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Show _ __ ._ _ ‘ h ":a«r‘7v'v' w-r. .. ‘«'.-.----~---.‘~--_-_.._.._..~_‘m ‘ 68) ,(69) . t . l ' to become the order and peace of our crtres, and the liament) to remain ; and the formality * of holding it To this and thus continued, he reduced it's authority and ju- like hopeful purpofes-we find " the fulleft directi- rifdiétion to nothing, and modelled it" in fuck a manner, that it become (lays Dr. Robertfon) ratlrer fiability and honour of our times. " ons fent t0 the feveral oflicers of the revenue, ‘ that all the produce of the American duties, ‘ " arifing or to arife, by virtue of any Brita/b act of " Parliament, {hould from time to time, be paid to the deputy pay-matter in America to defrcy the fubfiftence of the troops, and any .mi/itary exs pences incurred in the Colonies." * Highly fa.Voured Americans! you are to he waited with taxes and impofi tions in order to fatisfy the char. ges of thofe armaments which are to blafi your country with the molt terrible of all evils-unicorfal corruption, and a irzi/ifary gotrcrnmorzf. 1 ' The reigns of patt and prefent great monarchs when compared, often prefcnt a firiking iimili.» tude. The Emperor Charles the fifth, having ex4 alted the royal prerogative (or flag irfluenre of the ' crown) on the ruins of the privileges of the Calti- lians, allowed the name of the Cortes (or the Par-a liament) q‘ 2 vol. Ld's Prot. p. 291. I766.By the Lords who entered their protefl againfi the repeal of the American {lamp-eel. 'l‘ Englilhmen in the reign of Henry the 4th had the virtue and ""1"ng to" declare it in Parliament as the undoubted right 0f the Kingdcm. not to he charged "with ought, for the dea fence 0f the realm, or fafeguard of the Teas, but by their o‘wr) "will and ((7167:! in Parlz‘amwr" '1er rights at the kings dOm p. 146. edit. 1682. Had Britons in the age of Geo. 3d. bten as contiderare of the fpirit of their laws and confiitution, or attentive to that old rulcé-Io do arycu would be don: by- they would not have charged America with a large revenue for " Marat/545m cfrrccpr and milz'rary carpenter", without conful; ting z'r': 1cm! Parliammrr, and againft the will of it': Common: mcft .tho' able, that of more efpecially fince it was the petition arbitrary prince, Edward the firtt of England, touching mar-t trial affairsé-Quod 0mm: tangiz, ab cmm'bu: approbemro a ju/zto (f f/Jo firm/mt: oft/)6 era-um, than an aflembly 9f #35 reprtfenratimr of [be people. f The fuccefs of Charles in abolilhing the privileges of the commons, and in breaking the power of the nobles of Caftile, encouraged an 1nvafion of the liberties of Aragon, which were yet more extenfive. Attend Arzcriazm ./ refle€t on the fituation of your mother country, and confider the late Conduct of your Brethren in Britain towards this Con- tinent. " The Caftilians (once high fpirited and " brave in the caule offreedom) arcuflomea' to fitb-. " jer‘fiorz thong/Elves, ASSISTED (lays the fame il" luitrious hiitorian) IN IMPOSING THE YOKE on " t/Jc'irmore happy and independent neig/Jbozzrc." 1-Hath not Britain (fir/[m from bar prb/Zi/zefrcedom and g/ory) treated America, as Callile did Aragon P have not Britons irnpoletl on our necks the fame yoke which the Caftilians impoled on the happy Aragonefe P Yes 1-4 {peak it with griefQ-l ipeak it with anguilh-Britons are our opprellors :---I fpeak it with lhame-"I {peak it with indignation-AVE: ARE SLAVES." As force firfl: fixes the chains of vaflalage, {Q cowardice rcfirains an inllaved people from burl'ting in funder their hands. But the cafe perhaps is not defperate till the yoke has been to i long * See before p. 56,7 6;. 1w 3.vol. hilt. of Charles 5. p. 434,. See alfo before p. 56,7 And the note there---and alfo p. 6;. I. Hrlt. Char]. \5. 3 vol. p. 43.}. |