The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803: From which Last-mentioned Epoch it is Continued Downwards in the Work Entitled "Hansard's Parliamentary Debates".T.C. Hansard, 1813 |
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... measure . But they were particularly blameable for ad- mitting one part of it , which whoever advised gave bad advice : it was a proposition , for an unexampled encroachment on the inherent fun- damental and essential rights of ...
... measure . But they were particularly blameable for ad- mitting one part of it , which whoever advised gave bad advice : it was a proposition , for an unexampled encroachment on the inherent fun- damental and essential rights of ...
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... measure for its support , by such a timely exertion of force as may be necessary to repel acts of outrage and violence , and to provide for the maintenance of peace and good order in the provinces . LETTER from Mr. Secretary CONWAY , to ...
... measure for its support , by such a timely exertion of force as may be necessary to repel acts of outrage and violence , and to provide for the maintenance of peace and good order in the provinces . LETTER from Mr. Secretary CONWAY , to ...
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... measure in any degree precarious : nor have we heard of any impracticability attending this law in Jamaica and Barba ... measures undertaken with their warmest approbation and con - clared , that the pretended power of sus- currence ...
... measure in any degree precarious : nor have we heard of any impracticability attending this law in Jamaica and Barba ... measures undertaken with their warmest approbation and con - clared , that the pretended power of sus- currence ...
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... measure the immediate and danger- ous consequences that would have arisen to the public welfare , and more particu ... measures so indis- pensably necessary for the suppression of riot and licentiousness , and for enforcing that respect ...
... measure the immediate and danger- ous consequences that would have arisen to the public welfare , and more particu ... measures so indis- pensably necessary for the suppression of riot and licentiousness , and for enforcing that respect ...
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... measure the immediate and dan- gerous consequences which would have arisen to the public welfare , and more par ... measures for enforcing that obedience and reverence which are due to laws and go- vernment . " Your approbation of the ...
... measure the immediate and dan- gerous consequences which would have arisen to the public welfare , and more par ... measures for enforcing that obedience and reverence which are due to laws and go- vernment . " Your approbation of the ...
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Page 159 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of Right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all Cases whatsoever.4 This assertion of the authority of Parliament "to bind the Colonies and People of America ... in all Cases...
Page 103 - Americans have not acted in all things with prudence and temper ; they have been wronged ; they have been driven to madness, by injustice. Will you punish them for the madness you have occasioned ? Rather let prudence and temper come first from this side. I will undertake for America that she will follow the example. There are two lines in a ballad of...
Page 103 - Upon the whole, I will beg leave to tell the House what is really my opinion. It is, that the Stamp Act be repealed absolutely, totally, and immediately; that the reason for the repeal should be assigned, because it was founded on an erroneous principle.
Page 95 - Taxation is no part of the governing or legislative power. The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant of the Commons alone.
Page 95 - The Commons of America, represented in their several assemblies, have ever been in possession of the exercise of this, their constitutional right, of giving and granting their own money. They would have been slaves if they had not enjoyed it...
Page 247 - WHEREAS the late King James the Second, by the Assistance of divers evil Counsellors, Judges, and Ministers employed by him, did endeavour to subvert and extirpate the Protestant Religion and the Laws and Liberties of this Kingdom.
Page 381 - He stated his matter skilfully and powerfully. He particularly excelled in a most luminous explanation and display of his subject. His style of argument was neither trite and vulgar, nor subtle and abstruse. He hit the house just between wind and water.
Page 103 - I am one who will lift up my hands against it. In such a cause, your success would be hazardous. America, if she fell, would fall like the strong man ; she would embrace the pillars of the state, and pull down the constitution along with her.
Page 99 - The gentleman tells us of many who are taxed, and are not represented — the India company, merchants, stockholders, manufacturers. Surely many of these are represented in other capacities, as owners of land, or as freemen of boroughs.
Page 97 - When I proposed to tax America, I asked the house if any gentleman would object to the right; I repeatedly asked it, and no man would attempt to deny it. Protection and obedience are reciprocal. Great Britain protects America; America is bound to yield obedience.