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... spirit . There are heavy excises on those articles , when used in England . On export , these excises are drawn back . But instead of withholding the drawback , which might have been done , with ease , without charge , without ...
... spirit . There are heavy excises on those articles , when used in England . On export , these excises are drawn back . But instead of withholding the drawback , which might have been done , with ease , without charge , without ...
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... spirit for supporting the new taxes , that the session concluded with the following remark- able declaration . After stating the vigorous meas- ures which had been pursued , the speech from the throne proceeds : - " You have assured me ...
... spirit for supporting the new taxes , that the session concluded with the following remark- able declaration . After stating the vigorous meas- ures which had been pursued , the speech from the throne proceeds : - " You have assured me ...
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... spirit of his instructions , endeavor to remove the fears of the Vir- ginian assembly lest the sentiments which it seems ( unknown to the world ) had always been those of the ministers , and by which their conduct in respect to America ...
... spirit of his instructions , endeavor to remove the fears of the Vir- ginian assembly lest the sentiments which it seems ( unknown to the world ) had always been those of the ministers , and by which their conduct in respect to America ...
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... spirits , a great deal higher . You did not think it uncommercial to tax the whole mass of your manufactures , and , let me add , your agriculture too ; for , I now recollect , Brit- ish corn is there also taxed up to ten per cent , and ...
... spirits , a great deal higher . You did not think it uncommercial to tax the whole mass of your manufactures , and , let me add , your agriculture too ; for , I now recollect , Brit- ish corn is there also taxed up to ten per cent , and ...
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... spirit altogether unlike . But of what service is this observation to the cause of those that make it ? It is a full refutation of the pretence for their present cruelty to America ; for it shows , out of their own mouths , that our ...
... spirit altogether unlike . But of what service is this observation to the cause of those that make it ? It is a full refutation of the pretence for their present cruelty to America ; for it shows , out of their own mouths , that our ...
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Page 181 - I have mentioned, have no substantial existence, are in truth everything, and all in all. .Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
Page 180 - Deny them this participation of freedom, and you break that sole bond which originally made, and must still preserve, the unity of the empire.
Page 96 - Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests, which interests each must maintain, as an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates...
Page 126 - The last cause of this disobedient spirit in the colonies is hardly less powerful than the rest, as it is not merely moral, but laid deep in the natural constitution of things. Three thousand miles of ocean lie between you and them. No contrivance can prevent the effect of this distance in weakening government. Seas roll, and months pass, between the order and the execution; and the want of a speedy explanation of a single point is enough to defeat a whole system.
Page 95 - Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him; their opinion, high respect; their business, unremitted attention.
Page 109 - I think it may be necessary to consider distinctly the true nature and the peculiar circumstances of the object which we have before us. Because after all our struggle, whether we will or not, we must govern America according to that nature and to those circumstances, and not according to our...
Page 133 - The power inadequate to all other things is often more than sufficient for this. I do not look on the direct and immediate power of the colonies to resist our violence as very formidable. In this, however, I may be mistaken. But when I consider that we have colonies for no purpose but to be serviceable to us, it seems to my poor understanding a little preposterous to make them unserviceable, in order to keep them obedient.
Page 140 - The question with me is, not whether you have a right to render your people miserable, but whether it is not your interest to make them happy.
Page 107 - ... of such province or colony, and disposable by Parliament,) and shall engage to make provision also for the support of the civil government and the administration of justice in such province or colony, it will be proper, if such proposal shall be approved by his Majesty...
Page 184 - That it may be proper to repeal an act, made in the seventh year of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled, An act for granting certain duties in the British Colonies and Plantations in America...