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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... provinces . " This delay was however abused by some of the Americans ; and when , in the beginning of the year 1765 , the plan was carried into exe- cution by a bill , several petitions from America which denied their right of imposing ...
... provinces . " This delay was however abused by some of the Americans ; and when , in the beginning of the year 1765 , the plan was carried into exe- cution by a bill , several petitions from America which denied their right of imposing ...
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... province of North Carolina , directly to any other part of America , southward of South Carolina and Georgia , subject to such duty as is now payable upon rice , carried from South Carolina and Georgia , to any part of America , to the ...
... province of North Carolina , directly to any other part of America , southward of South Carolina and Georgia , subject to such duty as is now payable upon rice , carried from South Carolina and Georgia , to any part of America , to the ...
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... provinces committed to your care . But as these appear to me matters of government fit for his Majesty's more im- mediate ... province , the general confusion that seems to reign there , and the total languor and want of energy , in your ...
... provinces committed to your care . But as these appear to me matters of government fit for his Majesty's more im- mediate ... province , the general confusion that seems to reign there , and the total languor and want of energy , in your ...
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... province . sistance to its authority , can only have found place. Nothing can , certainly , exceed the ill- advised and intemperate conduct held by a party in your province , which can in no way contribute to the removal of any real ...
... province . sistance to its authority , can only have found place. Nothing can , certainly , exceed the ill- advised and intemperate conduct held by a party in your province , which can in no way contribute to the removal of any real ...
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... province , by such a timely exertion of force as the occasion may require for which purpose , you will make the proper applications to general Gage , or lord Colvil , commanders of his Majesty's land and naval forces in Ame- rica . For ...
... province , by such a timely exertion of force as the occasion may require for which purpose , you will make the proper applications to general Gage , or lord Colvil , commanders of his Majesty's land and naval forces in Ame- rica . For ...
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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.