. "l‘ 6 Anne, c. 30. 4- 9 Anne, c. [0. '1' 6 Anne, c. 30. rates |