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... repeal . When the object came to be more narrowly inspected , every motive concurred . These colonies were evidently founded in subservience to the com- merce of Great Britain . From this principle , the whole system of our laws ...
... repeal . When the object came to be more narrowly inspected , every motive concurred . These colonies were evidently founded in subservience to the com- merce of Great Britain . From this principle , the whole system of our laws ...
Page 279
... repeal , to assert in the fullest and least equivocal terms the unlimited legislative right of this coun- try over its colonies ; and , having done this , to propose the repeal , on principles , not of constitutional right , but on ...
... repeal , to assert in the fullest and least equivocal terms the unlimited legislative right of this coun- try over its colonies ; and , having done this , to propose the repeal , on principles , not of constitutional right , but on ...
Page 280
... repeal on this basis , it was judged proper to lay before parliament the whole detail of the American affairs , as fully as it had been laid before the ministry them- selves . Ignorance of those affairs had misled parliament . Knowledge ...
... repeal on this basis , it was judged proper to lay before parliament the whole detail of the American affairs , as fully as it had been laid before the ministry them- selves . Ignorance of those affairs had misled parliament . Knowledge ...
Page 281
... repealed , those orders were to be executed in the present year 1766 ; " and that , on the repeal of the stamp act , " the exports to the colo- nies would be at least double the value of the exports of the past year . " He then triumphs ...
... repealed , those orders were to be executed in the present year 1766 ; " and that , on the repeal of the stamp act , " the exports to the colo- nies would be at least double the value of the exports of the past year . " He then triumphs ...
Page 282
... repeal . That the trade of 1766 was not equal to that of 1765 , could not be owing to the repeal ; it arose from quite different causes , of which the author seems not to be aware : 1st , Our conquests during the war had laid open the ...
... repeal . That the trade of 1766 was not equal to that of 1765 , could not be owing to the repeal ; it arose from quite different causes , of which the author seems not to be aware : 1st , Our conquests during the war had laid open the ...
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