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Show .‘ _ v 77.4.. D murmur-Imam: 2'." m", , , a: ' ADDRESS AND APPEAL T0 THE LA'NDED INTEREST. "" Is he,» I fay (abftrnéted from being :1 King of [renown-4t necefiin‘ily follows, that he muft be invefted with fullicicnt Power (indepen- 7 "i‘ A Great-Britain) to funimon all the Parties before himfelf and his Privy Council, in order to hear their reipeetive Allegations, and finally to determine, and fettle the Differences between them-P Be it {0: Then if he only is to decide, (l5 z'mm flfiair refitting to lzis 010:2 private Patrimorly, 7771 solar/2 we have 720 were Comer/"z zf/zmz we Ira-Ur coir/5 *‘ The Princes of the Houfe of STUART tool; it into their Heads to believe, that all Colonies were their private l'ntrimony; in rel'pect of which the Parliament had no Right to intermeddle. This Notion, it) long ago )ui'tly exploded, is now revived, (ttrange to tell l) even by modern Patriots, and Amer-I'm" Republicans : For they are the Peo- ple zit preient, and not the King's Minilters, who propoii to exalt the Prerogotites of the Crown to the Snbverhono: the Rights, Privileges, and Liberties of the Burr/1; Parliament, and the Bria/7} Nation. Indeed to for, it muil be owned, is F:1€t,-thot as the Princes of that Houfe lilidllle iirtt modelling of the Colonies, they introduced :1 Praétlce, (i‘till mott abiurdly retained tho' without any Power to en- iorce it) of bringing 2.11 Appeals before thenii'elves and their Privy Councils, inliead of before the Court oflung'sBench or the Home of Lords; which is the only regular and conilitutional Mode of appealing, and the only one now obferved in Appcils from Ii‘z']£l7111l. However, notwithiiancling this Iii/[)ro/ffiirfl')‘, as the King can fend no armed Forces to .(‘i'a‘lltl'l‘f/x', without Content of Parliament hrr had fir their i‘viziinteiinnt-e, and afterwards for truthO:izing the ' {e ot‘ntilitwry Lexy, and military Difaplllle among- them, it may be Jiniiiy :iverred, that the king dOFh‘ in no other exclulire Senle govern flmrrica, than .35 the {.016 executive Power, which is to enforce and put in Motion Erie Laws and Decrees ot' the {upteme Legillttture of Cfrmt: Brian/z. See it very candid and impartial Account of Fl": Matter in it Book entitolet‘i, " Rerrinrks on the prlllC‘ll)?" " Acts of the 13th l'ttrliament of Gran-Erwin," horn Page 38 to rise Harmon"; 35 dent of, and without the Content of Parliament) to enforce tliel‘e Decilions; for a Decree without a Power to enforce it, 21 id to compel Obedience, is altogether nugzttory and vain. Now, my Lords and Gentlemen, this brings us to the hilt Point of Comparifon between Mr. BURKE'S, (27er my [Wit/'12, viz. V‘Jhieh will lend endanger, or rather, which is belt adapted to preferve our tireient1111ppjx Confiitution? Mr. BURKE'S you fee (if confiftent with it.felt) mutt inveil: the Prince with an amazing Degree of Power !---Even with fuch a Degree, as {hall be fuf‘ficient to controul the refrat‘tory States of Abner/7m, from one End of the Con- tinent to the other. Nay, what is {till more, this flrpreme, (wheeling Power muFt be the only CENTER or UNION throughout the Empire. Nothing befides is f0 much as pr0pofed; and indeed nothing belides (when the parliamentary Connection is (litiolved) can be foflieient to lie all the Parts together -,-~ Parts to widely dittant, to totally disjointed from each other, as the Britzflz Ifies and the flexerz'mn Continent. Now here again permit me to aik, Is not this :1 very alarming Circumfiance even in Contemplation ? And is all our boafted Zeal for Liberty to end at loft only in that Union and Conneflz'wz which can be‘proeured to the fever-a1 detached E 0u Parts _b‘ WQEEEWJ '17- ‘Z' -UYU Iver. wt‘iflnfiig'H-lm'is'._ 1‘." . V W? r3l o |