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Show f 7 I {73) ‘~‘ Julie: and taxes towards tilji‘rg'ing all fem (3/. ‘5 pull/c fervices." The fifth refolution is alfo a refolution of fact -- " 9724! the [aid General flfi'mblies, General This competence in the Colony afi‘emblies is certain. It is proved by the whole tenour of their acts of {upply in ll the alieiiihlies, in which the conf'rant llyle of granting is, " an " aid to his Majelly -;" and afts granting to the Crown have regularly for near ‘a century pafled the public Ol'fiCCS without diliaute. Thole who have been pleafed paradoxically to deny this right, holding tl at none but the Britiih parlia~ ment can grant to the Crown, are Withed to look. to what is done, not only in the Colonies, but in Ireland, in one uniform unbroken tenour every ‘feliion. Sir, I am furprized, that this doflrine {hould come from tome of the lav.r fervants of the Crown. I lay, that if the Crown could be relponlihle, his Mujeily-whut certainly the nzinife ters, and tven tl‘vele law officers themielves, through whole hands the a€ts pals, biennially in " Conrtr, or otljo/ bodies logo/4) qualified or afore- " far/d, have at‘fnnclry timerfl‘c'ely granted/krona! " large fulyz'r/ler and public az'ds'for ln's NIzg/rfly's " flrrvz'ce, according to their 6131712765, rw/Jm re- " Wired Z/Jarez‘o by [alierfi‘om one of lair Alojtfly': " princébal Secremrlero State; and float their rig/2t " lo grant t/oo fame, and their clam'rfitlnefr and " fzgficz'cngz in #22 find gmnz‘r, have been of fun- " dry time: acknowledged é)! Par/lament." To lay nothing of their great expences in the Indian wars; and not to take their exertion in foreign ones, fo high as the {upplies in the year 1695; not to go back to their public contributions in the year 1710; 1 {ball begin to travel only where the Journals give me light; refolving to deal in nothing but fae't, authenticated by parliamentary record; and to build myfelf Wholl),r on that folid batis. Ireland. or annually in the Colonies, are in an habitual COUIlC or~ committing impeachable of? fences. What habitual oiieiiders have been all On the 4th of April 1748*, a Committee of this Houfe came to the following Reiolutioli; Prefidents of the Council, all Secretaries of State, all Firi't Lords of Trade, all Attornies and all " Refolved, Sollroitors General! However, they are fafe; as no one impeaches them; and'there is no ground " 77ml it it the opinion of flair Cor/272117166, that of charge againfi them, except in their own tin.- vinces and Colon/er of llflafllzclug/or's Boy, ZVow toanded theories, Hanan/film, Connoél‘lcut, and R/Joo'e l/lnnd, é: Minion/fed the expenses they Ian-w oven at in he it is jufi and realonable z/Jrzz‘ z‘lye jéwral Pro- "'-‘ journals of the Ilouli', Vol. XXV' cc , ,' [Ming |