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Show [ 95 ] l 94 ] that he ought not? Or doth it fay, That every LEAVING therefore all thefe lhifting, unfiabl: Man either hath, or ought to have, or was intended to have a Vote for a Member of Parliament ? No, by no Means: The Confiitution fays no fuch Thing-But the Spirit of it doth ; and that is as good, perhaps better.-Very well : See then how the fame Spirit will prefently wheel about, and affert a Doétrine quite repugnant to the Claims and Politions Of you Americans. Megmz Clmrm, for Example, is the great Foundation of Eagle/2 Liberties, and the Bafis of the Topics, which, like Changeable Silks, exhibit Eizglz' z Conl'titution. But by the Spirit of Merged Charm, all Taxes laid on by Parliament are eanflitutiorzal, legal Taxes; and Taxes raifed by the Prerogative of the Crown, without the HI'IIHIHII' 'cu Confent of the Parliament, are illegal. Now re- member, young Man, that the late Tax or Duties upon Stamps was laid on by Parliament; and therefore, according to your own Way of reafoning, muft have been a regular, confl'itu- t in Oppolition to the [ole Prerogative . , Nay more, the principal End and Intention of Megan Clzem‘a, as far as Tax- ation is concerned, was to afl'ert the Authority and Jurifdié‘tion of the three Ef'tates of the Kingdom, of the King : So that if you will now plead the Spirit of.~ .Magrm Charm againft the Jurifdiétion of Parliament, you will plead Magmz Charm againfi itlelf. 'w..§ '§:+7;V'v*r vvt HM ' tional, legal Tax. LEAthe- different Colours, according as they are viewed in difl'erent Lights -, let us from the Spirit of the Confiitution, come to the Conf'titution itfelf. For this is a plain, obvious Matter of Fact; and Matters of Fact are laid to be llubborn Things. Now the firfi: Emigrants, who fettled in flmerim, were certainly Engli/lz Subjeéts,--~ fubjeét to the Laws and jurifdiction of Parliament, and confequently to parliamentary Taxes, lefore their Emigration; and therefore fubjeét afterwards, unlefs fome legal, confiitutional Exemption can be produced. Now this is the Qiei'lion, and the {ole Qieflion between you and me, reduced to a plain, fingle Matter of Fa&. Is there therefore any fuch Exemption as here pretended 5" 'And if you have it, why do you not produce it ?--" The King, you fay, hath granted Charters of " Exemption to the flmerz'etm Colonies." This is now coming to the Point; and this will bring the Difpute to a fhort lfltie. Let us therefore firll: enquire, Whether he could legally and confiitutionally grant you fuch a Charter? And fecondly, Whether he did ever fo much as attempt to do it? And whether any fuch Charters are upon Record ? Now, upon the firf't fettling an Engli/lz Co- lony, and before ever you, dmerz'mm, could '" "‘ have |
