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Show 293 ACTS RELATING Part ll. Seé‘t. XI. Americans: this {hould have been aflErted, vindicated, and recognized. To THE COLONIES. ~93 ‘ " fuprememagnanimity" {o magnificently tlifplayed. But though this act of fln'rz'z‘, fart/trade, The powers of the fubordinate legifla- tures were vague, and indetermined: thefe {hould have been precifely marked and "zagzmnzinz‘z‘y, fhould be found to have out. done nothing toward feenring the dignity, The mode of taxation was difputed; this {hould have been fettled. The want of knights and burgefi‘es to reprefent the condition of the colonies in the Britifh parliament, was the oiz/y ground on which the rgm'fy of a parliamentary taxation could be difputed: this thould' have been obviated. Inflead of obtaining any of thefe important points, what did he? " He re-s " pealed the Ramp aét: he made the de" elaratory a6t;" that is, he gave up the purfe at the 'irfi‘ word: and when the l‘poiler had carried it oil, and was out of light, and out of hearing, he vauntingly declared he had {till a right to the purfe if he chofe to claim it. Of this fort is the 7 " fu- or authority of Britain, the at": of eoneetl lion we are required to believe reflored tranq tility to the colonies--" They vere " quiet." \Vhat are we to underfland by their being 1" quiet P" Is it only, that having forced from us that which they ded, they were quiet till another felt‘P-‘We allow the the}; make the molt of it. Or are we to underfiand by it, that of the declaratory aét; to yield a ready obedience to the other laws enaétcd by Great Britain? fo the orator feems t0 underfland the phrafe, and undertakes to prove, that they were " not only "quiet, but {heaved many unequivocal "marks of acknowledgment and grati‘" tudec" he gives us every advantage: he U 3 ithClS |
