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Show PLEAS AND ARGUMENTS. thought it necefi'ary to be very explicit on the has rather been a long one: But furely it cannot be elleemed a Digreflion. For I defy the. ;.~ PLEAS AND ARGUMENTS. 25 V warmel't, and the ablel't Advocate that ever " and Commons of Great-Britain in Parliament " alTembled, hath, had, and of Right ought to ' " have, full Power and Authority to make Laws " and Statutes of lirflicient Force and Validity " to bind the Kingdom and People of Ireland. " AND be it further declared and enacted by " the Authority aforefaid, that the l-Ioufc of " Lords of Ireland have not, nor of Right: " ought to have, any Jiii'iftlictiori to judge of, \ reignty ofthe Country to other Hands :-Never any Charters given which even did pretend to exempt the Colonies from the Legiflature of the Brill/71 Empire :---But, on the contrary, the very Charter of Pergfllvanla, where the Congrcfi " affirm, or reverie any Judgment, Sentence, " or Decree, given or made in any Court was fa lately held, declared and maintained the ‘ within the [aid Kingdom: And that all Pro" ceedings before the {aid Houfe of Lords upon ‘6 any Judgment, Sentence, or Decree are, and Terms. Moreover, there were never any Lands feized or polTefTed by the Evil Settlers or Ad- venturers on any other 1 onditions, or in Con- " are hereby declared to be, utterly null and fequence of any other Deed, Grant, or Title, " void to all lntents and Purpofes whatfoever." than thofe which explicitly acknowledged the Parliament's Right of Taxatio in exprefs [See 6. of G. 1. Cap. 5.] Supremacy of the Englr/lz Crown. THIS Difiertation relative to the Plea for the Independence of Ireland, it muit be ownfid, there is not one Infiance to be produced of lo much as a Doubt in any of our Courts of judi- I) cature has And lallly, V" ‘4. 1 SI Nortlz-flnzerz'can legal and lziflarz‘cal Plea is infinitely inferior to the Ill/ll. There never was any Stipulation entered into between the Con- querors and the Conquered in Natl/z A'nrarz'ca :--- Never any pretended Transfer of the Sove- ' " f‘i‘vy‘- hr " King's Majelty, by and with the Advice and " Content of the Lords fpiritual and temporal, received a thorough Confutation. ln ll'lOl'l', begin where you will, and you will find, that the 'Yi And that the .V s ~. " united and annexed thereunto. A‘ m3 0 pendence of Ireland: Which yet, I hope, have A dence of the Colonies, as thofe which Mr. Mo- LINEUX had formerly adduced for the Inde- y appeared for Nort/z-flnzcrica, to produce any Arguments half fo Plalllllflc for the Indepen- lUu‘ Point, and to allert their fowreign Rights in the firongeft Terms, viz.---" Be it declared " by the King's molt excellent Majelly, by and " with, 81c. &c. that the laid Kingdom of Ireland " hath been, is, and of Right ought to befubordi" nate unto, and dependant upon, the. imperial " Crown of Great-Britain, as being infeparably st; NIIICAaM‘fl" - 9.4, |