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Show 5.2 THE RIGHTS or BRITAIN others of " that illuitrious Band, " AND CLAtMs or AMERICA. 55' whoi'e actions in the Cafe of the infnrrec'tion in virtues the Americans ex‘aria te winth rap- tisrc apprOVcd this 13.21);er ARBITRARY, Antigua, in the year [71 I. All the proceeedings were founded on the A6101 Henry V111 TYRANNICAL Some of the infurge ms were fent to Eng~ {yi'tem of Governmenth ‘Xmericans, land, they were tried upon that Suture; firenuous Protrfi:r:ts, Vv'higs of the ancient and that circurni‘tance has eitahliflte 1 :1 precedent which cannot be contravened. But yet all tncle are, monid dete rrn now, true .2211'erto:s of pubiic free- (1021:, avowed enemies to oPPRrs.s‘ION, POPE- Irv, and ARBETRARY POWER! The Congrcis enumerate among their (Hiawatha againfl the Briti1h Legihature, had even a new law oF this kind been no 3:16;", What reafon could the American Conga.e1 have to complain? Have not the preyindicas, fort e to an unxcpcfled 11.1mm: rifled in the infurrelf‘tions, and even rebeliion or their own countrymen totaily interrupted the common courie 01' juitice over all the v.2 min:of Henry V111. ItIS dccllaredin the Continent which they inhabit; and {hail Erieltition, that upon this iiatutc, ticaions the generniity of the crime he admitteda {and i'nifpritbrzs o1 trtzai'on committed in any competent excuie 21gaini'r puniihmcnt? the 11....Utti'll‘l. oi Parliament to Give its due cfhir 111.2e_:1rys 0.1111". ions beyond lea, {uba tom condemning the Acts 0t tae Lea j,211 to tle Ci'vo.:rtt of Great-Britain, may be giliature, tried in l".§13.r.d.Though this Refolution agiinfl: their Sovereign, as well as his prion- it» ccnfint‘:td by 'he Congrcis as a part ofthe 5.1.1yiicm ofen "lave:merit, with which they cipal :1)..25e the Kiit}? and Parliament, it contains r-o novelty. no uncommon {tretch of law. .z‘t thocfanti iiifianms of the fame kind are " ally befieged the Throne for ten years," Lyon record, ions; 1‘ie1orc the pretent dif- gzutesv with Ame:its. her'an. One ini‘tance is extremely remarkable; 1 mean the tranf- the (Krngreis pals to camel-aims 1ervants.'1hey alledge, that the. ‘Ameiicans have incef‘limtly and incfrerftw yet conceal tne remon, which was, That their demands, rather than requef'ts, we re {rich as the Sovereign could not grant, coon 1111ent with the powers veilred in him by the Con-.2itut10n. They complain, that actions he ets and armies have been tent to their country, to enforce the coercive iaws enafl‘c('1 " Lord Rocl inf-11:29.1 had theemezit of {ending aPopiih by the Legiflaturt, for the eitalfliihment o; E111';~p to Quebec In} |