...governing or legislative power. The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant of the Commons alone. . . . When, therefore, in this House we give and grant,...American tax, what do we do? We, your Majesty's Commons for Great Britain, give and grant to your Majesty, what? Our own property? No. We give and grant to...

...and thofe proprietors virtually reprefent tlie reft of the inhabitants. When therefore in this houfe we give and grant, we give and grant what is our own. But in an American tax, vyhat do we do ? We, your rnajefty's commons of Great Britain, give and grant to your majefty, what...