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Show «a of the Britzfli Parliament without the Con- " drawn up, are no other than f0 many Trul'ts " fent of fuch Commiflioners, are to be at all " regarded by the flmeriran E1eé‘tors."---Thefe are afew of thofe blefi'ed Conclufions, which " f0 to do. Coniequently, if thefe Commif- ‘ fioners lhould at any Time Vote coyzrrzzry to‘ " " ‘ ‘ C (C their lnilruftions, that is, to their Commiflion, it follows, that in thefe Refpeéts thEy have exceeded the Bounds preferibed by their Electors. Therefore, being themfelves prohibited from voting, and having no Authority to vote in fuch a Quel'tion, every Law wherein " they gave their Suffrage, afiecting the Interefts CC of the Colonies in general, or any Province " in particular, is 77199 fie/fig mt]! and mid." AGAIN,-~-" The Colony Commifiioners are " to give their Confwt in Belmlf of #25 Provimr' " for which t/zey are c/zofm, to furl; Things (15flag " [25 ordained in Parliament. This is the Poun- " dation and Corner-Stone of all the Building: 6 And therefore, if fuch or fuch Commiflioners ‘ did 720! give their Conflm! in Behalf of the LC Provinces for which they were chofen, the" ‘5 it follows, of Courfe, that no Law, affecting 6 the lnterells of fuch refpective Provinces, is (C obligatory, no Tax due or payable, nor any " Regulations made by the pretended Authority ‘4 of the Politicians on the other Side of the zit/(172m will certainly draw from the Terms and Expref- o " Time, by the Alfembly which elected them; " whirh AfiEm‘oly hath therefore aRight to con" traCt or enlarge their Commiflion, as they ‘ {hail find it to be he Interel‘t of the Province fions contained in fuch a Form. And what is llill worfe, both our own hair-brained Repub~ licans, and our Mock-Patriots at Home will as Certainly adopt the fame Language, and echo back the fame fpecious, tho' falfe Allegations, from one End of the Kingdom to the other. Indeed many there are, even among ourfelves, who, with the mofi honeft and upright Inten- tions, are at a Lofs at prefent how to difintangle themfelves from thefe fallacious Reafonings. For having unhappily learnt in Newfpaper Differtations, and from Coffeehoufe Harangues, that the Deputies fent to the great Council of the Nation, are the mere Aircraft; of thoie who elected them -,---the Inference is but natural, that thefe Attornies ought to do as they are Md ; and that in Cafe of Cornpethion, they ought not to prefer their own privy, i;)i);nions to the JUdgments of their ConiL ..ients.---l fay, this Inference is natural; nay it is necefln‘y, jui't, and true, were the Premifes but true from whence it is deduced. WHEREFOR E, having often had the Advan- tage of hearing no lefs a Perfon than the late Y ex- \- " or Powers granted to them from Time to I [ 169 l " them; and thefe Inl'truétions, when properly .«wwot, a! if [ I68 ] |