Celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke, and Erskine: To which is Added, the Argument of Mr. Mackintosh in the Case of Peltier |
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... statute book doubled down in dog's ears , to defend the cause of liberty : if I had , I myself would have cited the two cases of Chester and Durham . I would have cited them , to have shown that , even under former arbi- trary reigns ...
... statute book doubled down in dog's ears , to defend the cause of liberty : if I had , I myself would have cited the two cases of Chester and Durham . I would have cited them , to have shown that , even under former arbi- trary reigns ...
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... Statute Book , and the Bill of Rights . If a case should arise unknown to these great authorities , we have still that plain English reason left , which is the found- ation of all our English jurisprudence . That reason tells us , that ...
... Statute Book , and the Bill of Rights . If a case should arise unknown to these great authorities , we have still that plain English reason left , which is the found- ation of all our English jurisprudence . That reason tells us , that ...
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... statute - book of the opprobrium of an empty . absurd , and false recital . It has been said again and again , that the five taxes were repealed on commercial principles . It is so said in the paper in my hand ; a paper which I ...
... statute - book of the opprobrium of an empty . absurd , and false recital . It has been said again and again , that the five taxes were repealed on commercial principles . It is so said in the paper in my hand ; a paper which I ...
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... statute of Henry VIII . We besought the king , in that well - considered address , to inquire into treasons , and to bring the supposed traitors from America to Great Britain for trial . His majesty was pleased graciously to promise a ...
... statute of Henry VIII . We besought the king , in that well - considered address , to inquire into treasons , and to bring the supposed traitors from America to Great Britain for trial . His majesty was pleased graciously to promise a ...
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... statute book . The American revenue act is the forty - fifth chapter ; the other to which I refer is the forty - fourth of the same session . These two acts are both to the same purpose ; both revenue acts ; both taxing out of the ...
... statute book . The American revenue act is the forty - fifth chapter ; the other to which I refer is the forty - fourth of the same session . These two acts are both to the same purpose ; both revenue acts ; both taxing out of the ...
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Page 479 - ... is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government ; they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance.
Page 351 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 479 - My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government; they will cling and grapple to you, and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance.
Page 430 - The power of the crown, almost dead and rotten as Prerogative, has grown up anew, with much more strength, and far less odium, under the name of Influence.
Page 36 - You may swell every expense and every effort still more extravagantly; pile and accumulate every assistance you can buy or borrow; traffic and barter with every little pitiful German prince that sells and sends his subjects to the shambles...
Page 348 - Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Page 370 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Page 57 - The feelings of the colonies were formerly the feelings of Great Britain. Theirs were formerly the feelings of Mr. Hampden when called upon for the payment of twenty shillings. Would twenty shillings have ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune? No! but the payment of half twenty shillings, on the principle it was demanded, would have made him a slave.
Page 92 - ... their ability, let the best of them get up and tell me, what one character of liberty the Americans have, and what one brand of slavery they are free from, if they are bound in their property and industry by all the restraints you can imagine on commerce, and at the same time are made pack-horses of every tax you choose to impose, without the least share in granting them. When they bear the...
Page 11 - Great Britain, give and grant to your Majesty" — what ? Our own property ! No ! ' ' We give and grant to your Majesty" the property of your Majesty's commons of America!