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Show [6] [7] he the fame year and by a hibfequent a8 it was declared, " that his. majelty in parliament oi" right had power to bind " the people of male colonies by itatutes in all cafes what- " toevci'." IN the fame year another aft was pulled, for iinpoiing rates and duties payable in theie colonies. In this itatute the commons avoiding; the terms of givingr and granting, " humbly lit-{ought his: inaielly that it might be enacted, " Sec." iut from a declaration in the preamble, that the . » L:\‘ rates and duties Wtic in lieu oi leveial other.» granted l'r1 tnt, '-i‘~t .rutcwi‘i‘lmf'" ii t .c or" intntiontde‘Vl‘ oi iai mg dIt,\L11UC, and from tome other exi‘ireflions it appears that thefe duties Were intended for that purpole. 'x-n "' i ‘7' i . n _, "defending the king's dominions" on this continent. The penalties and fort‘eitures incurred under this ltatute, are to be reeove ed in the lame manner With thofe mentioned in the foregoing tufts. To this flatute to naturally tending to dilinrb the tranqui lity then univerliil throughout the coioniea, parliament in the lame lei/hon added another no leis extraordinary. EVER linee the making the prefent peace, a {landing ‘ IN the next year, {i767i an ad': was made " to enable " his majelty to, put the CUll‘omS and other duties in Ame" rica under the management of conimiiiioners, 86c." And the kingr thereupon erected the prelent expen‘iivc hard of commiflioners, for the expreik pui‘pofe of car- rying into execution the lbveral afts relating to the revenue and trade in America. AFTER the re1 eal of the flamp 28:, having: again ree {igned ourfei it‘s to our ancient untiiipicicus attbétions {or the parent flare, and anxious to avoid any controverfy with her, in hopes of a favourable alteration in leiit'iiueiits and ln‘idllli'L‘NT towards us, we did not pref.» our objee‘tions againlt the above mentioned {tatutes made l‘ubl‘equent to that repeal. ' ADMINISTRATION, atti ibuting to trifling eaufes a conduet that really proceeded from generous motives, were encouraged in the fame year [1767] to make a bolder experimmt on the patience of America. army has been kept in theie colonies: from reipeet tor the mother country the innovation was not only tolerated, but the provincial legillatures generally made provilion for i‘upplying the troops. THE afl'einbly of the province of New-York, haying palled an aet of this kind, but (littering in tome articles from the directions of the act of parliament made in the filth year of this reign, the houfe of repretentatives in that colony was prohibited by a l'tatute made in the lalt leflion ientioned, from making any bill, order, refolution, or vote, except for adjourning or ehuling a ipeaker, until provilion thould be made by the {aid zilltinbly for i'urniihing the troops within that province not only with all iuch necetiai'ies as; were required by the ltatute which they were chargtd with difobeying, but alto with thole required by two other {ubiequent liatutes, which were declared to be in force until the twenty-fourth day of Niarch, I769. THESE {tatutes of the year 1767, revived the apprehenlions and diieontents that had entirely t'ublided on the repeal of jealoulies next year admiralty the ftamp act; and aniidlt the jult fears and thereby occalioned, a ltatute was made in the [1768] to eftablifh courts of admn‘alty and Vice on a new model, exprel‘sly for the end of more Cheetually recovering of the penalties and forfeiture? in: BY a iizitute commonly called the glafs, paper and tea acot, made tilteen mont'm after the repeal of the itamp aé't, the commons of Great-Britain relumed their forme r language, and again undertook to " give and grant rates alldhdllgits " to be )aid in theie 7)lo " ' l * ‘ 7 " raiiim ‘3i a reven _ _ ue ti: (Lil-iii , _ , tlliof‘liziiircf b a 3(p?15‘P o tat'u'lilxn a mini- 'L 91 " th‘ation et juttice, the (upper: of ciVil government, and " detenth fliéted by aets of parliament, framed for the purpote ct raiiing a revenue in America, &C. THE immediate tendency of theft: {tatutes is, to {ubvert the right of havinga [hare in legiflation, by rC-ndt'rlng afiirmblies ulElefs; the right of property, by taking,r d": money of the colonifl's without their Content 5 the rightl 0t tria |
