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Show (24) (25) But let it be granted, that, the land was ours. Did they not fettle upon it under the faith of chart ers, which promifetl them the enjoyment ofall the rights of Birgi t/harm; and allowed them to tax ihemfelves, and to be gove rned by legiflatures of their own, finiilar to ours? Thefe charters were given them by an authoiity, which at the time was thought competent; and they have been rendered facred by an acquief ence on our part for more 7' 1 V V pair' by themfelves; and the laws they make for otters, me) a; l . the fame time make for t/Jemfc/vrr. I ~ . - ' . _ t. ‘I/Jm', tht aids they i on‘l grant would not be paid, bur received, by [liCtnlClVC\ ,l anrtl the laws they made would be made tor others only. 1;] ihort. The relation of one Countr) . ' ' to a110Lh'ErC/(lu‘31t‘yf,d,l,,"HEN, ' ‘ " Wno e re re. . ,. \, ( k , h fentatives have the potter of taxing it \an i. l. l.‘ [U than a century. Can it be wondered at, that the Colonies fliould revolt, when they found their charters violated; and the money raifed by the taxes) ' ' 0° lo" anL‘h he lame wr.li‘ me l' ' f a countrt to a fingle defpot, or a body ofd‘elpots, i‘ I (. pt~ wrt' h t h't. l‘k‘ Ye "1.00.0. ' 'iwer. ln . bt‘lll tales, the itlelf, invefltd within Charters. can there be any thing to chec k Opp-rt thon , behdes h either , ,, the PeOP e ' people would ever think of fettling in to imagine, that any a dil'mnt country, on any fuch condition, as that the people {run whom they with.drew, lhould for ever be matters of their property, and have: power to fuhjicot them to any modes of government they pleaied. And had there been exprtls llipulatio ns to this pnrpofe in all abilities of the people taxed, or the numannyot t etaxiir. an attempt made to force INNOVATIONS upon them by famine and the fword? But I lay no ltrefs on They derive their rights from a higher fource. It is inconlil'tent with common fenfe the charters ofthe colonies, they would, in my opinion, he no more bound by them, than if it had been ftipulated with them, that they fhould go naked, or expofe themfelves to the incurtions of wolves and tigers. The defeo'tive llate ofthe reprefen tation of this kingdom has been farther pleaded to prov e our right to tax fl/nerica. We fubmit to a parliament that does not reprefent us, and therefore they ought. ------ How itrange an argument is this? It is laying we want liberty; and therefore, they ought to want it.-----Suppofi: it true, that they are indeed contending for a better conll‘itution of government, and more libert than we enjoy. Ought this to make us angry? ------- Who is there that does not ice the danger to which this country is expofed .9 ----- ls it generous, beeaufe we are in a link, to en- deavour to draw them into it? earneltly, that there may at leaitOught we not rather to wilh be ONE FREE COUNTRY left upon earth, to which we may fly, when vcnality, luxu ry, and vice have compleated the ruin of libertv here? It is, however, by no means true, that flmerz'm has no mor e right to be exempted from taxation by the Brim/Ii parl iament, than Britain itfelf. ----- flare , all feeholders, and hurg elfes in horoughs tare reprefented. Titr other perlon, is reprefented. e, not one Freeholder, or any the reprefented part of the king flare, the aid; granted b dom mutt be proportionahly l nor B ' d d lcan never hope to CUILIHL‘F that perlon of any of . r .,, .9 the t.‘ Ut 10 who CC) does ‘ not fee an ' e ll‘nrial dilterence‘ i":‘ lietwetn thine, tWoteafes now mentioned ; or bet 1- een the (IILUiIH ante. ' ' r. ,m,L,n'l['. : ti: individuals, and clalfes of men; making parts of a CJfX‘ im erfeétly reprefented in 1h€l€;;lfl~JtUiC that reprt en‘s! , and1 the circumltances of a whole communiti, in a or. ant ' . . , 2 . world not at all rep refented. But, enonuh has been faid by others on this FO'HF‘. fiorflis it pollible f0: me to throw any new light upon at; Ifn ifni , v" under mu? C reg~ ‘1" r , 4 i;~. non . ' I mtai *' it to ‘ after , , tits therefore what thatthefdllowingconhderationsmay be Pilltitdidfl‘» {to "(€in to T1)6 is, Lrilvmies us. and the nel'tioninow between . . ‘ '. ,. . h he- V, 3 inq refpetf't of taxation and internalVlt(brillation, t e} Ore ther r, bourid to he fuhjeét to the jurifdiélion of this kingnonli . ) ‘ ‘i' 1" ' 145 or ins not Biztrflilailianent ' the V' her . . ‘ ‘ ‘ ' other Words, VVhEt' model to and plopelt), tnerr of difpofe to power 1nfritrht a i ‘ this ‘ " fnprthacytv "v i- i we, 0 'tih lieafes their governments?-Io it, maintain to order in and ; entitled are we fay pwe l 3; ‘ C have have beeun the prelent war.~--Let me but tnqpi'rt1i J , we5 in H e we l. Whether, a if ' we have l " fiip) remaev th . . . now tiis I‘rr hey 41 ngw entitled butequally tljbe little fhort of to it in any future time. ‘n n‘ , ‘ z ) - ‘ ; half our number. . loltpis ‘riiiin.i:r have crown, from a fmall body of origina tttiers, :1 at mey ' vesbme on if: lealure to fin d , thnttlie I) V 1.0 f tie . ‘ '1'; "d V" lv" I'xemm author . I) . If £31149 aft/i): :3") Parliament of Crmt-erta.rx, (it: acknowft if," I'l'iflflfial o I It has however: been 1-1: the Lini: time intrti y b this dlfiehentfefi) able a writer adopting fuch priiicrpies ot rgtrveilgnéeiri‘tg tome n ' this ‘ work. ‘ in contained ‘ re to ~ " to a «onelet-ten v no: _[ him‘. orrpaie Auorfimg prorptirtyfféur‘ fheh'i p r. I, H" _ h ~ lath"; except fuch as their [1-0: gorveni as a Taxes, therefore, he aflerts, freiin "Sufi; {1106' ' H D of the pearl. gift: let's rhefrn égtf . '3 much it paid taxed and thofe who tax have reparate lfltClCi s , _ muffin ..E ._I I" , |