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 - Pennsylvania |
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... , " and secure their dependence on this kingdom . " 66 The subsequent conduct of Great Britain , has fully evinced her resolution to adhere to such political maxims as these . I AM afraid , that this will be the opinion ( 31 )
... , " and secure their dependence on this kingdom . " 66 The subsequent conduct of Great Britain , has fully evinced her resolution to adhere to such political maxims as these . I AM afraid , that this will be the opinion ( 31 )
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... dependence ; one , to keep it out of their power , and the other , out of their will . The first must be by force ; and the latter , by using them well , and keeping them employed in such productions , and making such manufactures , as ...
... dependence ; one , to keep it out of their power , and the other , out of their will . The first must be by force ; and the latter , by using them well , and keeping them employed in such productions , and making such manufactures , as ...
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... dependence upon it , and rendering them yet more beneficial and advantageous unto it , in the further employment and increase of English shipping " and seamen , vent of English woollen , and other manufactures and commodi- ❝ties ...
... dependence upon it , and rendering them yet more beneficial and advantageous unto it , in the further employment and increase of English shipping " and seamen , vent of English woollen , and other manufactures and commodi- ❝ties ...
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... dependence on Great - Britain ; and when she returns to her " old good humour , " and her old good nature , " as lord Clarendon expresses it , I hope they will always think it their duty and interest , as it most certainly will be , to ...
... dependence on Great - Britain ; and when she returns to her " old good humour , " and her old good nature , " as lord Clarendon expresses it , I hope they will always think it their duty and interest , as it most certainly will be , to ...
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... dependence , and the connection of the whole in good order . THE people of Great - Britain , in support of their privileges , boast much of their antiquity . It is true they are ancient ; yet it may well be question- ed , if there is a ...
... dependence , and the connection of the whole in good order . THE people of Great - Britain , in support of their privileges , boast much of their antiquity . It is true they are ancient ; yet it may well be question- ed , if there is a ...
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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.