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... law , but that would have been altogether imprudent , for to have enforced payment and to have converted that payment into joes , which were extremely scarce , would have been attended with detention of at least ten or twelve days , and ...
... law , but that would have been altogether imprudent , for to have enforced payment and to have converted that payment into joes , which were extremely scarce , would have been attended with detention of at least ten or twelve days , and ...
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... laws to which he has given his consent , either in person , or by his representa- tive : In the latter , he is governed by the will of another . In the one case , his life and property are his own : in the other , they depend upon the ...
... laws to which he has given his consent , either in person , or by his representa- tive : In the latter , he is governed by the will of another . In the one case , his life and property are his own : in the other , they depend upon the ...
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... law of nature , subversive of the British constitution , and destructive of the faith of the most solemn compacts . What , then , is the subject of our controversy with the mother country ? It is this : Whether we shall preserve that ...
... law of nature , subversive of the British constitution , and destructive of the faith of the most solemn compacts . What , then , is the subject of our controversy with the mother country ? It is this : Whether we shall preserve that ...
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... law , either of nature , or of the civil society in which we live , that obliges us to purchase , and make use of the products and manufactures of a different land , or people . It is indeed a dictate of humanity to contribute to the ...
... law , either of nature , or of the civil society in which we live , that obliges us to purchase , and make use of the products and manufactures of a different land , or people . It is indeed a dictate of humanity to contribute to the ...
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... laws , and impose what taxes , they please upon us , or not ; I say , is this a dispute about three pence duty upon tea ? The man that affirms it , deserves to be laughed at . It is true , we are denying to pay the duty upon tea ; but ...
... laws , and impose what taxes , they please upon us , or not ; I say , is this a dispute about three pence duty upon tea ? The man that affirms it , deserves to be laughed at . It is true , we are denying to pay the duty upon tea ; but ...
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Page 113 - Plantations, shall HAVE and enjoy all Liberties, Franchises, and Immunities, within any of our other Dominions, to all Intents and Purposes, as if they had been abiding and born, within this our Realm of England, or any other of our said Dominions.
Page 75 - Commentaries remarks, that this law of Nature being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries and at all times; no human laws are of any validity if contrary to this, and such of them as are valid, derive all their force, and all their validity, and all their authority, mediately and immediately, from this original...
Page 121 - America, and to their successors and assigns, all that part of America, lying and being in breadth from fortv degrees of northerly latitude from the equinoctial line to the forty-eighth degree of the said northerly latitude inclusively and in length of and within all the breadth aforesaid, throughout all the main lands from sea to sea...
Page 127 - ... shall have and enjoy all liberties and immunities of free and natural subjects within any the dominions of us, our heirs or successors, to all intents, constructions and purposes, whatsoever, as if they, and every of them, were born within the realm of England.
Page 121 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission...
Page 120 - Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Page 114 - And also to make, ordain, and establish all manner of orders, laws, directions, instructions, forms, and ceremonies of government and magistracy fit and necessary for and concerning the government of the said colony and plantation...
Page 220 - Provided nevertheless, that it shall be lawful for His Majesty, his heirs or successors, to make such provision out of the rest of the said accustomed dues and rights, for the encouragement of the Protestant religion, and for the maintenance and support of a Protestant clergy within the said province, as he or they shall, from time to time, think necessary and expedient.
Page 120 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, etc.