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Show [118] [119] mufl always exifi over all the Parts and all the Affairs of every Dominion~that in abfolutc Monarchics the Legiflative and executive Pow are united in the Prince orMonarch-that ers in the Englilh Conflitution there is, and alw ays has been, a Legiflative Power difliné‘t From the regal or executive Power~4that the Feudal Syfl em, 'in your View of it and without correcting, not be introduced into the Englilh Governcould ment without changingthe Conftitution from a mixed to an abfolute monarchical Govern ment~that this Syflem neverthelels has been introduc Conflitution of a mixed Governmen ed, the t maining, and confequently the Syflem {till recorreéted or altered. What this Alte has been ration has been will appear from Hifiorical Faéls. Before the Reign of William the Firll the Tra ces of Feu dal Tenure are faint, the Eviden ce giflative Power, an Ailembly or Coun of :1 Lecil of Wife Men, diilinét from the Regal Pow er is {irong and fufficieut. After William had obtained the Crown, the other Nations of Europe bein g under this Syf'tem ,3: particularly his Dominions in Normandy. andWars being more Frequent 8: Com merCC final], and the Means of'furnilhingMoney, the Sin'ews OF \Nar,difficult if not impracticable, meerly for the Defence of the Kingdom this Poli ty eliablilhed as that all the Landholdcrs 'Waslfo far were made to cont ribute, by Military or othe r ServiCcs, to the Defence of the State, and For this Purpofe, and by a Fiétion only, the Lan ds were in Form acknowled ged to have been originally in the Kin and held of him by his Sttb jcéls, and by thislrorttt fiibju‘ted to a iiippof'ed juil Prop ortion of the De- fence and Support of the Kin gdom. ' ' This Hia- blillrment . blifhment appears to have been made, not by an Aft of Regal Power alone but by the Authority of the great Council of the Nation or All‘mbly of the Realm, and the Legiflative lauthority ihll remained, according to its Nature, paramount and above all other Powers in the Dominion, and ac- cordingly from Time to Time thet‘abulesof the Feudal Power either in the Sovereign or in fuch as held under him were correéled by the Supreme Legiflative, and Magna Charta itfelf' was framed and agreed upon, princ1pally if not altogether for this Purpofe. In fueceedmg Ages, as Commerce and Money iticreafed and the Means of fuppsorting War became more eafy, thefe lVlihtaLy Pervices were gradually taken away, either, y urchale or Commuting for other Servrces or. certain Rents, fo that at the Period when America "as firfi granted, theRemains were inconfiderabc :ltln the Lands of the Kingdom were held, gentrvra dy, by what is calledSocageTenureornn other\ Cir»: an Acknowledgment of FldCllIy to the Solvere is E‘ and a certaichnt which was inName on y, (:i 3 Value [0 inconfiderable as not to be demantgo: The original Claim in the Sovereign, W33: m at firfl 3 Fiction or not, {0 far remaineddasfttr m Forfeitures, l colt: it": all Ei‘chcats, all new .Lands accrued to him", unlels the Supremix 35: lativc {liould limit theRight to them, or gtfi‘tdntlal difpofe of them. This was the staff: the firfl Tenure in England at the Tisvfivrienie between Charter was granted, and the 1 )Im: b 7 this fami- your Svflem and mine ml at; a fyFranCC, I liar Itillance : Lours the [3. 0P . PatentCCS think. the lame Year the IVIailthl-lu ct-ts 'v l\ w ODV obtained the ("meetV‘ ""3" ('0! 7' b 3 y '- l Edict R01: |
