The Political Writings of John Dickinson, Esquire: The speech of John Dickinson ... May 24th, 1764 ... praying the king for a change of the government of the province. 1764Bonsal and Niles, 1801 - Constitutional law |
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... appear to them very wise , very just , and very salutary ; while others , not influenced by the same heats , condemn those determinations , as weak , unjust , and danger- * Isaac Norris , Efquire . ous . Thus , Sir , in councils it will ...
... appear to them very wise , very just , and very salutary ; while others , not influenced by the same heats , condemn those determinations , as weak , unjust , and danger- * Isaac Norris , Efquire . ous . Thus , Sir , in councils it will ...
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... appear to those , whose senti- ments from the constitution of our government it will always be prudent to regard . BUT on this important occasion , we ought not to aim only at the approbation of men , whose authority * The controversy ...
... appear to those , whose senti- ments from the constitution of our government it will always be prudent to regard . BUT on this important occasion , we ought not to aim only at the approbation of men , whose authority * The controversy ...
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... appears so to us , but much I doubt , whether his majesty's council will be of the same opinion . That board and this house have often differed as widely in their senti- Our judgment is founded on the know- ledge we have of facts , and ...
... appears so to us , but much I doubt , whether his majesty's council will be of the same opinion . That board and this house have often differed as widely in their senti- Our judgment is founded on the know- ledge we have of facts , and ...
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... appear so extremely just to the present minis- ters ? One of the proprietors appears to have great intimacy and influence , with some very con- siderable members of his majesty's council . Ma- ny men of the highest character , if public ...
... appear so extremely just to the present minis- ters ? One of the proprietors appears to have great intimacy and influence , with some very con- siderable members of his majesty's council . Ma- ny men of the highest character , if public ...
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... appear ; and whenever it does appear , either at first or last , that and the others transmitted with it , I apprehend , will be the foun- dation of any resolutions taken in the king's coun- cil . THUS , in whatever view this ...
... appear ; and whenever it does appear , either at first or last , that and the others transmitted with it , I apprehend , will be the foun- dation of any resolutions taken in the king's coun- cil . THUS , in whatever view this ...
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Page 307 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page xii - Scalping-knife of the savage ; to call into civilized alliance the wild and inhuman inhabitants of the woods ; to delegate to the merciless Indian the defence of disputed rights, and to wage the horrors of his barbarous war against our brethren ? My lords, these enormities cry aloud for redress and punishment.
Page 96 - ... by a loyal and dutiful address to His Majesty, and humble applications to both houses of Parliament, to procure the repeal of the act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, of all clauses of any other acts of Parliament, whereby the jurisdiction of the admiralty is extended, as aforesaid, and of the other late acts for the restriction of American commerce.
Page 154 - That the only representatives of the people of these colonies are persons chosen therein by themselves, and that no taxes ever have been, or can be constitutionally imposed on them, but by their respective legislatures.
Page 132 - Whereas it is expedient that a revenue should be raised in your majesty's dominions in America, for making a more certain and adequate provision for defraying the charge of the administration of justice, and support of civil government, in such provinces where it shall be found necessary ; and towards further defraying the expenses of defending, protecting, and securing the said dominions.
Page 163 - But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree ; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.
Page 149 - Let us behave like dutiful children, who have received unmerited blows from a beloved parent. Let us complain to our parent; but let our complaints speak at the same time the language of affliction and veneration.
Page 157 - I will be bold to affirm, that the profits to Great Britain from the trade of the colonies, through all its branches, is two millions a year. This is the fund that carried you triumphantly through the last war. The estates that were rented at two thousand pounds a year, three-score years ago, are at three thousand at present. Those estates sold then from fifteen to eighteen years' purchase; the same may now be sold for thirty.
Page vii - This resistance to your arbitrary system of taxation might have been foreseen ; it was obvious from the nature of things, and of mankind, and above all from the Whiggish spirit flourishing in that country. The spirit which now resists your taxation in America is the same which formerly opposed loans, benevolences, and ship-money in England ; the same spirit which called all England on its legs...
Page 138 - we may bind their trade, confine their >,n*nufactures, and exercise every power whatsoever, except that of taking their money out of their pockets without their consent.