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Show l 2! ] l 20 l inl‘eparable, by Natural Equity, from the people .of every part of the Britifh Empire, than the right of granting or withholding Taxes; for, otherwife, the free fubjeéts of one part of the empire would be liable to be molt materially injured in their greatly/Z and melt valuable inheritance, the Law, by the haf'ty de- cifions of men on the ot/Jar fla'e of the be ever made lawful ? The true confli- tutional mode of connefling Britifh Dominions, that are otherwiie feparated by Nature, is demonflrated by- the ef'tablilhed example of the Union of GreatBritain and Ireland, which by long ex- perience has proved to be {ufliciently effectual. It mufl: be acknowledged, in- empire, with. whom probably they would deed, that an Aét of Parliament was made in the 6th of K. George I. chap. 5. be totally unacquainted, and whofe in- wherein it is laid down, that " the King terefi might perhaps be as widely dg'flér- " and Parliament of Great-Britain may " make Laws to bind Ireland." (22) But, as mt from theirs (for anything they could know to the contrary) as their fltaalz'oa upon the face of the globe is di/Zam‘ ; that is, as widely dg'fli‘rmr a5 [/33 Ea/Z 2': from $66 [Va/E .' Would tth be equita- ble 3 could iuch notorious Iiyizflz'cc (2 I) inflamt, the baneful influence of fuch an evil preccdent will foon prepare the way for the Dr/z'ruflz‘an if the tux/201a Larw; becaufe " mm all/ardo data, iafiaira " figuua/ur." I Coke, 102. (22) If the preceding arguments are not fuflicient be I" 2.. ' (2.1) (I oi ajiiie difcedas, vagus eris, et' erunt om " ma omnibus incerta." Co. Lit. 42 A d " " rum ordo confund'itui‘ ii umcmaae ' ' k junfliflio 7' n , non/erRe(x "I Rule."ofriih wetar ' lnii. ' proeni.) For, if ' the fundamenr t e Lonfiitutton be {6: afide even in one Zia/fame, to prove in what light the {aid A& is to be confidered, yet the prefent (11/117152 am! feparate 7u7‘ift/iflian of tin frifla Parliament, the Continuation of their ancient and corr/limtimml Privileges, notwithftanding the doétrine afierted in the faid Act, and their annual Tranfaétions, both in Taxation and Li'grflaz‘ioa, are Faflr, which prove (at/tar 11m" flrgumrmsj that the people of Ire- land |